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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1996  > October  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 October 1996
Vol. 73 No. 10

 Chemical Education Today
In This IssueA219
News from Journal House
News from Journal HouseA222
Editorial
Why Don't You Write It Up for the Journal?A223
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Especially for High School TeachersA224
J. Emory Howell
Letters
Lettersa225
Announcements
AnnouncementsA229
Chemistry Behind the News
Chemistry behind the News: Sick Cows, Protein Geometry, and PoliticsA232
Carol Steinhart
Reports from Other Journals
Reports from Other Journals: Gleanings from Scientific AmericanA234
Paul F. Schatz
Commentary
The National Scene: Graduate Programs in Chemistry: A Time for Innovation and ReformA235
G. A. Crosby
Conference Report
Report: 1996 Cost-Effective, Hands-On Chemistry Education ConferenceA236
Carol Chen, Jeanne Murgado Dyer, Patricia B. Strawbridge
Association Reports
American Chemical Society: An Overview of the Education Division A238
Sylvia A. Ware
Association Reports
Committee on Chemistry in the Two-Year Colleges A239
John Kenkel
Reviews
General Chemistry, Second Edition (Jean B. Umland & Jon M. Bellama)A240
reviewed by Gordon A. Parker
Reviews
Essential Chemistry (by Raymond Chang)A240
reviewed by Howard D. Dewald
Reviews
Chemistry: The Study of Matter and Its Changes, Second Edition (by James E. Brady & John R. Holum) A241
reviewed by L. Peter Gold
Reviews
Basic Chemistry, Seventh Edition and Alternate {Shorter} Edition (by G. William Daub & William S. Seese) A241
reviewed by Thomas R. Tuttle
Reviews
Introduction to College Chemistry, First EditionA242
reviewed by John J. Alexander
Reviews
Models of Matter: Principles and Perspectives of ChemistryA243
reviewed by Henry C. Brenner
Reviews
Fundamentals of Chemistry, Second Edition and Essentials of Chemistry, Second EditionA245
reviewed by Robert D. Allendoerfer

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Networked Instructional Chemistry: Using Technology To Teach Chemistry911
Stanley Smith and Iris Stovall
NSF Highlights
CAChe Molecular Modeling: A Visualization Tool Early in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum916
R. David Crouch, Michael S. Holden, and Cindy Samet
NSF Highlights
The Inorganic Illustrator: A 3-D Graphical Supplement for Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry Courses Distributed on CD-ROM917
Scott L. Childs and Karl S. Hagen
Computer Series
X-ray Powder Diffraction Simulation with a Microcomputer918
Bernard L. Masson
Computer Series
A Computer Calculation Method in Chemical Kinetics921
Miguel Guzmàn, Pedro Ortega, Leonel Vera
Use of the World Wide Web in Lower-Division Chemistry Courses923
Karen E.Stevens and Richard E. Stevens
JCE Software
Schröedinger.m: A Mathematica Package for Solving the Time-Independent Schrödinger Equation924
John C. Hansen
JCE Software
Symmetry Elements and Operations924
Albert W.M. Lee, K.M. Leung, W.J Daniel, C.L. Chan

 Chemistry Everyday For Everyone
Scientific Ethics in Chemical Education926
Jeffrey Kovac
DNA before Watson & Crick-The Pioneering Studies of J. M. Gulland and D. O. Jordan at Nottingham928
Harold Booth and Michael J. Hey
Developing Student Speaking Skills: A Project/Independent Study in Forensic Science931
Karen M. Berka and Ladislav H. Berka
Chemistry for Kids
A Chemistry Course for Elementary Education Majors: What is Possible When the Chemistry and Education Departments See Eye to Eye933
Paul B. Kelter, Kathleen Jacobitz, Elizabeth Kean, Aurietha Hoesing
Swedish Chemists and Discovery of the Elements937
Volker Thomsen
The Microscale Laboratory
Home-Study Microlabs938
Dietmar Kennepohl

 In The Classroom
Thermoelectric Devices: Solid-State Refrigerators and Electrical Generators in the Classroom940
Edmund J. Winder, Arthur B. Ellis, George C. Lisensky
Tested Demonstrations
A Demonstration of Crystal-Field Effects in Octahedral Complexes947
Edward Koubek and Mark Elert
Tested Demonstrations
A Modified Demonstration of the Activation Energy Concept948
Jin Li, Le-Sui Dai, Li-Shu You
A Mnemonic for the Inositols 949
Terence J. Painter
Inflation Rates, Car Devaluation, and Chemical Kinetics950
Lionello Pogliani, Màrio N. Berberan-Santos
Thermodynamics and Spontaneity952
Raymond S. Ochs
Tendency of Reaction, Electrochemistry, and Units955
Roger L. DeKock
Electric Potential Distribution in an Electrochemical Cell956
Pierre Millet

 In the Laboratory
Filtrates and Residues
A Simple Method for Determining the Temperature Coefficient of Voltaic Cell Voltage959
Alfred E. Saieed, Keith M. Davies
Zinc Electrodes and the Thermodynamics of a Galvanic Cell962
Donald A. Probst, Giles Henderson
Thermodynamics of Air: Reinterpreting the Method of Clement and Desormes965
Frederick M. Hornack
A Convenient, Inexpensive, and Environmentally Friendly Method of Measuring the Vapor Pressure of a Liquid as a Function of Temperature967
James H. Burness
A Physical Chemistry Lab Project: The Effect of Composition on Several Physical Properties of Binary Mixtures of Common Liquids971
Luther E. Erickson, Kevin Morris
Thin-Layer Chromatography Experiments That Illustrate General Problems in Chromatography974
M. Lederer, E. Leipzig-Pagani
Thin-Layer Chromatography: Four Simple Activities for Undergraduate Students977
Jamil Anwar, Saeed Ahmad Nagra, Mehnaz Nagi
Containment of Spray Reagents in TLC Spot Detection979
Josef G. Krause
A Matrix Modification Experiment for Use in Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry980
Michael N. Quigley, Frederick Vernon
Effects of Solution Physical Properties on Copper and Chromium Signals in Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry982
Fàbio R. P. Rocha, Joaquim A. Nòbrega
A Student-Designed Potentiometric Titration: Quantitative Determination of Iron(II) by Caro's Acid Titration984
Joyce R. Powell, Sheryl A. Tucker, William E. Acree Jr., Jennifer A. Sees, Lindsey H. Hall
A Convenient Synthesis of the Tetrasubstituted Pyrrole: An Undergraduate Heterocyclic Laboratory Experiment986
Patrik Kolar, Miha Tisler
Synthesis of n2-Dihydrogen Complex, trans-{Fe(n2H2)(H)[1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)-ethane]2}[BF4]: An Experiment for an Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Involving Synthesis and NMR Properties of an n2-H2 Complex988
Maria T. Bautista, Lynikka D. Bynum, Cynthia K. Schauer
Novel Preparation of a Tetraaza Macrocycle: An Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory991
Jerry W. Hayes II, Cynthia J. Taylor, Richard P. Hotz

 Research: Science and Education
The Shapes of Coordination Polyhedra993
R. B. King
Osmotic Pressure and the Effects of Gravity on Solutions998
Don Secrest
An Alternative Derivation of the Energy Levels of the "Particle on a Ring" System1001
Alan Vincent
Numeric and Conceptual Understanding of General Chemistry at a Minority Institution1003
Qun Lin, Paul Kirsch, Ralph Turner
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 September 22, 1999
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