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February 1996
Vol. 73 No. 2


 General Interest
Computational Chemistry for the Inorganic Curriculum105
Kenny Lipkowitz, Greg M. Pearl, Daniel H. Robertson, and Franklin A. Schultz
Inorganic Molecular Mechanics108
Peter Comba and Marc Zimmer
Spectroscopic Constants and Energetics of Metal-Containing Systems: An Experiment for the Undergraduate Computational-Chemistry Laboratory111
E. G. Bakalbassis, M.-A. D. Stiakaki, A. C. Tsipis, and C. A. Tsipis
Steric Attraction: The Far Side114
Ronald R. Sauers
Computational Chemistry in the First Organic Chemistry Course: Applications in an Active Learning Situation116
Dana L. Delaware and K. R. Fountain
Chemical Enumeration With Mathematica120
Igor Novak
Correct Regression Formula Used in determination of Vaporization Enthalpy of Pure Liquids by UV-Visible Spectroscopy122
Sheng Dai
The Role of Electron-Density Transfer and Electronegativity in Understanding Chemical Reactivity and Bonding123
Russell S. Drago and Ngai M. Wong
CO, N2, NO, and O2--Their Bioinorganic Chemistry: Principles and Applications in Bioinorganic Chemistry--VIII130
Ei-Ichiro Ochiai
Women's Fields of Chemistry: 1900--1920136
M. F. Rayner-Canham and G. W. Rayner-Canham
Women in the Ranks: Faculty Trends in the ACS-Approved Departments139
Kenneth G. Everett, Will S. DeLoach, and Stephanie E. Bressan
Reinforcing Net Ionic Equation Writing: Second Semester149
Betty J. Wruck
On the Propagation of Statistical Errors for a Function of Several Variables150
John Andraos
Olefin Metathesis Polymerization: The Unexpected Role of Carbenoid Species in Formation of Macromolecules155
Donald M. Snyder
Estimating the Critical Mass of a Fissionable Isotope162
B. Cameron Reed

 Features
Editorially Speaking
The Role of Academic Science103
J. J. Lagowski
In This Issue104
NSF Highlights
Undergraduate Laboratory for Surface Science142
Mitchio Okumura, Jesse L. Beauchamp, Jeffrey M. Dickert, Blair R. Essy, and Christopher L. Claypool
Textbook Forum
The Solubility of Gases in Liquids143
L. H. Holmes, Jr.
Curricular Change Digests
Using Quality Circles in General Chemistry144
Leonard S. Kogurt
Curricular Change Digests
The Freshman Chemistry Seminar144
Dana L. Delaware, R. Griff Freeman, Anne E. Moody, and Dean Van Galen
Report of the CACT Summer Conference148
Vasu Dev
Computer Series
Computer-Modelling of Metal Speciation in Human Blood Serum165
Peter Letkeman
Tested Demonstrations
Inexpensive Exemplars for the Wave Model of Electronic Structure and Light171
Ed Vitz, Robert Binning, and James W. Long
Topics in Chemical Instrumentation
Planning a Day at PITTCON: An Introduction to Current Trends in Analytical Chemistry Research for UndergraduatesA23
Patricia Ann Mabrouk
The Modern Student Laboratory
Synthesis and Use of Reverse-Phase Silica Gel for HPLC in Undergraduate ChemistryA26
Fernando Ortega, Ernesto Velez, and Ratnasamy Somanathan
The Modern Student Laboratory
An LC/Particle Beam/MS Experiment for UndergraduatesA33
Norman Sproch, Kelly J. Begin, and Robert J. Morris
Computer Bulletin Board
Displaying Chemical Formulas in Microsoft ExcelA40
E. Joseph Billo
Computer Bulletin Board
Off-the-Shelf Portable Data Acquisition: Interfacing a Serial-Port-Equipped MultimeterA41
R. Viswanathan, G. Lisensky, and D. A. Dobson
Reviews
Basic Chemical Principles, Second EditionA46
reviewed by Lawrence K. Duffy
Reviews
ChemistryA46
reviewed by Arnulf P. Hagen
Reviews
The Same and Not the SameA47
reviewed by George B. Kauffman and Laurie M. Kauffman

 Secondary School Chemistry
Applications and Analogies
A Commercial Device Involving the Breathalyzer Test Reaction135
Kathleen J. Dombrink
Products of Chemistry
The Origins of the Use of Antioxidants in Foods158
Thomas H. Donnelly
Filtrates and Residues
Synthesis of Ethyl Salicylate Using Household Chemicals173
Sally Solomon, Chinhyu Hur, Alan Lee, and Kurt Smith

 Laboratory Experiments
Determinations of Carbon Dioxide by Titration: New Experiments for General, Physical, and Quantitative Analysis Courses175
S. K. Crossno, L. H. Kalbus, and G. E. Kalbus
A Paper Vernier Scale for Various Laboratory Equipments177
B. S. Lark
Determining the Lead Content of Paint Chips: An Introduction to AAS178
Peter G. Markow
Fundamental Issues of Thermodynamics Illuminated by Conspicuous Inorganic Chemistry: Oxidation of [Co(H2O)6]2+ to [Co(H2O)6]3+ by Hydrogen Peroxide: A Nonspontaneous Redox Reaction Made Feasible by Thermodynamic Coupling180
Susan Cline Schäffer and Claus E. Schäffer
An Improved Method for the Separation of Lead-210 from Ra-DEF for Radioactive Equilibrium Experiments: Microscale Liquid-Liquid Extraction Using a Polymer-Supported Crown Ether182
Mark L. Dietz and E. Philip Horwitz
Determination of the Solution Conformation of 3'-Azido-3'-deoxythymidine-5'-monophosphate (AZTMP): An Advanced Chemistry and Biochemistry Project Using NMR and Molecular-Modeling Studies184
Moses Lee
Experimental Illustration of the Utility of Lewis Structures: An FTIR Experiment for Introductory Chemistry188
James E. Swartz and Kurt Schladetzky
Methylene-bis-amide (MBA) Derivatives for Characterization of Nitriles190
Edgar F. Kiefer and Kenn M. Takauye
An Inexpensive Detector for Absorbance Measurements in Flow-Injection Analysis191
Peter C. Hauser and Norman E. Cates
An Easy-to-Build Rotational Viscometer with Digital Readout193
Turgay Seckin and Suphi M. Kormaly
A Solenoid-Operated Gas or Liquid Saver194
Michael N. Quigley
Multichannel DTA Apparatus for the Measurement of Phase Diagrams195
A. Lötz

 Notes
In Memoriam--Frederick B. Dutton107
A Simplified Procedure for Dipeptide Sequence Analysis in the Undergraduate Laboratory189
Paul W. Rogers
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