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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1998  > July  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 July 1998
Vol. 75 No. 7

 Chemical Education Today
From Past Issues: The More Things Change...794
In This Issue795
Editorial
A Decade of Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement799
John W. Moore
News800
Especially for High School Teachers801
J. Emory Howell
Letters803
Announcements804
Summer Reading806
Book and Media Reviews
Traces of the Past: Unraveling the Secrets of Archaeology through Chemistry (by Joseph B. Lambert)808
Mary Virginia Orna
Commentary
Introductory Students, Conceptual Understanding, and Algorithmic Success809
David B. Pushkin
Conducting a Teacher Professional Development Program in Chile811
G. A. Crosby and J. L. Crosby
Science and Engineering Information at the NSF Web Site814
Donald J. Wink
One-Hundredth Anniversary of the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers815
Madeline P. Goodstein
2YC3-Texas Style816
Ann Cartwright
Logic, History, and the Chemistry Textbook: II. Can We Unmuddle the Chemistry Textbook?817
William B. Jensen
Book and Media Reviews
Organotin Chemistry by Alwyn G. Davies830
John C. Cochran
Book and Media Reviews
Basic Laboratory Chemistry830
reviewed by Deborah McCool
Book and Media Reviews
ChemSkill Builder, Version 5.1 by James D. Spain and Harold J. Peters831
M. Larry Peck
Book and Media Reviews
The Elements of Physical Chemistry, 2nd. ed. by P. W. Atkins831
Merlyn Schuh

 Chemistry Everyday For Everyone
Applications and Analogies
Thermal Physics (and Some Chemistry) of the Atmosphere837
Stephen K. Lower
Products of Chemistry
Chemical Etching of Group III - V Semiconductors840
Najah J. Kadhim, Stuart H. Laurie, and D. Mukherjee
Wilder Bancroft's Study of Oxidant-Reductant Cells844
John T. Stock
Etiquette in Departmental Seminars846
Bal Ram Singh and Joseph C. Deck

 In The Classroom
The Thermometer as a Simple Instrument849
George F. Atkinson
Teaching Tips
Providing Direction and Motivation for Students to Review Topics from Previous Chemistry Classes850
David F. Rieck
Percent Composition and Empirical Formula - A New View851
George L. Gilbert
Resources for Student Assessment
Probability of Collisions852
Igor Novak
Models and Molecules - A Workshop on Stereoisomers853
Robert W. Baker, Adrian V. George, and Margaret M. Harding
Teaching College General Chemistry: Techniques Designed To Communicate a Conceptual Framework856
Ronald J. Duchovic
Teaching Theoretical Physical Chemistry: Density Functional Theory and the Taylor Expansion of the van der Waals Free Energy858
Brian G. Moore and John D. Mize
NSF Highlights
MeasureNet: Electronic Measurement Network for the Freshman Chemistry Laboratory859
Estel D. Sprague, Robert Voorhees, Paul McKenzie, John J. Alexander, and Peter Padolik
An Example of a Guided-Inquiry, Collaborative Physical Chemistry Laboratory Course860
Alice A. Deckert, Lisa P. Nestor, and Donna DiLullo
Designing New Undergraduate Experiments863
Min J. Yang and George F. Atkinson
Introducing Second Year Chemistry Students to Research Work through Mini-Projects866
Jeffrey G. Dunn and David N. Phillips
Development of Analytical and Reporting Skills in Quantitative Analysis869
R. J. Eierman
Integration of Quality Assurance/Quality Control into Quantitative Analysis874
Suzanne C. Bell and Jeff Moore

 In the Laboratory
Bilinear Regression Analysis as a Means To Reduce Matrix Effects in Simultaneous Spectrophotometric Determination of Cr(III) and Co(II): AQuantitative Analysis Laboratory Experiment878
Siddharth Pandey, Mary E. R. McHale, Karen S. Coym, and William E. Acree Jr.
A Three-Cent Reusable Craig Tube880
Thomas J. Russo
Electrochemical Behavior of Electrodeposited Prussian Blue Films on ITO Electrode: An Attractive Laboratory Experience881
J. J. Garcia-Jareno, D. Benito, J. Navarro-Laboulais, and F. Vicente
Intermolecular Forces in Introductory Chemistry Studied by Gas Chromatography, Computer Models, and Viscometry885
Jonathan C. Wedvik, Charity McManaman, Janet S. Anderson, and Mary K. Carroll
Hybridization and Structural Properties: A Physical Organic Chemistry Experiment888
Michael D. Mosher and Sunil Ojha
Synthesis and Structure-Property Relationships in (h6-Arene)Cr(CO)3 Chemistry: From Guided Experiments to Discovery Research891
Allen D. Hunter, Larry J. Bianconi, Steven J. DiMuzio, and Dianne L. Braho
Understanding Chemical Structure/Physical Property Relationships in Polymers through Molecular Modeling and Thermal Analysis Techniques893
A. Kim and J. L. Musfeldt
The Determination of the Heat Capacities of Liquids with Time Resolved Thermal Lens Calorimetry: A More Accurate Procedure897
Kurt Seidman and Amy Payne
The Energy Profile for Rotation about the C-C Bond in Substituted Ethanes: A Multi-Part Experimental Computational Project for the Physical Chemistry Laboratory900
Luther E. Erickson and Kevin F. Morris

 Research: Science and Education
A Simple Molecular Orbital Treatment of the Barrier to Internal Rotation in the Ethane Molecule907
Derek W. Smith
A Simple Qualitative Molecular-Orbital/Valence-Bond Description of the Bonding in Main Group "Hypervalent" Molecules910
Owen J. Curnow
Angular Momentum and the Two-Dimensional Free Particle916
Dario Bressanini and Alessandro Ponti

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Kinetics of Consecutive Reactions: First Reaction, First-Order; Second Reaction, Zeroth Order917
David W. Ball
Chemistry from Telephone Numbers: The False Isokinetic Relationship919
George C. McBane
Covalent and Ionic Molecules: Why Are BeF2 and AlF3 High Melting Point Solids whereas BF3 and SiF4 Are Gases?923
Ronald J. Gillespie
JCE Online
JCE Online926
Jon L. Holmes
JCE Software
Chemistry Comes Alive!, Vol. 2: Abstract of Special Issue 21 on CD-ROM927
Jerrold J. Jacobsen and John W. Moore
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