Table of Contents

May 2001
Volume 78, Issue 5
Pages 567-694
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X-ray Diffraction of Powders and Thin Films was the featured topic of the 11th Waters Symposium held at Pittcon in March 2000. Papers based on this symposium can be found on pages 601 616.

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Chemical Education Today

A Living Textbook of Chemistry

John W. Moore
p 567
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p567
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Especially for High School Teachers

J. Emory Howell
p 569
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p569
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News from Online: Mercury and Our Environment

Carolyn Sweeney Judd
p 570
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p570

The Study of Chemistry by Guided Inquiry Method Using Microcomputer-Based Laboratories

Mary Ann Durick
p 574
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p574

A tisket, a tasket—Out of the editor's basket

Kathryn R. Williams
p 577
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p577

What's Been Happening to Undergraduate Mathematics

David M. Bressoud
p 578
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p578
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Chemistry Report. MAA-CUPM Curriculum Foundations Workshop in Biology and Chemistry, Macalester College, November 2-5, 2000

Norman C. Craig
p 582
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p582
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n-Hexane

Jay A. Young
p 587
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p587

Borax

Jay A. Young
p 588
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p588

News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 589
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p589
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Water: A Matrix of Life, 2nd Edition (Franks, Felix)

Fred Tabbutt
p 593
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p593.1
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Inquiry-Based Experiments for Chemistry (Lechtanski, Valerie Ludwig)

Lisa Keith-Lucas
p 593
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p593.2
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Physical Chemistry for the Chemical and Biological Sciences (Chang, Raymond)

Andrew Pounds
p 594
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p594
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Chemical Thermodynamics. Vol. I: Principles and Applications; Vol. II: Advanced Applications (Ott, J. Bevan; Boerio-Goates, Juliana)

Robert G. Mortimer
p 595
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p595
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Waters Symposium

Landmarks in the Development of Powder Diffraction Instrumentation

Ron Jenkins
p 601
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p601.1
History, Education, and Documentation

The Annual James L. Waters Symposium at Pittcon (2000)

J. F. Coetzee
p 601
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p601.2
History, Education, and Documentation

The Role of Development of the Rotating Anode X-ray Generator and the Use of Imaging Plates in Powder Diffractometer Instrumentation

Jimpei Harada
p 607
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p607
History, Education, and Documentation

The Development of Instrumentation for Thin-Film X-ray Diffraction

Tom Ryan
p 613
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p613
History, Education, and Documentation

Chemistry for Everyone

Designing Advanced Materials As Simple As Assembling Lego® Blocks!

C. V. Krishnamohan Sharma
p 617
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p617
History, Education, and Documentation

Using History to Teach Scientific Method: The Role of Errors

Carmen J. Giunta
p 623
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p623
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Classroom

Student-Taught Review Sessions: Fostering Communication Skills and Reinforcing Concepts

Melanie R. Nilsson
p 628
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p628
History, Education, and Documentation

Assessing Students' Conceptual Understanding of Solubility Equilibrium

Andrés Raviolo
p 629
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p629
History, Education, and Documentation

Evaluating Solubility of Sparingly Soluble Diprotic Acid Salts

Jean M. Nigretto
p 631
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p631
History, Education, and Documentation

A Rationalization for the Freshman Rules for the H-Atom Quantum Numbers

Oliver G. Ludwig
p 634
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p634
History, Education, and Documentation

Screening Percentages Based on Slater Effective Nuclear Charge as a Versatile Tool for Teaching Periodic Trends

Kimberley A. Waldron , Erin M. Fehringer , Amy E. Streeb , Jennifer E. Trosky and Joshua J. Pearson
p 635
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p635
History, Education, and Documentation

A dramatic flame test demonstration

Kristin A. Johnson and Rodney Schreiner
p 640
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p640
History, Education, and Documentation

Light emission at electrodes: An electrochemiluminescence demonstration

Ed Bolton and Mark M. Richter
p 641
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p641
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Laboratory

Build a Simple Polarimeter

Frank E. Stary and Norman Woldow
p 644
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p644
History, Education, and Documentation

An Experiment on Photochromism and Kinetics for the Undergraduate Laboratory

R. Martín Negri , Hernán E. Prypsztejn
p 645
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p645

A Simple Solution for Leaking Polarimeter Cells

Gene A. Hiegel
p 648
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p648
History, Education, and Documentation

Putting UV-Sensitive Beads to the Test

Terre Trupp
p 648A
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Activity)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p648A

An Easy and Versatile Experiment to Demonstrate Solvent Polarity Using Solvatochromic Dyes

Vanderlei Gageiro Machado , Clodoaldo Machado
p 649
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p649
History, Education, and Documentation

Analysis of an Oxygen Bleach: A Redox Titration Lab

Christine L. Copper and Edward Koubek
p 652
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p652
History, Education, and Documentation

A Useful System for Microscale and Semi-microscale Fractional Distillation of Air-Sensitive Substances with High Boiling Points

J. Alfredo Gutiérrez
p 653
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p653
History, Education, and Documentation

Synthesis of Substituted Butenolides. An Undergraduate Organic Laboratory Experiment Utilizing Two 3-Step Preparatory Sequences

Géraldine Maheut , Liang Liao , Jean-Marie Catel , Paul-Alain Jaffrès and Didier Villemin
p 654
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p654
History, Education, and Documentation

Computer Simulation of Electronic Circuits Used in Chemical Instrumentation

Omowunmi A. Sadik and Miu Chu Cheung
p 658
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p658
History, Education, and Documentation

Ruthenium(II)-dppm Coordination Chemistry. An Advanced Inorganic Miniproject

Simon J. Higgins
p 663
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p663
History, Education, and Documentation

Metal Complexes of Trifluoropentanedione. An Experiment for the General Chemistry Laboratory

David Shipp and Bill Durham , Robert C. Sadoski
p 665
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p665

Use of EPR Spectroscopy in Elucidating Electronic Structures of Paramagnetic Transition Metal Complexes

Partha Basu
p 666
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p666
History, Education, and Documentation

Determination of the Magnetic Moments of Transition Metal Complexes Using Rare Earth Magnets

Kevin C. de Berg and Kenneth J. Chapman
p 670
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p670
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

Splitting of One-Electron Levels in a Tetrahedral Environment

Toyohiko J. Konno
p 674
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p674
History, Education, and Documentation

Inorganic Chemistry at the Undergraduate Level: Are We All on the Same Page?

Les L. Pesterfield and Charles H. Henrickson
p 677
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p677
History, Education, and Documentation

The Diagrammatic Method, the Planck and the Massieu Functions

Lionello Pogliani
p 680
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p680
History, Education, and Documentation

Correlation in Simple Systems

Carl W. David
p 682
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p682
History, Education, and Documentation

The Impact of Active and Context-Based Learning in Introductory Chemistry Courses: An Early Evaluation of the Modular Approach

Joshua P. Gutwill-Wise
p 684
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p684
History, Education, and Documentation

The National Conferences on Undergraduate Research: Conference History and the Role of Chemistry

T. C. Werner , Robert L. Lichter , Thomas R. Krugh
p 691
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p691
History, Education, and Documentation

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Using Calculator-Based Laboratory Technology to Conduct Undergraduate Chemical Research

Cynthia L. Sales , Nicole M. Ragan and Maureen Kendrick Murphy
p 694
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2001 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed078p694
History, Education, and Documentation
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