Table of Contents

March 2002
Volume 79, Issue 3
Pages 279-397

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Crystals of lysozyme grown under various conditions, as described in the article "A Novel and Innovative Biochemistry Laboratory: Crystal Growth of Hen Egg White Lysozyme" by Elizabeth Garrett, Audrey Wehr, Rebecca Hedge, David L. Roberts, and Jacqueline R. Roberts (page 366).

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Chemical Education Today

Should All Information Be Free?

John W. Moore
p 279
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p279
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Inquiry Methods in Chemistry

Diana S. Mason
p 281
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p281
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Orlando, April 7-11, 2002: Program for the Division of Chemical Education

Elizabeth Pulliam , Venkatesh (Vic) Shanbhag , Frank Torre
p 282
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p282

Orlando, April 7-11, 2002: High School Program

p 292
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p292.1

Orlando, April 7-11, 2002: CHED-Sponsored Workshop

p 292
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DOI: 10.1021/ed079p292.2

Orlando, April 7-11, 2002: Presidential Plenary Session

p 293
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DOI: 10.1021/ed079p293

Orlando, April 7-11, 2002: Undergraduate Program

p 294
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DOI: 10.1021/ed079p294

Orlando, April 7-11, 2002: Notices, Division of Chemical Education

p 296
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p296

A Century of Chemical Dynamics Traced through the Nobel Prizes. 1943: George de Hevesy

Josh Van Houten
p 301
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p301

The Influence of Modern NMR Spectroscopy on Undergraduate Organic, Inorganic, and Physical Chemistry at Florida State University

Joseph B. Vaughn Jr.
p 306
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p306

News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 309
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DOI: 10.1021/ed079p309
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Have Orbitals Really Been Observed?

Eric R. Scerri
p 310
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p310.1
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Research Is to Teaching...

Stewart Karp
p 310
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p310.2
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Understanding Enzyme Inhibition

Addison Ault
p 311
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p311.1
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Understanding Enzyme Inhibition

Raymond S. Ochs
p 311
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DOI: 10.1021/ed079p311.2
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Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood (Sacks, Oliver)

A. Truman Schwartz
p 312
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p312
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Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis (Masel, Richard I.)

Richard M. Pagni
p 313
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p313
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A Serious but Not Ponderous Book about Nuclear Energy (Scheider, Walter)

Peggy Geiger
p 314
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p314
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Chemical Safety for Teachers and Their Supervisors, Grades 7-12 (by American Chemical Society and ACS Board-Council Committee on Chemical Safety)

Lisa Keith-Lucas
p 315
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p315
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The Genie in the Bottle (Schwarcz, Joe)

Jeffrey Kovac
p 316
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p316.1
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Chemistry for Everyone

Blending in with the Body

Andrew L. Lewis and Mike Driver
p 321
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p321

Notes on the Early History of the Interaction between Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry: The Development of Physical Biochemistry

Mercedes Guzmán-Casado and Antonio Parody-Morreale
p 327
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p327

In the Classroom

Are surfactant molecules really oriented in the interface?

Nasimul Gani , Jasmina Khanam
p 332
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p332

The Lead-Acid Battery: Its Voltage in Theory and in Practice

Richard S. Treptow
p 334
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p334

A Chemically Relevant Model for Teaching the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Tetsuo Morikawa , Bryce E. Williamson
p 339
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p339

In the Laboratory

The Electrolytic Recovery of Copper from Brass. A Laboratory Simulation of an Industrial Application of Electrical Energy

Domenico Osella and Mauro Ravera , Cristina Soave and Sonia Scorza
p 343
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p343

Integrating HPLC and Electrochemistry: A LabVIEW-Based Pulsed Amperometric Detection System

Mark B. Jensen
p 345
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p345

A Simple Student Experiment for Teaching Surface Electrochemistry: Adsorption of Polyoxometalate on Graphite Electrodes

David Martel , Neso Sojic and Alexander Kuhn
p 349
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p349

Lego Stoichiometry

J. Eric Witzel
p 352A
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Activity)

Quantifying Meniscus Forces with an Electronic Balance: Direct Measurement of Liquid Surface Tension. A Physical Chemistry Experiment

Rafael M. Digilov
p 353
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p353

The Visible Spectrum of Liquid Oxygen in the General Chemistry Laboratory

Frazier Nyasulu , John Macklin and William Cusworth III
p 356
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p356

Two Experiments Illustrating the Importance of Sampling in a Quantitative Chemical Analysis

David Harvey
p 360
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p360

ICP in the Physical Chemistry Laboratory: Determination of Plasma Temperature

Melissa A. Page , Benjamin W. Smith and Kathryn R. Williams
p 364
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p364

A Novel and Innovative Biochemistry Laboratory: Crystal Growth of Hen Egg White Lysozyme

Elizabeth Garrett , Audrey Wehr , Rebecca Hedge , David L. Roberts and Jacqueline R. Roberts
p 366
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p366

Using Infrared Spectroscopy to Investigate Protein Structure

Janet Olchowicz , Deidra R. Coles , Lori E. Kain and Gina MacDonald
p 369
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p369

The Cis-Trans Equilibrium of N-Acetyl-L-Proline. An Experiment for the Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory

Kathryn R. Williams , Bhavin Adhyaru , Igor German and Eric Alvarez
p 372
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p372

Experimental Design and Polyelectrolyte Effects on Ligand Binding to Nucleic Acids. An Undergraduate Biochemistry Lab

Matthew A. Fisher , Danielle Johnston and Daniel A. Ritt
p 374
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p374

Research: Science and Education

Cholesterol Biosynthesis: Lanosterol to Cholesterol

John M. Risley
p 377
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p377

The Stoichiometric Displacement Model and Langmuir and Freundlich Adsorption

Xindu Geng , Don M. Zebolsky
p 385
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p385

Statistical Study of Distribution Diagrams for Two-Component Systems: Relationships of Means and Variances of the Discrete Variable Distributions with Average Ligand Number and Intrinsic Buffer Capacity

Rosario Moya-Hernández and Juan Carlos Rueda-Jackson , Josef Havel , María Teresa Ramírez , Guillermo A. Vázquez and Alberto Rojas-Hernández
p 389
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p389

Is Salt Melting When It Dissolves in Water?

Alan Goodwin
p 393
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p393

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Redox Redux: Recommendations for Improving Textbook and IUPAC Definitions

Ed Vitz
p 397
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002 (Article)
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