Table of Contents

April 2001
Volume 78, Issue 4
Pages 431-559
About the Cover:

Components of a typical alkaline cell. The cover illustration shows the active and structural components of a dissected primary cell based on the zinc/manganese dioxide system with an alkaline electrolyte. See the article, "Structure and Content of Some Primary Batteries" by Michael J. Smith and Colin A. Vincent on pages 519-521.

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Chemical Education Today

Research, Discovery, and Education

John W. Moore
p 431
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Especially for High School Teachers

J. Emory Howell
p 433
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Laboratory Balances—Perceptions from the Past

Kathryn R. Williams
p 434
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p434

An Interview with Frank Cardulla, 2000 Award Winner

JCE staff
p 437
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Introducing Chemical Laboratory Information Profiles: CLIPs

Jay A. Young
p 444
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p444
History, Education, and Documentation

Sodium Hydroxide

Jay A. Young
p 447
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p447

Phenolphthalein Solution

Jay A. Young
p 448
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p448

The Physics Teacher: Faraday as a Lecturer

Roy W. Clark
p 449
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p449

News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 451
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Is Online Learning Really Education?

A. William Johnson
p 453
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p453.1
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The Spectrophotometric Analysis and Modeling of Sunscreens

Gretchen Underwood and Joseph MacNeil
p 453
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p453.2
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The Spectrophotometric Analysis and Modeling of Sunscreens (the author replies)

Richard Cornelius
p 453
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p453.3
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Bringing Chemistry to Life: From Matter to Man (Williams, R. J. P.; Fraústo da Silva, J. J. R.)

Arthur Glasfeld
p 454
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p454
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Hyle, The International Journal for the Philosophy of Chemistry, Special Issue on Modeling, Volume 5, Number 1, and Volume 6 (Schummer, Joachim, ed.)

Joseph E. Earley Sr.
p 455
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p455
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Ions in Solution—Basic Principles of Chemical Interaction, 2nd Edition (Burgess, John)

L. L. Pesterfield
p 456
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Thermodynamics and Kinetics for the Biological Sciences (Hammes, Gordon G.)

Vicky Minderhout
p 457
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Analytical Electrochemistry, 2nd Edition (Wang, Joseph)

David L. Langhus
p 457
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Chemistry for Everyone

Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science

Melvin D. Joesten and Patricia C. Tellinghuisen
p 463
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p463
History, Education, and Documentation

A Chemical Matching Test

Daniel T. Haworth
p 466
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p466

Who Wants to Be a (Chemical) Millionaire?

James P. Deavor
p 467
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History, Education, and Documentation

It's Elementary

Milton J. Wieder
p 468
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p468
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The Chemical Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Shroud of Spartacus

Thomas G. Waddell and Thomas R. Rybolt
p 470
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p470
History, Education, and Documentation

Protein Structure Wordsearch

Terry L. Helser
p 474
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In the Classroom

Introducing Stereochemistry to Non-science Majors

Hannia Luján-Upton
p 475
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Creative Writing and Chemistry

Mark Alber
p 478
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History, Education, and Documentation

"Almost Like Weighing Someone's Soul": Chemistry in Contemporary Film

Donald J. Wink
p 481
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p481
History, Education, and Documentation

β[beta]-Oxidation Wordsearch

Terry L. Helser
p 483
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Chemistry in the Real World

Martin B. Jones , Christina R. Miller
p 484
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p484
History, Education, and Documentation

Teaching Chemistry in the Block Schedule

Sally Craven
p 488
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p488
History, Education, and Documentation

Cafeteria-Style Grading in General Chemistry

John A. Goodwin and Brian D. Gilbert
p 490
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p490
History, Education, and Documentation

Acids and Bases in Layers: The Stratal Structure of an Ancient Topic

Wobbe de Vos and Albert Pilot
p 494
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p494
History, Education, and Documentation

The Acid-Base Chemistry of Nicotine: Extensions, Analogies, and a Generalization

Addison Ault
p 500
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p500
History, Education, and Documentation

Glycolysis Wordsearch

Terry L. Helser
p 503
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Intermediates, Transition States, Butterflies, and Frogs

Trevor M. Kitson
p 504
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p504
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S is for Entropy. U is for Energy. What Was Clausius Thinking?

