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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1999  > September  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 September 1999
Vol. 76 No. 9

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Linking to the Future1165
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Especially for High School Teachers1167
J. Emory Howell
Can Any Good Thing Come out of Nazareth? (John 1:46): 1999 George C. Pimentel Award, sponsored by Union Carbide Corporation 1169
Mary Virginia Orna
Statement on Education1174
Attila E. Pavlath
Statement on Education: Education in Action1175
Alan Schriesheim
Reports from Other Journals
News from Online: More Spectroscopy1177
Carolyn Sweeney Judd
Reports from Other Journals
A View from the Science Education Research Literature: Concept Map Assessment of Classroom Learning1179
William R. Robinson
Reports from Other Journals
TPT Featured Articles1180
Roy W. Clark
Working at the NSF FastLane Web Site1181
Donald J. Wink
NSF Highlights
Introduction of Laser Photolysis- Transient Spectroscopy in an Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Laboratory: Kinetics of Ozone Formation1182
Lev N. Krasnoperov and Victor Stepanov
News & Announcements1184
Letters1188
Advertising in This Issue1190
Book and Media Reviews
The Best of Annals of Improbable Research (edited by Marc Abrahams) 1191
Jeffrey Kovac
Book and Media Reviews
Modern Catalytic Methods for Organic Synthesis with Diazo Compounds: From Cyclopropanes to Ylides (by Michael P. Doyle, M. Anthony McKervey, and Tao Ye)1191
David Goldsmith
Information Page1192
Book and Media Reviews
The Molecular Modeling Workbook for Organic Chemistry (by Warren J. Hehre, Alan J. Shusterman, and Janet E. Nelson)1193
R. David Crouch
Book and Media Reviews
Books Noted1194
Edward J. Walsh

 Chemistry Everyday For Everyone
UV Catalysis, Cyanotype Photography, and Sunscreens1199
Glen D. Lawrence and Stuart Fishelson
Thermochromism in Commercial Products1201
Mary Anne White and Monique LeBlanc
Chemistry with Refrigerator Magnets: From Modeling of Nanoscale Characterization to Composite Fabrication1205
Dean J. Campbell, Joel A. Olson, Camilo E. Calderon, Patrick W. Doolan, Elizabeth A. Mengelt, Arthur B. Ellis, and George C. Lisensky

 In The Classroom
Authentic Research within the Grasp of High School Students1212
Annis Hapkiewicz
A Simple Demonstration for Introducing the Metric System to Introductory Chemistry Classes1215
Clarke W. Earley
JCE Classroom Activity
Blueprint Photography by the Cyanotype Process1216A
Glen D. Lawrence and Stuart Fishelson
A Framework for Presenting the Modern Atom1217
James J. Leary and Tadd C. Kippeny
A First-Day Exercise on Relevance of Chemistry to Nonscience Majors Kindles Sustained Positive Student Response1219
Bal Ram Singh
A First-Class-Meeting Exercise for General Chemistry: Introduction to Chemistry through an Experimental Tour1221
LaRhee L. Henderson and Gholam A. Mirafzal
Curricular Change Digests
Chemical Safety and Scientific Ethics in a Sophomore Chemistry Seminar1224
Anne E. Moody and R. Griffith Freeman
Safety Tips
Examination of the Occupational Health and Safety Initiatives Available within the Chemistry Departments of Australian Universities1226
Veronica Goodwin, Deirdre Cobbin, and Peter Logan
Tested Demonstrations
A Classroom Demonstration of Rayleigh Light Scattering in Optically Active and Inactive Systems1230
Monica Avalos Pecina and Charles A. Smith
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
Demonstration of Optical Rotatory Dispersion of Sucrose1234
S. M. Mahurin, R. N. Compton, and Richard N. Zare
Tested Demonstrations
Chemiluminescence Demonstration Illustrating Principles of Ester Hydrolysis Reactions1237
Andrew G. Hadd, David W. Lehmpuhl, Laura R. Kuck, and John W. Birks
Overhead Projector Demonstrations
Using Overhead Projector to Simulate X-ray Diffraction Experiments1240
Veljko Dragojlovic

