Table of Contents

April 2007
Volume 84, Issue 4
Pages 567-736
About the Cover:

April Amusements. Humor, puzzles, and games can be effective ways to help students learn a variety of topics (see the articles on pages 596, 605–621). The cover features a puzzle—a chemistry picture sudoku generated by Mary Saecker. The background image was made by Linda Fanis using the marbling technique described in this month’s Classroom Activity, Colorful Lather Printing.

ACS AuthorChoice indicates the article is freely available through sponsorship by the author or related funding agency. More about this program.
For Selected:

Chemical Education Today

New Technologies, New Opportunities: For What?

John W. Moore
p 567
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p567
Sponsored Access Sponsored Access

A Sense of Community

Erica K. Jacobsen
p 569
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p569
Sponsored Access Sponsored Access

Research Advances: New Way to Detect Destructive Enzyme Activity; Ancient Hair Dye Based on Modern Nanotechnology; Squeezing More Shelf Life Out of Milk

Angela G. King
p 570
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p570

Chemistry Sudoku Puzzle

Mary Saecker
p 577
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p577

A History of ChemMatters Magazine

Michael J. Tinnesand
p 578
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p578

The Science Teacher: Spring 2007

Steve Long
p 582
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p582

ACS Sponsored High School Chemistry Clubs

Terri Taylor
p 584
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p584

ACS Regional Awards for High School Teachers

Peggy D. Smith
p 587
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p587

The Physics Teacher: The Four States of Matter—Solid, Squishy, Liquid, and Gas

Roy W. Clark
p 588
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p588

Chlorobenzene

Jay A. Young
p 590
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p590

Dextrose

Jay A. Young
p 591
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p591

News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 593
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p593
Sponsored Access Sponsored Access

Let's All Visit Mole City!

Mark W. Armstrong
p 596
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p596.1
Sponsored Access Sponsored Access

Let's All Visit Mole City! (the author replies)

Addison Ault
p 596
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p596.2
Sponsored Access Sponsored Access

A Simple and Inexpensive Salt Bridge for Demonstrations Involving a Galvanic Cell

Charles A. Liberko
p 597
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p597
Sponsored Access Sponsored Access

The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance (Eric R. Scerri)

A. Truman Schwartz
p 598
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p598
Sponsored Access Sponsored Access

Waters Symposium: Electrochemistry

The 16th James L. Waters Annual Symposium: Electrochemistry

Adrian C. Michael
p 643
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p643

The Rise of Voltammetry: From Polarography to the Scanning Electrochemical Microscope

Allen J. Bard
p 644
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p644

From the Science Fair to the NASDAQ

Peter T. Kissinger
p 651
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p651

Serendipity: Genesis of the Electrochemical Instrumentation at Princeton Applied Research Corporation

J. B. Flato
p 656
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p656

Chemistry for Everyone

"Of Four Scottish Chemists". A Burns Supper-Inspired Poem

Dean J. Campbell
p 605
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p605

Empirical Evidence or Intuition? An Activity Involving the Scientific Method

Ken Overway
p 606
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p606

Colorful Lather Printing

Susan A. S. Hershberger , Matt Nance , Arlyne M. Sarquis and Lynn M. Hogue
p 608A
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Activity)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p608A

A Disciplined Chemical Puzzle

Miguel Peris
p 609
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p609

Chemistry of Art and Color Sudoku Puzzles

Michael J. Welsh
p 610
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p610

Sudoku Puzzles as Chemistry Learning Tools

Thomas D. Crute and Stephanie A. Myers
p 612
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p612
History, Education, and Documentation

Sudoku Puzzles for First-Year Organic Chemistry Students

Alice L. Perez and G. Lamoureux
p 614
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p614

A Spoonful of C12H22O11 Makes the Chemistry Go Down: Candy Motivations in the High School Chemistry Classroom

Fanny K. Ennever
p 615
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p615

In the Classroom

The Analysis of a Murder, a Case Study

Frank J. Dinan , Steven H. Szczepankiewicz , Melinda Carnahan and Michael T. Colvin
p 617
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p617
History, Education, and Documentation

Puzzling through General Chemistry: A Light-Hearted Approach to Engaging Students with Chemistry Content

Susan L. Boyd
p 619
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p619

Molecular Models Candy Components

William F. Coleman
p 621
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p621
Sponsored Access Sponsored Access

Terra Firma: "Physics First" for Teaching Chemistry to Pre-Service Elementary School Teachers

Michelle B. More
p 622
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p622

Turning Plastic Into Gold: An Analogy To Demonstrate the Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment

Robert B. Gregory , Ed Vitz
p 626
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p626

