Table of Contents

April 2002
Volume 79, Issue 4
Pages 407-528
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What's wrong in this lab? For more information about the unsafe lab and the incorrect techniques on the cover, see page 432. Look for other articles in this issue that use puzzles and games to teach chemistry.

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Chemical Education Today

A Long Way To Go

John W. Moore
p 407
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p407
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Fire Making, Part I

Kathryn R. Williams
p 408
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p408

Getting Hooked on Chemistry

Diana S. Mason
p 409
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p409
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A Century of Chemical Dynamics Traced through the Nobel Prizes. 1956: Hinshelwood and Semenov

Josh Van Houten
p 414
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p414
History, Education, and Documentation

Gender Equality in Science—Who Cares?

Lewyn Li
p 418
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p418
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Integrating Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction in the Undergraduate Curriculum

Patrick E. Hoggard
p 420
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p420
History, Education, and Documentation

Division of Chemical Education: News and Notices

p 422
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p422

Chemical Laboratory Information Profile: Sodium

Jay A. Young
p 425
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p425

Chemical Laboratory Information Profile: Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid

Jay A. Young
p 426
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p426

News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 427
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p427
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Response to Lowe's Potential-Energy-Only Models

Frank Rioux , Roger L. DeKock
p 429
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p429
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Response to Lowe's Potential-Energy-Only Models

John P. Lowe
p 430
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p430
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Career Management for Scientists and Engineers

Robert E. Buntrock
p 431
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p431.1
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The Author Replies

Michael Caswell
p 431
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p431.2

Chemical Sciences in the 20th Century: Bridging Boundaries (edited by Reinhardt, Carsten)

Pedro J. Bernal
p 433
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p433.1
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Stratospheric Ozone Depletion (Middlebrook, Ann M.; Tolbert, Margaret A.)

Evan T. Williams
p 433
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p433.2
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Effects of Changing Climate on Weather and Human Activities (Trenberth, Kevin E.; Miller, Kathleen; Mearns, Linda; Rhodes, Steven)

Evan T. Williams
p 433
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p433.3
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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry (Ratner, Mark A.; Schatz, George C.)

Andrew J. Pounds
p 434
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p434
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Oxygen (Djerassi, Carl; Hoffmann, Roald)

Jeffrey Kovac
p 436
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p436.1
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Optics Demonstrations on the Overhead Projector (Goodman, Douglas S.)

Doris K. Kolb
p 436
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p436.2
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Chemistry, 2nd Edition (Lewis, Rob; Evans, Wynne)

Wheeler Conover
p 437
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p437
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Chemistry for Everyone

The Production, Microstructure, and Properties of Wrought Iron

Robert Walker VII
p 443
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p443
History, Education, and Documentation

Quote Boxes for Chemistry Teachers

Dave Olney
p 447
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p447

The Chemical Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of Three

Thomas R. Rybolt and Thomas G. Waddell
p 448
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p448
History, Education, and Documentation

Using Proverbs in Chemistry

Jorge G. Ibanez
p 454
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p454
History, Education, and Documentation

Letter Matrix Puzzle on the Symbols of Elements

V. D. Kelkar
p 456
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p456
History, Education, and Documentation

Chemistry Game Shows

Susan Campbell , Jennifer Muzyka
p 458
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p458

In the Classroom

Fingerprinting: Commercial Products and Elements

DeeDee Allen and Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo
p 459
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p459

Combining Active Learning with Service Learning: A Student-Driven Demonstration Project

Mary Hatcher-Skeers , Ellen Aragon
p 462
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p462

A Consistent Set of Oxidation Number Rules for Intelligent Computer Tutoring

Dale A. Holder and Benny G. Johnson , Paul J. Karol
p 465
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p465
History, Education, and Documentation

Crystal Models Made from Clear Plastic Boxes and Their Use in Determining Avogadro's Number

Thomas H. Bindel
p 468
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p468
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Laboratory

A Simple Experiment for the Determination of Molecular Weights of Gases Lighter Than Air

Van T. Lieu and Gene E. Kalbus
p 473
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p473
History, Education, and Documentation

Using Limiting-Excess Stoichiometry to Introduce Equilibrium Calculations: A Discrepant Event Laboratory Activity Involving Precipitation Reactions

Stephen DeMeo
p 474
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p474
History, Education, and Documentation

Weigh This Way

Judith M. Bonicamp
p 476
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p476

An Organic Puzzle Using Meldrum's Acid

R. David Crouch and Michael S. Holden
p 477
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p477
History, Education, and Documentation

Carbohydrate Analysis: Can We Control the Ripening of Bananas?