 In the Laboratory
The Incorporation of a Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction Experiment into the Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Laboratory1242
Guy Crundwell, J. Phan, and Katherine A. Kantardjieff
A Fast and Reliable Method for Packing Capillaries for X-ray Powder Diffraction Analysis1245
Walter K. Dean and Brett J. MacIntyre
Electrophilic Substitution in Naphthalene: Kinetic vs Thermodynamic Control1246
Leslie D. Field, Sever Sternhell, and Howard V. Wilton
Chemistry of Natural alpha-Amino Acids: A Surprising "One-Pot Four-Step" Conversion of Polyfunctional Enones into Cyclic Imines1247
Sonia Amigoni, Christophe Penverne, Caroline Nugier-Chauvin, and Yves Le FlocÕh
The Microscale Laboratory
Microscale Synthesis of Tributyl Arsenite1251
Francisco J. Arnáiz and Mariano J. Miranda
CO2 - Potentiometric Determination and Electrode Construction, a Hands-on Approach1253
Santiago Kocmur, Eduardo Cortón, Liliana Haim, Guillermo Locascio, and Lydia Galagosky
Determination of Anionic Surfactants Using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry and Anodic Stripping Voltammetry1256
Richard John and Daniel Lord
Overcoming Angular Dependency When Teaching Light Scattering Using a Spectrofluorometer: The Molecular Weights of Latex Beads1259
Nuno C. Santos, Miguel X. J. J. Fernandes, and Miguel A. R. B. Castanho
Are Fluorescence Quantum Yields So Tricky to Measure? A Demonstration Using Familiar Stationery Products1260
Suzanne Fery-Forgues* and Dominique Lavabre
A Simple Device to Demonstrate the Principles of Fluorometry1265
Néstor J. Delorenzi*, Cesar Araujo, Gonzalo Palazzolo, and Carlos A. Gatti
The Balmer Spectrum of Hydrogen: An Old Experiment with a New Twist1266
B. R. Ramachandran and Arthur M. Halpern
A Procedure to Obtain the Effective Nuclear Charge from the Atomic Spectrum of Sodium1269
O. Sala*, Koiti Araki, and L. K. Noda
Raman Spectroscopy of Symmetric Oxyanions1272
Matthew G. Comstock and Jeffrey A. Gray
An Interactive Dry Lab Introduction to Vibrational Raman Spectroscopy Using Carbon Tetrachloride1276
Monty L. Fetterolf and Jack G. Goldsmith
Determination of Equilibrium Constants of Metal Complexes from Spectrophotometric Measurements. An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment1277
Gabriela A. Ibañez, Alejandro C. Olivieri, and Graciela M. Escandar*
Spectrophotometric Determination of Thiocyanate in Human Saliva1281
Markku Lahti*, Juhani Vilpo, and Jari Hovinen
Determination of Myoglobin Stability by Visible Spectroscopy1283
Paul A. Sykes, Harn-Cherng Shiue, Jon R. Walker, and Robert C. Bateman Jr.*
Photochemistry without Light: Oxidation of Rubrene in a Microemulsion with a Chemical Source of Singlet Molecular Oxygen (1O2, 1Dg)1285
Véronique Nardello, Marie-Josée Marti, Christel Pierlot, and Jean-Marie Aubry*
Geometry of Benzene from the Infrared Spectrum1288
Elisabetta Cané, Andrea Miani, and Agostino Trombetti

 Research: Science and Education
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
Spectroscopic Selection Rules: The Role of Photon States1291
Andrew M. Ellis
Spectroscopic Instruction in Introductory Organic Chemistry: Results of a National Survey1294
Christopher W. Alexander, Gary L. Asleson, Marion T. Doig, and Frederick J. Heldrich*
Curricular Change Digests
Gradualism: A Method for Primary Instruction on Spectroscopic Analysis in Introductory Organic Chemistry1297
Christopher W. Alexander, Gary L. Asleson, Charles F. Beam, Marion T. Doig, Frederick J. Heldrich*, and Shannon Studer-Martinez
Minimizing the Black Box Effect: Using Normal Mode Analysis to Integrate Computational Methods into the Physical Chemistry Course1298
Delphia F. Harris* and Julio F. Caballero

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Analysis of the Infrared Spectra of Diatomic Molecules1302
Richard W. Schwenz and William F. Polik*
JCE Online: Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
Making Physical Chemistry Relevant with Modern Chemical Dynamics1308
Theresa Julia Zielinski
JCE Online: Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
Modeling Stratospheric Ozone Kinetics, Part I: The Chapman Cycle: OzoneModelingPartI.mcd1309
Erica Harvey and Robert Sweeney
JCE Online: Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
Modeling Stratospheric Ozone Kinetics, Part II: Addition of Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Chlorine: OzoneModelingPartII.mcd1310
Erica Harvey and Robert Sweeney
JCE Online: Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
Studying Nonlinear Dynamics with Numerical Experiments: Dynamics.mcd1310
John A. Pojman
JCE Software
Chemistry Comes Alive! Vol. 3: Abstract of Special Issue 23 on CD-ROM1311
Jerrold J. Jacobsen and John W. Moore
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 July 30, 1999
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