Table of Contents

July 1998
Volume 75, Issue 7
Pages 794-927
About the Cover:

The cover features flame tests for a variety of elements from the JCE Software CD-ROM, Chemistry Comes Alive!, Volume 2 (pages 927-928). Solutions containing different elements were sprayed into a flame and the colors were recorded on videotape.

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Chemical Education Today

From Past Issues: The More Things Change...

p 794
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p794

In This Issue

p 795
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p795
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A Decade of Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement

John W. Moore
p 799
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p799
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News

p 800
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p800
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Especially for High School Teachers

J. Emory Howell
p 801
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p801
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Announcements

JCE staff
p 804
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p804
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Summer Reading

Ed Walsh , Michael McCallum , Jeff Kovac and Hal. Harris
p 806
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p806
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Traces of the Past: Unraveling the Secrets of Archaeology through Chemistry (Lambert, Joseph B.)

Mary Virginia Orna
p 808
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p808
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Introductory Students, Conceptual Understanding, and Algorithmic Success

David B. Pushkin
p 809
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p809
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Conducting a Teacher Professional Development Program in Chile

G. A. Crosby and J. L. Crosby
p 811
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p811

Science and Engineering Information at the NSF Web Site

Donald J. Wink
p 814
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p814

One-Hundredth Anniversary of the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers

Madeline P. Goodstein
p 815
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p815

2YC3-Texas Style

Ann Cartwright
p 816
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p816

Logic, History, and the Chemistry Textbook: II. Can We Unmuddle the Chemistry Textbook?

William B. Jensen
p 817
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p817
History, Education, and Documentation

Organotin Chemistry (Davies, Alwyn G.)

John C. Cochran
p 830
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p830.1
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Basic Laboratory Chemistry (Films for the Humanities and Sciences)

Deborah McCool
p 830
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p830.2
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ChemSkill Builder, Version 5.1 (Spain, James D.; Peters, Harold J.)

M. Larry Peck
p 831
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p831.1
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The Elements of Physical Chemistry, 2nd. ed. (Atkins, P. W.)

Merlyn Schuh
p 831
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p831.2
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Chemistry Everyday for Everyone

Thermal Physics (and Some Chemistry) of the Atmosphere

Stephen K. Lower
p 837
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p837
Mineralogical and Geological Chemistry

Chemical Etching of Group III - V Semiconductors

Najah J. Kadhim , Stuart H. Laurie and D. Mukherjee
p 840
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p840
Electric Phenomena

Wilder Bancroft's Study of Oxidant-Reductant Cells

John T. Stock
p 844
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p844
History, Education, and Documentation

Etiquette in Departmental Seminars

Bal Ram Singh and Joseph C. Deck
p 846
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p846
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Classroom

The Thermometer as a Simple Instrument

George F. Atkinson
p 849
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p849
History, Education, and Documentation

Providing Direction and Motivation for Students to Review Topics from Previous Chemistry Classes

David F. Rieck
p 850
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p850
History, Education, and Documentation

Percent Composition and Empirical Formula - A New View

George L. Gilbert
p 851
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p851
History, Education, and Documentation

Probability of Collisions

Igor Novak
p 852
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p852

Models and Molecules - A Workshop on Stereoisomers

Robert W. Baker , Adrian V. George and Margaret M. Harding
p 853
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p853
History, Education, and Documentation

Teaching College General Chemistry: Techniques Designed To Communicate a Conceptual Framework

Ronald J. Duchovic
p 856
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p856
History, Education, and Documentation

Teaching Theoretical Physical Chemistry: Density Functional Theory and the Taylor Expansion of the van der Waals Free Energy

Brian G. Moore and John D. Mize
p 858
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p858
History, Education, and Documentation

MeasureNet: Electronic Measurement Network for the Freshman Chemistry Laboratory

Estel D. Sprague , Robert Voorhees , Paul McKenzie , John J. Alexander and Peter Padolik
p 859
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p859

An Example of a Guided-Inquiry, Collaborative Physical Chemistry Laboratory Course

Alice A. Deckert , Lisa P. Nestor and Donna DiLullo
p 860
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p860
History, Education, and Documentation

Designing New Undergraduate Experiments

Min J. Yang and George F. Atkinson
p 863
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p863
History, Education, and Documentation

Introducing Second Year Chemistry Students to Research Work through Mini-Projects