Irmgard K. Howard
p 505
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p505
History, Education, and Documentation

The Extent of Reaction, Δξ—Some Nuts and Bolts

Gavin D. Peckham
p 508
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p508
History, Education, and Documentation

The Colligative Property of Walther Nernst

Herbert Beall and Patrick A. Riccardino
p 511
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p511
History, Education, and Documentation

Just Breathe: The Oxygen Content of Air

JCE staff
p 512A
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001 (Activity)
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The Household Chemistry of Cleaning Pennies

Laurence D. Rosenhein
p 513
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p513
History, Education, and Documentation

Krebs Cycle Wordsearch

Terry L. Helser
p 515
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Observations on Lemon Cells

Jerry Goodisman
p 516
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p516
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Laboratory

Structure and Content of Some Primary Batteries

Colin A. Vincent , Michael J. Smith
p 519
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p519

Floating Plastics: An Initial Chemistry Laboratory Experience

Enrique A. Hughes , Helena M. Ceretti and Anita Zalts
p 522
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Dissolution Kinetics of Solids: Application with Spherical Candy

Guy Beauchamp
p 523
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p523
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Simulating How a Virus Spreads through a Population: An Introduction to Acid-Base Chemistry in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory

Ronald M. Jarret
p 525
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p525
History, Education, and Documentation

Class Projects in Physical Organic Chemistry: The Hammett Equation

Peter S. Marrs
p 527
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p527
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The Oxidation of Alkylbenzenes: Using Data Pooling in the Organic Laboratory to Illustrate Research in Organic Chemistry

James C. Adrian Jr. and Leslie A. Hull
p 529
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p529
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Diastereoselective Synthesis of (+/-)-1,2-Diphenyl-1,2-propanediol. A Discovery-Based Grignard Reaction Suitable for a Large Organic Lab Course

James A. Ciaccio , Roxana P. Bravo , Antoinette L. Drahus , John B. Biggins , Rosalyn V. Concepcion and David Cabrera
p 531
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p531
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Determination of Lipophilicity Constants of Sulfonamide Substituents

Maria Auxiliadôra Fontes Prado
p 533
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p533

Isolating Friedelin from Cork and Reducing It to Friedelinol and Epifriedelinol. A Project Involving NMR Spectrometry and Molecular Modeling

Joseph W. LeFevre , Kristin I. McNeill and Janet L. Moore
p 535
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p535
History, Education, and Documentation

Molecular Mechanics and Variable-Temperature 1H NMR Studies on N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide. An Undergraduate NMR and Molecular Modeling Experiment

Bruce L. Jensen and Raymond C. Fort Jr.
p 538
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p538
History, Education, and Documentation

An Indexed Combinatorial Library: The Synthesis and Testing of Insect Repellents

William H. Miles , Kathy A. Gelato , Kristen M. Pompizzi , Aislinn M. Scarbinsky and Brian K. Albrecht , Elaine R. Reynolds
p 540
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p540
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Small-Scale Filtration Using a Modified Plastic Syringe

Mikael Begtrup
p 543
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p543
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Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization in the Undergraduate Laboratories. 1. Using ATRP to Prepare Block and Statistical Copolymers of n-Butyl Acrylate and Styrene

Kathryn L. Beers and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski , Brian Woodworth
p 544
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p544
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Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization in the Undergraduate Laboratories. 2. Using ATRP in Limited Amounts of Air to Prepare Block and Statistical Copolymers of n-Butyl Acrylate and Styrene

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski , Kathryn L. Beers and Zachary Metzner , Brian Woodworth
p 547
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p547
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Research: Science and Education

Nonclassical or Reactivation Chain Polymerization: A General Scheme of Polymerization

Yen Wei
p 551
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p551
History, Education, and Documentation

Molecular Weight Averages and Polydispersity of Polymers

Wen-Shyan Sheu
p 554
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p554
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Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Studying Synthetic Polymers in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum. A Review of the Educational Literature

Steven C. Hodgson and Stephen W. Bigger , Norman C. Billingham
p 555
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p555
History, Education, and Documentation

Introduction to Searching with SciFinder Scholar

Damon D. Ridley
p 557
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p557
History, Education, and Documentation

Introduction to Structure Searching with SciFinder Scholar

Damon D. Ridley
p 559
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DOI: 10.1021/ed078p559
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