Table of Contents

March 1999
Volume 76, Issue 3
Pages 293-447
About the Cover:

Resembling an aerial fireworks display, this dramatic NASA Hubble Space Telescope picture of the energetic star WR124 (a Wolf-Rayet star) shows hot clumps of gas being ejected into space at speeds of over 100,000 miles per hour. While most elements are formed in stars, this century scientists have been able to synthesize "artificial" elements in the laboratory. Darleane C. Hoffman and Diana M. Lee discuss "Chemistry of the Heaviest Elements - One Atom at a Time" in this month's Viewpoints article on pages 331-347. Additional articles on the origins and properties of elements are found on pages 349-359 and 447-448.

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Chemical Education Today

Higher Education in Transition

John W. Moore
p 293
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p293
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Especially for High School Teachers

J. Emory Howell
p 295
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p295
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A View of the Science Education Research Literature: Student Understanding of Chemical Change

William R. Robinson
p 297
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p297

ACS National Meeting: Program for the Division of Chemical Education-Anaheim, CA, March 21-25, 1999

Richard W. Schwenz , Craig W. Bowen and Thomas R. Wildeman
p 301
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p301

Discovering Anaheim

Paul S. Cohen and Brenda H. Cohen
p 311
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p311

Don't Forget the Units!

Kathryn R. Williams
p 313
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p313

Near Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum

M. Cecilia Yappert
p 315
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p315

News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 316
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p316
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Linus Pauling on Peace: A Scientist Speaks Out on Humanism and World Survival (eds. Marinacci, Barbara; Krishnamurthy, Ramesh)

Derek A. Davenport
p 321
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p321.1
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The Enlightenment of Joseph Priestley: A Study of His Life and Works from 1733 to 1773 (Schofield, Robert E.)

William B. Jensen
p 321
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p321.2
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To Light Such a Candle: Chapters in the History of Science and Technology (Laidler, Keith J.)

Harold H. Harris
p 323
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p323
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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 8th edition (ed. Parker, Sybil P.)

George B. Kauffman
p 324
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p324
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Molecular Mechanics across Chemistry (Rapp, Anthony K.; Casewit, Carla J.)

G. Craig Hill
p 325
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p325
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The Chemistry of Water (Kegley, Susan E.; Andrews, Joy)

Debra J. McCool
p 326
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p326.1
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A Guide to Phospholipid Chemistry (Hanahan, Donald J.)

Lawrence K. Duffy
p 326
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p326.2
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Viewpoints

Chemistry of the Heaviest Elements- One Atom at a Time

Darleane C. Hoffman and Diana M. Lee
p 331
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p331
History, Education, and Documentation
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Chemistry Everyday for Everyone

An Easy and Effective Classroom Demonstration of Population Distributions

Marjorie A. Jones
p 384
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p384

Alka Seltzer Poppers: An Interactive Exploration

A. M. Sarquis and L. M. Woodward
p 385
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p385
History, Education, and Documentation

A Chemistry Workshop for Secondary School Science Teachers: Addressing Multiple Laboratory Issues

Julia P. Baker , Suzanne R. Carpenter and Todd J. Hizer
p 387
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p387

From San Juan to Madison: Cultural Perspectives on Teaching General Chemistry

Mary Ann Davison Fernandez , Catherine Hurt Middlecamp
p 388
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p388

In the Classroom

Nucleogenesis! A Game with Natural Rules for Teaching Nuclear Synthesis and Decay

Donald J. Olbris and Judith Herzfeld
p 349
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p349
History, Education, and Documentation

Before There Was Chemistry: The Origin of the Elements as an Introduction to Chemistry

Neil Glickstein
p 353
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p353
History, Education, and Documentation

Periodic Tables of Elemental Abundance

Steven I. Dutch
p 356
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p356
History, Education, and Documentation

A Different Approach to a 3-D Periodic System Including Stable Isotopes

Alexandru T. Balaban
p 359
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p359
History, Education, and Documentation

Pyroelectric Effect of a Sucrose Monocrystal

Metodija Najdoski , Ljupco J. Pejov and Vladimir M. Petrusevski , Fred Juergens , Penny Snetsinger
p 360
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p360
History, Education, and Documentation

Oxidation Numbers

Gion Calzaferri
p 362
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p362
History, Education, and Documentation

A Way To Predict the Relative Stabilities of Structural Isomers

John M. Lyon
p 364
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p364
History, Education, and Documentation

The Ubiquitous Metaphors of Chemistry Teaching

Herbert Beall
p 366
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p366
History, Education, and Documentation

Ethics in Science for Undergraduate Students

Linda M. Sweeting
p 369
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p369

Undergraduate Lectures on Infrared Spectroscopy in the Solid State

E. A. Secco
p 373
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p373
History, Education, and Documentation

Active Learning in Upper-Level Chemistry Courses: A Biochemistry Example

Linda C. Hodges
p 376
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p376
History, Education, and Documentation

