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August 1996
Vol. 73 No. 8


 General Interest
Cascade Sequences in Organic Synthesis: A Lesson from Nature?697
Shelagh T. Dennison and David C. Harrowven
The ECW Model701
Glenn C. Vogel and Russell S. Drago
Entropy and Waste Recovery: Between Thermodynamics and Economy708
A. Ginebreda
Entropy Diagrams710
Norman C. Craig
On the Entropy Change of Surroundings of Finite and of Infinite Size: From Clausius to Gibbs716
H. Frohlich
Free Enthalpy, Lagrange Multipliers, and Thermal Equilibrium: A Possibly Novel Way to Derive the Law of Mass Action718
Dieter H. Sutter
The Well-Read Biochemist732
Gale Rhodes
Porous Silicon and the Search for a Silicon-Based LED738
Ron Swisher, G. L. Richmond, and Peter C. Sercel
Electronic Configuration Pattern Found in Pascal's Triangle742
Robert L. Duncan
Selection Rules For Processes Involving Photon-Molecule Interaction: A Symmetry-Conservation-Based Approach Bypassing Transition Matrix Elements743
Mihir Chowdhury
An Easily Constructed and Versatile Molecular Model748
Sandra A. Hernandez, Nora M. Rodriguez, and Oscar Quinzani
A Systematic Method for Determining Molecular Term Symbols for Diatomic Molecules Using Uncoupled-States Orbital Diagrams749
Mark L. Campbell
Scientific Literature and Literacy: A Course of Practical Skills for Undergraduate Science Majors753
Alfred B. Ordman
The Neglected Element in Sophomore Organic Chemistry754
Kelly L. Bieda and Suzzane T. Purrington
Report on the WPI Conference: General Chemistry and Materials Science: The Interrelationships756
Herbert Beall
Narrowing the Gap between Concepts and Algorithms in Freshman Chemistry758
Mary B. Nakhleh, Kirsten A. Lowrey, and Richard C. Mitchell
A Coordinated Chemistry Outreach Program for Thousands of High School Students762
Amy Sue Waldman, Linda Schechinger, and James S. Nowick
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Some Surprising Aspects of the Equilibrium between Hemoglobin, Carbon Monoxide, and Oxygen767
N. M. Senozan and J. A. Devore
General Chemistry Laboratory--Scientific Inquiry: 157 New Experiments in One Semester776
Suzanne L. Black
Mother Earth Chemistry: A Laboratory Course for Nonmajors779
J. L. Roberts, J. I. Selco, and D. B. Wacks
NMR Shielding and the Periodic Table801
I. P. Gerothanassis and C. G. Kalodimos

 Features
Editorially Speaking
A Valedictory695
J. J. Lagowski
In This Issue696
Computer Series
Monte Carlo Approach to Generating the Probability Distribution Function of a Classical Harmonic Oscillator724
Stephen W. Bigger and Robert A. Craig
Computer Series
Useful Spreadsheet for Updating Multistep Organic Synthesis726
Pedro Ortega, Miguel Guzmán, and Leonel Vera
Computer Series
The Iodide-Catalyzed Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide: A Simple Computer-Interfaced Kinetics Experiment for General Chemistry728
John C. Hansen
NSF Highlights
Interactive Computer Visualization in the Introductory Chemistry Curriculum747
Victoria M. Bragin
Tested Demonstrations
Demonstration of the Plasma State782
Joachim P. Schreckenbach and Klaus Rabending
Tested Demonstrations
A Multistep Equilibria-Redox-Complexation Demonstration to Illustrate Le Châtelier's Principle783
Tomás G. Berger and Edward K. Mellon
Tested Demonstrations
Iodine Clock Reaction783
Richard S. Mitchell
Letters
Letters823
Topics in Chemical Instrumentation
Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry: Part III: Applications in Inorganic Chemistry and Synthetic Polymer ChemsitryA162
Cornelius E. C. A. Hop and Ray Bakhtiar
The Microscale Laboratory
Microscale Synthesis of 2,3:5,6-Di-O-isopropylidene-alpha-D-mannofuranose("Diacetone Mannose")A170
Jeffrey A. Charonnat and Cathleen S. Steinberg
The Microscale Laboratory
Following Microscale Organic Reactions Using FT-IRA171
Janice Ems-Wilson
The Microscale Laboratory
Small Scale Electrolytic CellsA172
Guy E. Anderson
The Microscale Laboratory
A Simpler Small Scale Method for the Identification of PlasticsA173
Guy E. Anderson
Reviews
Introduction to Chemistry, Seventh EditionA174
reviewed by Dean F. Martin
Reviews
Stereochemistry of Organic CompoundsA174
reviewed by Ronald D. McKelvey
Reviews
Descriptive Inorganic ChemistryA174
reviewed by Daniel T. Haworth
Reviews
The Periodic Kingdom: A Journey into the Land of the Chemical ElementsA177
reviewed by George B. Kauffman
Reviews
Thinking About Matter: Studies in the History of Chemical PhilosophyA177
reviewed by George B. Kauffman
Reviews
Lettere a Stanislao Cannizzaro 1868-1872; Stanislao Cannizzaro: Scritti di Storia Politica e Chimica; Corrispondenza VariaA178
reviewed by George B. Kauffman

