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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1997  > April  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 April 1997
Vol. 74 No. 4

 Chemical Education Today
In This Issue361
Editorial
Can We Teach Reasoning? Should We?365
John W. Moore
News from Journal House
News366
Especially for High School Teachers
Especially for High School Teachers367
J. Emory Howell
Letters
Elasticity to Measure Thermodynamic Properties368
Jonathan Mitschele
Letters
Principal Net Equations368
George B. Kauffman
Announcements
Announcements369
Chemistry Behind the News
Olestra? The Jury's Still Out370
Ellin Doyle
Doing Chemistry at the Art/Archaeology Interface: 1996 Norris Award Address373
Mary Virginia Orna
Association Reports
2YC3: A University President's Perspective on Recruitment, Retention, and Quality377
John Kenkel
Chemistry: The Central Science, 7th ed. by Theodore L. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, Jr., and Bruce E. Bursten

Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity, 3rd ed. by John C. Kotz and Paul Treichel, Jr.

378
reviewed by Jack Steehler
Makers of Modern Science. Volume 9, Linus Pauling: Scientist and Advocate by David E. Newton380
reviewed by George B. Kauffman and Laurie M. Kauffman
Symmetries of Nature: A Handbook for Philosophy of Nature and Science by Klaus Mainzer381
reviewed by Eric Palmer
Saunders Interactive General Chemistry CD-ROM by John C. Kotz and William J. Vining381
reviewed by Jeffrey Kovac
Bioinorganic Chemistry: Inorganic Elements in the Chemistry of Life. An Introduction and Guide by Wolfgang Kaim and Brigitte Schwerderski382
reviewed by Gulnar H. Rawji

 In The Classroom: Writing
C&EN : A Good Resource for Student Papers389
Evan T. Williams
Using the World Wide Web To Enhance Writing Assignments in Introductory Chemistry Courses391
Cynthia McGowan and Patricia Sendall
Writing Assignments in Physical Chemistry392
Lorrie Comeford
Using "Household Chemistry Projects" To Develop Research Skills and To Teach Scientific Writing393
Michael H. Schmidt
Writing in an Advanced Undergraduate Chemistry Course: An Assignment Exploring the Development of Scientific Ideas395
Francis M. Rossi

 In The Classroom
Applications and Analogies
The Traveling Electron396
Richard Pendarvis
Applications and Analogies
Heat Flow vs. Cash Flow: A Banking Analogy397
Charles M. Wynn, Sr.
Applications and Analogies
Why is Bismuth Subchloride Soluble in Acid?398
Damon Diemente
Chemistry "en Miniature"399
Herbert W. Roesky
Filtrates and Residues
Rayon from Dryer Lint: A Demonstration401
Michael A. Knopp
Tested Demonstrations
The Blue Bottle Revisited402
Walter R. Vandaveer, IV, and Mel Mosher
An Example of a Human Topological Rubber Glove Act403
Yock Chai Toong and Shih Yung Wang
Rounding Numbers: Why the "New System" Doesn't Work405
W. Robert Midden
An Analogue Column Model for Nonlinear Iostherms: The Test Tube Model406
Setsuro Sugata and Yoshihiro Abe
Illustrating Chemical Kinetic Principles with Ion Motions in Thin Membranes410
Michael E. Starzak

 In the Laboratory
A U-Tube Experiment To Discover the Curve in Boyle's Law414
Thomas G. Richmond and Amy Parr
A Simple Audio Conductivity Device415
Gregory Berenato and David F. Maynard
Easily Built Low-Cost Apparatus To Measure Polymer Conductivity418
Jonas Gruber, Henrique de Santana, Isaac Gruber, Wilson Gazotti, Jr.
Synthesis and Characterization of a Conduction Polymer: An Electrochemical Experiment for General Chemistry421
Roger K. Bunting, Karsten Swarat, DaJing Yan, Duane Finello
The TCICA Test for Distinguishing Primary and Secondary Alcohols423
Gene A. Hiegel and Afshin K. Chaharmohal
Identification of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Alcohols: An Experiment in Spectrophotometry, Organic Chemistry, and Analytical Chemistry424
I. A. Leenson
Microburger Biochemistry: Extraction and Spectral Characterization of Myoglyobin from Hamburger426
Sheri A. Bylkas and Laura A. Andersson
Catalytic Transfer Hydogenation Reactions for Undergraduate Practical Programs430
R. W. Hanson
Chromium (III) Acetate, Chromium (III) Acetate Hydroxide, or µ3-Oxo-esakis-(µ2-acetato-O,O') - triaqua-trichromium (III) Acetate? Determining the Structure of a Complex Compound by Analytical and Spectroscopic Methods432
Liliana Strinna Erre, Giovanni Micera, Tadeusz Glowiak, and Henry Kozlowski
Photochemistry of Benzophenone in 2-Propanol: An Easy Experiment for Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Courses436
M. S. Churio and M. A. Grela
An Apparatus for Fast Dilution439
V. P. Boiko
An Innovative Design of a Small Reactor440
P. A. Thomas

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
CIRRUS: A Chemistry Internet Resource for Research by Undergraduate Students441
Dean A. Waldow, Craig B. Fryhle, and J. Chris Bock
The FT-NMR Free Induction Decay Archive442
Craig B. Fryhle, Dean A. Waldow, and J. Chris Bock
NSF Highlights
From UNIX to PC via X-Windows: Molecular Modeling for the General Chemistry Lab444
Donald Pavia and Mark Wicholas
JCE Software
Periodic Table Live! Abstract of Special Issue 17445
Alton J. Banks, Jon L. Holmes, John C. Kotz, Susan Young, Paul F. Schatz, John W. Moore
Computer Bulletin Board
Nonlinear Curve Fitting Using Spreadsheets448
Juan O. Machuca-Herrera

 Chemistry Everyday For Everyone
The PACT Ambassador Outreach Program: More Than Just a Bunch of "Old White-Haired Scientists"450
Mark Sabo, Mickey Sarquis, Chris Ennis
Science ExpOlympics: An Outreach Program of Competitive and Noncompetitive Events for High School Students452
Fred J. Matthews
Reshaping the Teaching of Science: A Scientist's Perspective453
Geoffrey P. Dobson
"Chemical-Free" Foods: An Investigation of Student's Definitions of a Chemical455
Gayle Nicoll

 Research: Science and Education
The Language of Lattices and Cells461
M. F. C. Ladd
Valency465
Peter G. Nelson
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