JCE Online Journal of Chemical EducationDivision of Chemical Education, American Chemical SocietyAmerican Chemical Society
 | Subscriptions  | Software Orders  | Support  | Contributors  | Advertisers  | 

JCE Print

JCE Digital Library

JCE Software

Only@JCE Online

About JCE


  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1998  > May  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
May 1998
Vol. 75 No. 5


 Chemical Education Today
From Past Issues: The More Things Change...514
In This Issue: Celebrating 75 Years!515
Editorial
Repeating the Past519
John W. Moore
News520
Especially for High School Teachers521
J. Emory Howell
Letters to the Editor523
Announcements524
Reports from Other Journals
News from Online: Photons and Lasers526
Carolyn Sweeney Judd
Shaping America's Scientific and Technological Workforce: NSF-Sponsored Workshops on Curricular Developments in the Analytical Sciences527
Patricia Ann Mabrouk
JCE Classroom Activity
The Science Mentor: An Adventure in Chemistry Education 528A
Amy Huseth
The DuPont Conference: Implications for the Chemical Technology Curriculum531
John Kenkel, Sue Rutledge, and Paul B. Kelter
Report
Manual and Automated Document Retrieval at the NSF Web Site535
Donald J. Wink
Commentary
In Defense of Quantum Numbers536
Robert M. Richman
Commentary
The Crucial Role of Kinetic Energy in Interpreting Ionization Energies537
Frank Rioux and Roger L. DeKock
Commentary
Deducing the Shell Model from Ionization Energies and the Use of Models in Introductory Chemistry539
Ronald J. Gillespie, Richard S. Moog, and James N. Spencer
Letters
Demonstration Explosion543
Charles "Skip" Lee
Book and Media Reviews
Molecular Toxicology (by P. David Josephy, with Bengt Mannervik and Paul Ortiz de Montellano)544
Christine Havrilla and Ned A. Porter
Book and Media Reviews
Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (by Donald A. McQuarrie and John D. Simon)545
Jeffrey D. Kovac
Book and Media Reviews
Asymmetric Synthesis (by Garry Procter)546
Brenda Kesler
Book and Media Reviews
Metastable Liquids (by Pablo G. Debenedetti)547
Howard Reiss
Book and Media Reviews
Molecular Chemistry of the Transition Elements. An Introductory Course (by Francois Mathey and Alain Sevin)547
Magdalena Pala
Book and Media Reviews
Interactive Chemistry Journey (by Steven D. Gammon, Lynn Hunsberger, Sharon Hutchison)548
Debra J. McCool
Book and Media Reviews
Beginning Calculations in Physical Chemistry (by Barry R. Johnson and Stephen K. Scott)549
Lisa Emily Chirlian
Book and Media Reviews
Beginning Calculations in Physical Chemistry (by Barry R. Johnson and Stephen K. Scott)549
Marius D'Amboise

 Waters Symposium: Lasers in Chemistry
Nonlinear Optical Instrumentation555
N. Bloembergen
Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Protein Dynamics559
Robin M. Hochstrasser
Ultrahigh-Intensity Lasers: Nonlinear Optics in the Relativistic Regime for Future Applications in Time-Resolved Chemistry565
Gerard Mourou

 In The Classroom
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
Students Select an Instrument at the Pittsburgh Conference571
Robert J. Eierman
Using Interactive Anonymous Quizzes in Large Lecture General Chemistry Courses574
Thomas A. Holme
Overhead Projector Demonstrations
Overhead Projector Voltmeter Aids577
Michael R. Hall and Rubin Battino
NSF Highlights
Molecular Science: Network-Deliverable Curricula578
Arlene Russell, Orville Chapman, and Patrick Wegner
Features of Training Tasks for Field Ecological Practice of Student Chemist-Ecologists580
Ludmila A. Bel'chenko and Vassili V. Kokovkin
To Teach Chemists Engineering583
Raphael Semiat and Baruch Grinbaum