Revealing the Backbone Structure of B-DNA from Laser Optical Simulations of Its X-ray Diffraction Diagram

A. A. Lucas , Ph. Lambin , R. Mairesse and M. Mathot
p 378
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p378
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Laboratory

Bridging Native American Culture and Chemistry: Gas Chromatography Experiments That Examine Native Foods

Gerald Caple , Andrew G. Sykes
p 392
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p392

A Simplified Method for Finding the pKa of an Acid-Base Indicator by Spectrophotometry

George S. Patterson
p 395
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p395
History, Education, and Documentation

Variable Path-Length Cells for Discovery-Based Investigation of the Beer-Lambert Law

Sarah A. Stewart and André J. Sommer
p 399
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p399
History, Education, and Documentation

Liver and Onions: DNA Extraction from Animal and Plant Tissues

Karen J. Nordell , Anne-Marie L. Jackelen , S. Michael Condren , George C. Lisensky and Arthur B. Ellis
p 400A
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Activity)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p400A

Ruthenium Complexes with h1-Organic Ligands: An Advanced Undergraduate Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry Experiment

Marie P. Cifuentes , Fiona M. Roxburgh and Mark G. Humphrey
p 401
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p401
History, Education, and Documentation

Synthesis of Molybdenum-Molybdenum Quadruple Bonds: A Multistep Advanced Synthesis Laboratory Experiment

Laura E. Pence , Amy M. Weisgerber and Florence A. Maounis
p 404
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p404
History, Education, and Documentation

An Easy Experiment To Compare Factors Affecting the Reaction Rate of Structurally Related Compounds

Sandra Signorella , Silvia García and Luis F. Sala
p 405
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p405
History, Education, and Documentation

Recombinant Green Fluorescent Protein Isoforms: Exercises To Integrate Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysical Chemistry

Barry W. Hicks
p 409
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p409
History, Education, and Documentation

Resonance Energy Transfer in Peptides: A Biophysical Laboratory Experiment

Anne M. Hundzinski and Bruce D. Anderson
p 416
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p416
History, Education, and Documentation

Determination of Thermodynamic Parameters of the Cyclodextrin Inclusion Processes: An Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Lab Experiment

M. Valero , L. J. Rodriguez and M. Mercedes Velázquez
p 418
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p418
History, Education, and Documentation

A Practical Integrated Approach to Supramolecular Chemistry. I. Equilibria in Inclusion Phenomena.

Jesús Hernández-Benito , Samuel González-Mancebo , Emilio Calle , M. Pilar García-Santos and Julio Casado
p 419
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p419
History, Education, and Documentation

A Practical Integrated Approach to Supramolecular Chemistry. II. Kinetics of Inclusion Phenomena

Jesús Hernández-Benito , Samuel González-Mancebo , Emilio Calle , M. Pilar García-Santos and Julio Casado
p 422
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p422
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

Regression Methods To Extract Partial Molar Volume Values in the Method of Intercepts

Leon F. Loucks
p 425
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p425
History, Education, and Documentation

A Pictorial Approach to Molecular Orbital Bonding in Polymers: Non-Mathematical but Honest

Gordon J. Miller and John G. Verkade
p 428
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p428
History, Education, and Documentation

Realistic Detection Limits from Confidence Bands

Julia R. Burdge , Douglas L. MacTaggart and Sherry O. Farwell
p 434
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p434
History, Education, and Documentation

General Potential Energy Surfaces for Catalytic Processes

S. H. Bauer
p 440
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p440
History, Education, and Documentation

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Probability and Atomic Radius in the H Atom

William J. McInerny
p 443
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p443
History, Education, and Documentation

On the "Abnormal" Decomposition Potentials of Aqueous Solutions of Halogen Acids

Yi Liang and Jie Chen , Songsheng Qu
p 444
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p444

JCE Online FAQs

Jon L. Holmes
p 446
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p446

Periodic Table Live! 2nd Edition

John C. Kotz , Alton J. Banks , Jon L. Holmes , Jerrold J. Jacobsen , John W. Moore , Paul F. Schatz and Jaclyn Tweedale , Susan Young
p 447
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p447
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Articles

Cinnamaldehyde by Steam Distillation of Cinnamon

Jose Castrillon
p 318
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p318.1
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The Mechanism of Covalent Bonding

Curtis Hoganson
p 318
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p318.2
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The Mechanism of Covalent Bonding (the authors reply)

George Bacskay , Jeffrey Reimers and Sture. Nordholm
p 319
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p319.1
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Re-Blue-ing Blue Litmus Paper

David R. Myers and Joseph Crane
p 319
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p319.2
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Re-Blue-ing Blue Litmus Paper (the author replies)

Margaret J. Steffel
p 319
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p319.3
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Galvani

Robert de Levie
p 320
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p320.1
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Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions and Mechanisms

Bernard Miller
p 320
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1999 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p320.2
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