Predicting the Stability of Hypervalent Molecules

Tracy A. Mitchell , Debbie Finocchio and Jeremy Kua
p 629
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p629

A Lemon Cell Battery for High-Power Applications

Kenneth R. Muske , Christopher W. Nigh and Randy D. Weinstein
p 635
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p635

An Experiential Research-Focused Approach: Implementation in a Nonlaboratory-Based, Graduate-Level Analytical Chemistry Course

Chee-Seng Toh
p 639
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p639

In the Laboratory

Addition of a Project-Based Component to a Conventional Expository Physical Chemistry Laboratory

Georgios Tsaparlis and Marianna Gorezi
p 668
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p668

Small-Scale and Low-Cost Electrodes for "Standard" Reduction Potential Measurements

Truls Grønneberg , Per-Odd Eggen and Lise Kvittingen
p 671
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p671

Exploring Faraday's Law of Electrolysis Using Zinc–Air Batteries with Current Regulative Diodes

Masahiro Kamata and Miei Paku
p 674
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p674

Homemade Bienzymatic-Amperometric Biosensor for Beverages Analysis

M. C. Blanco-López , M. J. Lobo-Castañón and A. J. Miranda-Ordieres
p 677
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p677

Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance Monitoring of the Cyclic Voltammetric Deposition of Polyaniline. A Laboratory Experiment for Undergraduates

Qingji Xie , Zhili Li , Chunyan Deng , Meiling Liu , Youyu Zhang , Ming Ma , Shaoxi Xia , Xiaoming Xiao , Dulin Yin and Shouzhuo Yao
p 681
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p681
History, Education, and Documentation

Flat-Band Potential of a Semiconductor: Using the Mott–Schottky Equation

K. Gelderman , L. Lee and S. W. Donne
p 685
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p685
History, Education, and Documentation

Chemical Composition of Latent Fingerprints by Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry. An Experiment for an Instrumental Analysis Course

Brittany Hartzell-Baguley , Rachael E. Hipp , Neal R. Morgan and Stephen L. Morgan
p 689
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p689
History, Education, and Documentation

A Green Alternative to Aluminum Chloride Alkylation of Xylene

Grigoriy A. Sereda and Vikul B. Rajpara
p 692
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p692
History, Education, and Documentation

Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of a Hexane-Soluble Silver Salt

Robert A. Stockland Jr., Brian D. Wilson , Caton C. Goodman , Barret J. Giese and Frederick L. Shrimp II
p 694
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p694

Competitive Nitration of Benzene–Fluorobenzene and Benzene–Toluene Mixtures: Orientation and Reactivity Studies Using HPLC

Ronald L. Blankespoor , Stephanie Hogendoorn and Andrea Pearson
p 697
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p697
History, Education, and Documentation

The GC–MS Observation of Intermediates in a Stepwise Grignard Addition Reaction

Devin Latimer
p 699
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p699

Synthesis of Bis(1,2-dimethylimidazole)copper(I) Hexafluorophosphate: An Experiment Using a Glove Box

J. H. Niewahner and Keith A. Walters
p 702
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p702

Self-Motion Depending on the Physicochemical Properties of Esters as the Driving Force

Satoshi Nakata , Kyoko Matsuo and Junko Kirisaka
p 704
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p704

Preparation of CdS Nanoparticles by First-Year Undergraduates

Kurt Winkelmann , Thomas Noviello and Steven Brooks
p 709
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p709
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

A Variational Monte Carlo Approach to Atomic Structure

Stephen L. Davis
p 711
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p711

The Chemistry Merit Program: Reaching, Teaching, and Retaining Students in the Chemical Sciences

Gretchen M. Adams and James M. Lisy
p 721
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p721
History, Education, and Documentation

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Using Technology To Enhance the Effectiveness of General Chemistry Laboratory Courses

Kathleen M. Carvalho-Knighton and Linda Keen-Rocha
p 727
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p727

Textbook Error: Short Circuiting an Electrochemical Cell

Judith M. Bonicamp and Roy W. Clark
p 731
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p731

Contrail. A Module from the Physical Chemistry On-Line Project

Franklin Chen
p 735
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p735
Sponsored Access Sponsored Access

Journal of Chemical Education on CD-ROM, 2006. Abstract of JCE CD 2006

Jon L. Holmes
p 736
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p736
Sponsored Access Sponsored Access
For Selected Content:
Advertisements
Advertisement
Info for Advertisers
SciFinder subscribers: Click to sign in | Not a SciFinder subscriber? Learn more at www.cas.org

Browse By Issue

List of Issues
Advertisements
Advertisement
Info for Advertisers