Table of Contents

January 2006
Volume 83, Issue 1
Pages 7-176

About the Cover:

A Chemical Canvas. In the article Moving Chemistry Education into 3D: A Tetrahedral Metaphor for Understanding Chemistry, Peter Mahaffy proposes framing chemistry education in new ways. By emphasizing the human element in chemistry, students can make successful and imaginative connections between the chemistry in textbooks and their lives, and this provides motivation for a deeper understanding of the molecular, symbolic, and macroscopic dimensions of chemistry. Students are often eager to communicate this new understanding to others in creative ways that reflect ownership of concepts, as demonstrated by the not-so-still life painting “Complexity of Life” shown on the cover.

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Chemical Education Today

Meeting the Challenges of Globalization

John W. Moore
p 7
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p7
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Small World, Common Ideas

Diana S. Mason
p 9
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p9
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Research Advances: Caught on Tape: Catalyst Recovery; Secondary Structure Switch; DNA-Based Chiral Catalysts

Angela G. King
p 10
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p10

Undergraduate Chemistry Education. Report of an ACS Presidential Symposium

William F. Polik
p 17
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p17

The MATRIX. Multicultural Alliance for Technology, Research, and Information Exchange

Raymond E. Turner
p 19
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p19

The Origin of the Liebig Condenser

William B. Jensen
p 23
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p23

Committee Reports, October 2005

p 24
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p24

ACS News

Helen Herlocker , Jeff Seeman
p 30
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p30

Meeting Report: Reports from Abroad

Morton Z. Hoffman
p 31
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p31

Barium Sulfate

Jay A. Young
p 33
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p33

Barium Nitrate

Jay A. Young
p 34
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p34

News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 35
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p35
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Chemical Thermodynamics in the Real World

Harold E. Leonard
p 39
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p39.1
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A Response to Chemical Thermodynamics in the Real World

John F. Wójcik
p 39
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p39.2
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On Managing the Culture Shock of Retirement

Carl E. Moore
p 40
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p40.1
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The H-Atom and the Golden Ratio: A Possible Link

Vladimir M. Petruševski
p 40
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p40.2
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Elegant Solutions: Ten Beautiful Experiments in Chemistry (Ball, Philip)

Hal Harris
p 41
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p41.1
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Pedagogy and the Practice of Science: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Kaiser, David, Ed.)

Jeffrey Kovac
p 41
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p41.2
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Advanced Excel for Scientific Data Analysis (de Levie, Robert)

Carl Salter
p 43
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p43
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Chemistry for Everyone

Modeling Dynamic Equilibrium with Coins

Martin Bartholow
p 48A
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Activity)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p48A

Moving Chemistry Education into 3D: A Tetrahedral Metaphor for Understanding Chemistry. Union Carbide Award for Chemical Education

Peter Mahaffy
p 49
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p49
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A DVD Spectroscope: A Simple, High-Resolution Classroom Spectroscope

Fumitaka Wakabayashi , Kiyohito Hamada
p 56
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p56

In the Classroom

Bridging the Cognitive-Affective Gap: Teaching Chemistry while Advancing Affective Objectives. The Singapore Curricular Experience

Kok Siang Tan , Ngoh Khang Goh and Lian Sai Chia
p 59
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p59

Using a CBL Unit, a Temperature Sensor, and a Graphing Calculator To Model the Kinetics of Consecutive First-Order Reactions as Safe In-Class Demonstrations

José E. Cortés-Figueroa , Deborah A. Moore-Russo , Michael J. Schuman
p 64
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p64

Computational Studies of Chemical Reactions: The HNC–HCN and CH3NC–CH3CN Isomerizations

Arthur M. Halpern
p 69
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p69

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Chemical Reactions for Use in Education

Qian Xie and Robert Tinker
p 77
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p77

Fluorous Compounds and Their Role in Separation Chemistry

Maria Angeles Ubeda , Roman Dembinski
p 84
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p84

The Chemistry of Highly Fluorinated Compounds

William F. Coleman
p 92
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p92
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Theoretical Insights for Practical Handling of Pressurized Fluids

Alfonso Aranda and María del Prado Rodríguez
p 93
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p93

In the Laboratory

Vapor Pressure Measurements in a Closed System

Mark Iannone
p 97
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p97

Derivatization of Fullerenes: An Organic Chemistry Laboratory

Charles T. Cox Jr. and Melanie M. Cooper
p 99
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p99

Diastereoselectivity in the Reduction of α-Hydroxyketones. An Experiment for the Chemistry Major Organic Laboratory

David B. Ball
p 101
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p101

Synthesis, Photophysical Characterization, and Gelation Studies of a Stibene–Cholesterol Derivative. An Advanced Physical Organic Chemistry Laboratory

H. Christina Geiger , David K. Geiger and Christine Baldwin
p 106
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p106

An Automated Statistical Process Control Study of Inline Mixing Using Spectrophotometric Detection

David A. Dickey , Michael D. Dickey , Michael D. Stewart and C. Grant Willson
p 110
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p110

Wetting Experiments with a "Web Cam" in an Undergraduate Student Laboratory

Hernán Ritacco
p 114
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p114

Research: Science and Education

Axisymmetric Liquid Hanging Drops

Tatiana Yu. Latychevskaia , Erich C. Meister
p 117
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p117

Reclaiming the Central Role of Equations of State in Thermodynamics

Vicente Talanquer
p 127
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p127

The Analysis of Spontaneous Processes Using Equilibrium Thermodynamics

J. M. Honig and Dor Ben-Amotz
p 132
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p132

The Ammonia Synthesis Reaction: An Exception to the Le Châtelier Principle and Effects of Nonideality

Mark J. Uline and David S. Corti
p 138
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p138

A Generalized Deduction of the Ideal-Solution Model

Teresa J. Leo and Pedro Pérez-del-Notario , Miguel A. Raso
p 145
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p145

The Binary Temperature–Composition Phase Diagram

Philip C. Sanders , James H. Reeves and Michael Messina
p 150
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p150

A Vector Representation for Thermodynamic Relationships

Lionello Pogliani
p 155
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p155

A Procedural Problem in Laboratory Teaching: Experiment and Explain, or Vice-Versa?

Pasl A. Jalil
p 159
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p159

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

EPOCH: An Organic Chemistry Homework Program That Offers Response-Specific Feedback to Students

Raghu Ram Chamala , Roxana Ciochina and Robert B. Grossman , Raphael A. Finkel , Saravana Kannan and Prasanth Ramachandran
p 164
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p164

Using Computer Simulations To Teach Salt Solubility. The Role of Entropy in Solubility Equilibrium

Victor M. S. Gil , João C. M. Paiva
p 170
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p170

A New Java Animation in Peer-Reviewed JCE WebWare

William F. Coleman , Edward W. Fedosky
p 173
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p173.1
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Computer Simulations of Salt Solubility

Victor M. S. Gil , João C. M. Paiva
p 173
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p173.2
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Filling in the Hexagonal Close-Packed Unit Cell

Linda M. Soper , Robert C. Rittenhouse , Jeffrey L. Rittenhouse
p 175
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p175

Journal of Chemical Education on CD-ROM, 2005. Abstract of JCE CD 2005

Jon L. Holmes
p 176
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 2006 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p176
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