 Research: Science and Education
Is the Reaction Equilibrium Composition in Non-ideal Mixtures Uniquely Determined by the Initial Composition?587
Jan Sefcik
Experimental 4s and 3d Energies in Atomic Ground States589
James L. Bills
The Pi-Electron-System of Monocyclic Polyenes C2nH2n with Alternating Single and Double Bonds594
J. J. C. Mulder
A History of the Double-Bond Rule596
Bernard E. Hoogenboom

 Chemistry Everyday For Everyone
S. M. Tanatar and His Contribution to the Field of Thermal Rearrangements603
Ludmila Birladeanu
Quantity Calculus: Unambiguous Designation of Values and Units in Graphs and Tables607
Mary Anne White
Low Cost Science Teaching Equipment for Visually Impaired Children610
H. O. Gupta and Rakshpal Singh
Synthesis of Exotic Soaps in the Chemistry Laboratory612
Otto Phanstiel IV, Eric Dueno, and Queenie Xianghong Wang

 In the Laboratory
Nanosecond Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy in the Physical Chemistry Laboratory: Formation of the Pyrene Excimer in Solution615
David A. Van Dyke, Brian A. Pryor, Philip G. Smith, and Michael R. Topp
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: A Novel Physical Chemistry Experiment for the Undergraduate Laboratory621
Gabriela C. Weaver and Karen Norrod
Analysis of Soft Drinks: UV Spectrophotometry, Liquid Chromatography, and Capillary Electrophoresis625
Valerie L. McDevitt, Alejandra Rodriguez, and Kathryn R. Williams
A Low-Cost Auto-Stop Hydraulic Press for Making KBr Disc629
Ping-Kay Hon
The Baker's Yeast Reduction of Keto-Esters in Organic Solvents: A One Week Research Project for Undergraduate Students 630
Michael North
Determination of the Equilibrium Constants of a Weak Acid: An Experiment for Analytical or Physical Chemistry 631
Russell A. Bonham
Kinetic Demonstration of Intermolecular General Acid (GA) Catalysis in Thiolysis of 9-Anilinoacridine 632
Mohammad Niyaz Khan
Cinnamaldehyde by Steam Distillation of Cinnamon633
Douglass F. Taber and Andrew J. Weiss
Laboratory Experiments on Electrochemical Remediation of the Environment Part 3: Microscale Electrokinetic Processing of Soils634
Jorge G. Ibanez, Mono M. Singh, Ronald M. Pike, and Zvi Szafran
A Simple Organic Microscale Experiment Illustrating the Equilibrium Aspect of the Aldol Condensation636
Ernest A. Harrison Jr.
Delivery of Uniform and Countable Drops637
David F. Koster
Claisen's Flask and Its Evolution638
Bruno Lunelli
Swift Measurement of Densities of Low Melting Point Compounds639
Bruno Lunelli
A Simple Streaking Device For Preparative Thin Layer Chromatography640
Yong J. Kim
Teaching with Technology
Using Linux/MacroModel To Do Quantum Chemistry in the Physical Chemistry Lab640
Jeffrey R. Bocarsly and Carl W. David

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
A New Perspective on Rutile641
James K. Beattie
Computer Bulletin Board
Visual Basic and Excel in Chemical Modeling642
Michael Kaess, Jesse Easter, and Kim Cohn
JCE Software
Group Theory with Mathcad: Issue 9801MW for Mac OS and Windows644
Frank Rioux
JCE Software
G and S: Issue 9802W for Windows645
Ian McNaught
Created:
Last Updated:
June 25, 1999
February 13, 2006
  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1998 > May > Table of Contents


Subscriptions

JCE HS CLIC

Our Secondary School editors work hard to distill all the JCE materials to produce a fraction of particular interest to high school teachers. We call it CLIC.


Contributions Welcome
JCE welcomes your submission

Advertisers
In recent years we have worked hard to better match our advertisers with our readers. When shopping for chemistry education materials, visit our advertisers' WWW sites first.

Be An Ambassador
Take JCE along on your outreach missions. Copies of the Journal, guest access to JCE Online, our publications catalog, and more are available for your participants.