S. Todd Deal , Catherine E. Farmer and Paul F. Cerpovicz
p 479
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p479
History, Education, and Documentation

An After-Dinner Trick

JCE staff
p 480A
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Activity)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p480A

Efficient Separation of Yolk from White in Boiled Chicken Eggs Leads to Convenient Extraction of Biologically Viable Phosphatidylcholine Lipids

Ivan Stanish , Daniel Zabetakis and Alok Singh
p 481
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p481
History, Education, and Documentation

The Mechanism of the Ritter Reaction in Combination with Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangements. A Cooperative Learning Experience

María I. Colombo , María L. Bohn and Edmundo A. Rúveda
p 484
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p484
History, Education, and Documentation

A Copper-Sulfate-Based Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory for First-Year University Students That Teaches Basic Operations and Concepts

Emilio Rodríguez and Miguel Angel Vicente
p 486
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p486
History, Education, and Documentation

Simple Synthesis and Characterization of Several Nickel Catalytic Precursors

Francisco Medina and Jesus E. Sueiras , Yolanda Cesteros and Pilar Salagre
p 489
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p489

129Xe NMR of Zeolite NaY in the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory

Tanja Pietraß
p 492
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p492
History, Education, and Documentation

Experiments with Tris(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III) Compounds: 59Co NMR and the Resolution of Enantiomeric [Co(en)3]3+ Ion and Analysis by Formation of Diastereomeric Ion Pairs

L. L. Borer , J. G. Russell , and R. E. Settlage , R. G. Bryant
p 494
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p494
History, Education, and Documentation

Keto-Enol Tautomers in a Carbonyl Phosphonium Salt

David E. Berry and G. W. Patenaude
p 498
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p498
History, Education, and Documentation

Tethering Bottle Caps

Ben Ruekberg
p 499
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p499

Two-Photon Ionization Spectrometry of Alkali Atoms in Flames

Matthew G. Comstock , Jeffrey R. Kerr and Jeffrey A. Gray
p 500
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p500
History, Education, and Documentation

A Smart-Laser-Based Calorimeter

Thomas Schneider , Mário J. Politi and Mauricio S. Baptista
p 503
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p503
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

The Application of the Concept of Extent of Reaction

Adela E. Croce
p 506
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p506
History, Education, and Documentation

Solving Quantum Number Problems: An Examination of Novice Performance in Terms of Conceptual Base Requirements

Dilek Ardac
p 510
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p510
History, Education, and Documentation

Teaching the Sophomore Organic Course without a Lecture. Are You Crazy?

Alexander Z. Bradley , Scott M. Ulrich and Maitland Jones Jr., Stephanie M. Jones
p 514
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p514
History, Education, and Documentation

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

From the Textbook to the Lecture: Improving Prelecture Preparation in Organic Chemistry

David M. Collard , Steven P. Girardot and Howard M. Deutsch
p 520
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p520
History, Education, and Documentation

Utilization of SciFinder Scholar at an Undergraduate Institution

Stacy A. O'Reilly and Anne M. Wilson , Barbara Howes
p 524
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p524
History, Education, and Documentation

Mathcad Documents and Student Learning

Theresa Julia Zielinski
p 527
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p527
History, Education, and Documentation

An Introduction to NMR Concepts

Scott E. Van Bramer
p 528
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p528.1

Modeling pH in Natural Waters

Morten Sielemann , Niels Peder Raj Anderssen and Kristian Keiding
p 528
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p528.2

Articles

Career Management for Scientists and Engineers

Michael Caswell
p 432
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p432.1
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Cover Puzzle: What's Wrong in This Lab?

p 432
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2002 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed079p432.2
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