Jeffrey G. Dunn and David N. Phillips
p 866
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p866
History, Education, and Documentation

Development of Analytical and Reporting Skills in Quantitative Analysis

R. J. Eierman
p 869
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p869
History, Education, and Documentation

Integration of Quality Assurance/Quality Control into Quantitative Analysis

Suzanne C. Bell and Jeff Moore
p 874
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p874
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Laboratory

Bilinear Regression Analysis as a Means To Reduce Matrix Effects in Simultaneous Spectrophotometric Determination of Cr(III) and Co(II): A Quantitative Analysis Laboratory Experiment

Siddharth Pandey , Mary E. R. McHale , Karen S. Coym and William E. Acree Jr.
p 878
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p878
History, Education, and Documentation

A Three-Cent Reusable Craig Tube

Thomas J. Russo
p 880
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p880

Electrochemical Behavior of Electrodeposited Prussian Blue Films on ITO Electrode: An Attractive Laboratory Experience

J. J. Garcia-Jareno , D. Benito , J. Navarro-Laboulais and F. Vicente
p 881
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p881
History, Education, and Documentation

Intermolecular Forces in Introductory Chemistry Studied by Gas Chromatography, Computer Models, and Viscometry

Jonathan C. Wedvik , Charity McManaman , Janet S. Anderson and Mary K. Carroll
p 885
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p885
History, Education, and Documentation

Hybridization and Structural Properties: A Physical Organic Chemistry Experiment

Michael D. Mosher and Sunil Ojha
p 888
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p888
History, Education, and Documentation

Synthesis and Structure-Property Relationships in (η6-Arene)Cr(CO)3 Chemistry: From Guided Experiments to Discovery Research

Allen D. Hunter , Larry J. Bianconi , Steven J. DiMuzio and Dianne L. Braho
p 891
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p891
History, Education, and Documentation

Understanding Chemical Structure/Physical Property Relationships in Polymers through Molecular Modeling and Thermal Analysis Techniques

A. Kim and J. L. Musfeldt
p 893
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p893
History, Education, and Documentation

The Determination of the Heat Capacities of Liquids with Time Resolved Thermal Lens Calorimetry: A More Accurate Procedure

Kurt Seidman and Amy Payne
p 897
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p897
History, Education, and Documentation

The Energy Profile for Rotation about the C-C Bond in Substituted Ethanes: A Multi-Part Experimental Computational Project for the Physical Chemistry Laboratory

Luther E. Erickson and Kevin F. Morris
p 900
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p900
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

A Simple Molecular Orbital Treatment of the Barrier to Internal Rotation in the Ethane Molecule

Derek W. Smith
p 907
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p907
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

A Simple Qualitative Molecular-Orbital/Valence-Bond Description of the Bonding in Main Group "Hypervalent" Molecules

Owen J. Curnow
p 910
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p910
History, Education, and Documentation

Angular Momentum and the Two-Dimensional Free Particle

Dario Bressanini and Alessandro Ponti
p 916
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p916
History, Education, and Documentation

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Kinetics of Consecutive Reactions: First Reaction, First-Order; Second Reaction, Zeroth Order

David Ball
p 917
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p917
History, Education, and Documentation

Chemistry from Telephone Numbers: The False Isokinetic Relationship

George C. McBane
p 919
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p919
History, Education, and Documentation

Covalent and Ionic Molecules: Why Are BeF2 and AlF3 High Melting Point Solids whereas BF3 and SiF4 Are Gases?

Ronald J. Gillespie
p 923
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p923
History, Education, and Documentation

JCE Online

Jon L. Holmes
p 926
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p926

Chemistry Comes Alive!, Vol. 2: Abstract of Special Issue 21 on CD-ROM

Jerrold J. Jacobsen and John W. Moore
p 927
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p927

Articles

Synthesis of a Lactone

Danial M. Perrine
p 803
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p803.1
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Magnetic Nonequivalence in Proton NMR

Addison Ault
p 803
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p803.2
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Magnetic Nonequivalence in Proton NMR (the author replies)

Christopher J. Welch
p 829
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p829.1
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Chemistry at the Art/Archeology Interface

Alan M. Schwartz
p 829
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p829.2
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Chemistry at the Art/Archeology Interface (the author replies)

Mary Virginia Orna
p 829
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p829.3
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