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Cover
December 1996
Vol. 73 No. 12


 Chemical Education Today
In This IssueA287
Editorial
They Didn't Teach Me Anything, But I Learned a LotA291
John W. Moore
News from Journal House
News from Journal HouseA292
Especially for High School Teachers
December Articles of InterestA293
J. Emory Howell
Letters
LettersA294
Announcements
AnnouncementsA298
Chemistry Behind the News
Conjugated Linoleic Acid The Good News about Animal FatA302
Carol Steinhart
Reports from Other Journals
News from On-LineA304
Carolyn Sweeney Judd
Reports from Other Journals
Chemistry and BiologyA305
Edward J. Walsh
Commentary
Chemistry and the National Science Education StandardsA307
Sylvia A. Ware
Beyond the Printed Page
Beyond the Printed Page: JCE OnlineA309
New Journal Policy Regarding Laboratory ExperimentsA311
Reviews
Organic Chemistry, Third EditionA312
reviewed by Timothy D. Lash
Reviews
Organic Chemistry, Sixth EditionA313
reviewed by Bruce A. Hathaway
Reviews
A Primer to Mechanism in Organic ChemistryA313
reviewed by Stephen E. Branz

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Teaching Analytical Instrument Design with LabVIEW1103
Rudy Gostowski
Integration of National Instruments' LabVIEW Software into the Chemistry Curriculum1107
Steven M. Drew
Computer Bulletin Board
Data Acquisition in the Chemistry Laboratory Using LabVIEW Software1112
Mark A. Muyskens, Samuel V. Glass, Thomas W. Wietsma, Terry M. Gray
Computer Bulletin Board
Laboratory Interfacing Using the LabVIEW Software Package1115
Paul J. Ogren and Thomas P. Jones
JCE Software
Quantitative Techniques in Volumetric Analysis1117
John Zimmerman and Jerrold J. Jacobsen

 In the Classroom
A General Chemistry Final Exam Based on the Chemical Literature1120
James H. Burness
Tested Demonstrations
The Chemical and Educational Appeal of the Orange Juice Clock1123
Paul B. Kelter, James D. Carr, Tanya Johnson, and Carlos Mauricio Castro-Acuña
Amyl: A Misunderstood Word1127
Richard A. Kjonaas
Trading Post
How Do I Balance Thee? ... Let Me Count the Ways!1129
Lawrence A. Ferguson
NSF Highlights
Theme-Based Bidisciplinary Chemistry Laboratory Modules1130
Phyllis A. Leber, Sandra K. Szczerbicki
Enhanced Performance in Chemistry by Minorities at the University Level: A Comprehensive Program1131
Daniel G. Nocera, James F. Harrison

 Research: Science and Education
Optical Basicity: A Practical Acid-Base Theory for Oxides and Oxyanions1138
J. A. Duffy
Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers: An Intuitive Look at the Math1142
James J. Leary and Rebecca L. Schmidt
Electrode Processes and Aspects Relating to Cell EMF, Current, and Cell Components in Operating Electrochemical Cells: Precollege and College Student Interpretation1145
N. A. Ogude and J. D. Bradleu
Mathematical SAT Test Scores and College Chemistry Grades1150
Harry E. Spencer
The Importance of Undergraduate General and Organic Chemistry to the Study of Biochemistry in Medical School1153
Anthony Scimone and Angelina A. Scimone

 Chemistry Everyday For Everyone
Sherlock Holmes and the Nebulous Nitro1157
Thomas G. Waddell, Thomas R. Rybolt
The Chemistry of Paper Preservation Part 3. The Strengthening of Paper1160
Henry A. Carter
Past, Present, and Possible Future Applications of Supercritical Fluid Extraction Technology1163
Cindy L. Phelps, Neil G. Smart, C. M. Wai

 In the Laboratory
Determination of Caffeine in Beverages by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis: An Experiment for the Undergraduate Analytical Laboratory1169
Eric D. Conte, Eugene F. Barry, Harry Rubinstein
Soxhlet Extraction of Caffeine from Beverage Plants1171
D. J. Adam, J. Mainwaring, Michael N. Quigley
The Extraction of Caffeine from Tea: A Modification of the Procedure of Murray and Hansen1172
Andreas Hampp
Chromatographic Separation of Phosphoric Acid from Cola Beverages1172
Diego Lozano-Calero, Pilar Martìn-Palomeque, Silvia Madueño-Lorguillo
Determination of Phosphorus in Cola Drinks1173
Diego Lozano-Calero, Pilar Martìn-Palomeque, Silvia Madueño-Lorguillo
Determination of Phosphate in Cola Beverages Using Nonsuppressed Ion Chromatography: An Experiment Introducing Ion Chromatography for Quantitative Analysis 1174
M. A. Bello and A. Gustavo Gonzalez
An Environmentally Significant Experiment Using GC/MS and GC Retention Indices in an Undergraduate Analytical Laboratory1176
Rebecca Guisto-Norkus, Giv Gounili, Peter Wisniecki, John A. Hubball, S. Ruven Smith, James D. Stuart
Filtrates and Residues
An Empirical Formula from Ion Exchange Chromatography and Colorimetry1179
Steven D. Johnson
An Organoleptic Laboratory Experiment1181
John M. Risley
Waste Treatment in the Undergraduate Laboratory: Let the Students Do It!1183
John J. Nash, Jeanne A. R. Meyer, Susan C. Nurrenbern
Use of Infrared Spectroscopy in Monitoring a New Method for the Preparation of Sulotroban, an Antithrombotic Drug: A Medicinal Chemistry Experiment1185
Alain Nuhrich, Martine Varache-Lembège, Fabrice Martin, Guy Devaux,
The Microscale Laboratory
Microscale Synthesis and Electronic Absorption Spectroscopy of Tetraphenylporphyrin H2(TPP) and Metalloporphyrins ZnII(TPP) and NiII(TPP)1188
Diane F. Marsh, Larry M. Mink
Complete Assignment of Proton Chemical Shifts in Terpenes: An Experiment Combining 2D NMR Spectroscopy with Molecular Modeling1190
Nancy S. Mills
Carbonyl and Conjugate Additions to Cyclohexenone: Experiments Illustrating Reagent Selectivity1193
Michael G. Organ and Paul Anderson
Grignard Reaction of an Epoxide: A Mechanistic Study1196
James A. Ciaccio, Sabrina Volpi, Ransford Clarke
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