 Secondary School Chemistry
Filtrates and Residues
A Simulated Growth Hormone Analysis735
Mary Harris
Applications and Analogies
Teaching Dilutions765
Lloyd J. McElroy
View from My Classroom
Using Physics Principles in the Teaching of Chemistry771
Warren Gulden
Trading Post
New Literature Suggests that We Don't Have To Teach Everything in the Textbook773
Ann Stucke and Susan P. Gannaway

 Laboratory Experiments
Simple NMR Imaging751
Per-Ola Quist
Low-Cost Lateral Displacement Refractometer for Liquids: A Take-Home Student Experiment 784
V. Anantha Narayanan and Radha Narayanan
How to Offer the Optimal Demonstration of the Electrolysis of Water786
Rei E. Zhou
A Simple and Low-Cost Air Sampler787
Sashi Saxena Ratna and Pramrod Upadhyay
Determination of the Thermodynamic Solubility Product of PbI2 Assuming Nonideal Behavior: An Analytical Chemistry Experiment789
David B. Green, Gregory Rechtsteiner, and Amy Honodel
Determination of the Dissociation Constant for Monoprotic Acid by Simple pH Measurements792
R. García-Doménech, J. V. de Julián-Ortiz, G. M. Antón-Fos, and J. Galvez Alvarez
Labeling Histidines in Cytochrome c: An Integrated Laboratory Project794
Amy M. Bonser and Owen A. Moe
Use of Blood-Glucose Test Strips for Introducing Enzyme Electrodes and Modern Biosensors797
Joseph Wang and Carlo Macca
Molecular Constants of Carbon Monoxide at v = 0, 1, 2, and 3: A Vibrational Spectroscopy Experiment in Physical Chemistry804
Nairmen Mina-Camilde, Carlos Manzanares I., and Julio F. Caballero
Understanding the Difference between Inner- and Outer-Sphere Mechanisms: An Electrochemical Experiment808
Luz María Torres, Adrián F. Gil, Laura Galicia, and Ignacio González
The Comparative Performance of Batteries: The Lead-Acid and the Aluminum-Air Cells811
Xavier LeRoux, Gerry A. Ottewill, and Frank C. Walsh
Making an Inexpensive Tesla Coil from a Car Coil817
Michael R. Hall and Rubin Battino
On-Line Surfactant Monitoring by Foam Generation819
Patrick D. Soran, Everett E. Neal, Barbara Smith, and Ken I. Mullen
Use of a 10-cm Pathlength Quartz Cell for the Separation of the Isotopes of HCl Vapor822
Silvio C. Pattacini

 Notes
Chemical Enumeration with Mathematics (1996, 73, 120-122)737
Convergent Synthesis of Betaine-30, a Solvatochromic Dye737
Molecular Orbital (Hückel) Theory and Linus Pauling: A Historical Perspective746
Brahama D. Sharma
An Improved Container for Solutions of Yellow Phosphorous818
Stephen W. Wright
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