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Chemical Principles Revisited
Feature Editor
W. Cary Kilner
Exeter Area High School
Exeter, NH 03833

7 Salmon Street
Newmarket, NH 0857-1114

Phone: 603/659-6825
Fax: 603/772-8287
Email: carypq@aol.com

Mission Statement
This feature provides a review of chemical principles that are likely to require review by the introductory chemistry teacher because they are used infrequently or are difficult for students to learn. Articles that highlight the application of established chemical principles to new situations arising as the result of discovery or emerging technology also are appropriate for this feature.

The first editor of this feature, Doris Kolb, described the intent of the column as follows:

"Hopefully this series will provide a mechanism whereby secondary school teachers can recalibrate their thoughts and reaffirm their understanding of some of the more fundamental concepts used repeatedly in their teaching."

Manuscripts prepared for this feature should provide insights that go beyond the treatment of high-school or general chemistry texts, providing depth that will enable teachers to become confident in their understanding. In other words, the articles are intended primarily for reading by teachers of chemistry rather than resource reading for students. However, a well-written article may be very well useful as a resource for high ability or advanced students.

Articles
The prospective author is encouraged to examine some of the articles that have been published, including the very first, written by Professor Kolb:

"But if Atoms are So Tiny..." (1977, 54, 543).

More recent examples addressing the ideas expressed above are:

  • "Basic Principles of Scale Readings" (1994, 71, 423),
  • "The Effect of Pressure on the Equilibrium of the N2O4–NO2 System, and its Classroom Demonstration" (1993, 70, 94),
  • "Who's in Charge?" (1992, 69, 222),
  • "The Importance of Understanding Structure" (1993, 70, 287), and
  • "Applications of Maxwell–Boltzmann Distribution Diagrams" (1992, 69, 554).


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