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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2001  > July  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 July 2001
Vol. 78 No. 7

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Testing, Testing855
John W. Moore
Reports from Other Journals
The Science Teacher: Summer 2001 Reading856
Steve Long
Especially for High School Teachers857
J. Emory Howell
Meeting Reports
Chemical Dynamics at the Turn of the New Century: Nobel Laureates Look Back and Ahead860
J. Van Houten
Executive Committee Report, April 2001861
Conrad L. Stanitski and Jerry L. Sarquis
Meeting Sessions, San Diego ACS Meeting863
From Past Issues
The Place of Science in the Modern World: A Speech by Robert Millikan865
Kathryn R. Williams
NSF Highlights
Molecular Modeling in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum867
Martin B. Jones
Commentary
Bioorganic First: A New Model for the College Chemistry Curriculum869
I. David Reingold
The Information Page872
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile: Hydrochloric Acid (approx 36%)873
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile: Water874
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements875
Letters
Periodic Patterns (re J. Chem. Educ. 2000, 77, 1053-1056)877
Michael Laing
Letters
Have Orbitals Really Been Observed? (re J. Chem. Educ. 2000, 77, 1492-1494)877
John C. H. Spence, M. O'Keefe, and J. M. Zuo
Book and Media Reviews
Philosophy of Chemistry: Between the Manifest and the Scientific Image (by J. van Brakel)878
A. Truman Schwartz
Book and Media Reviews
CrystalMaker 4.1.1 [CD-ROM] (by David Palmer) and CrystalDesigner 7.0.1 [download] (by Arve Holt)879
Reuben Rudman
Book and Media Reviews
Organic Chemistry. A Brief Survey of Concepts and Applications, 6th Edition (by Philip S. Bailey Jr. and Christina A. Bailey)881
Alan M. Rosan
Book and Media Reviews
Homogeneous Catalysis: Mechanisms and Industrial Applications (by Sumit Bhadari and Doble Mukesh)882
Richard Pagni
Book and Media Reviews
Soap Bubbles in Art and Education (by Gøran Rämme)882
Al Hazari
Book and Media Reviews
Chemistry: Molecules, Matter, and Change, 4th Edition (by Loretta Jones and Peter Atkins)883
Norbert J. Pienta
Advertising in This Issue884
Out of the Editor's Basket885

 Chemistry for Everyone
Politics, Chemistry, and the Discovery of Nuclear Fission889
Emilie Wiesner and Frank A. Settle Jr.
Products of Chemistry
Gas Hydrates: From Laboratory Curiosity to Potential Global Powerhouse896
Robert E. Pellenbarg and Michael D. Max
Products of Chemistry
Microwave Ovens--Out of the Kitchen900
Sarah L. Cresswell and Stephen J. Haswell
Chemistry for Kids
CHEM 101: Thirty Years of Experiences with a Chemistry Course for Prospective Elementary School Teachers905
Donald B. Phillips

 In The Classroom
Tested Demonstrations
Combustion of White Phosphorus908
Richard L. Keiter and Chaminda P. Gamage
Tested Demonstrations
An Alcohol Rocket Car--A Variation on the "Whoosh Bottle" Theme910
Dean J. Campbell
Tested Demonstrations
Icarus and Sun, Not Only in Mythology but Also in the Laboratory!912
Mrinalini G. Walawalkar and Herbert W. Roesky
"Experiment with a Candle" without a Candle914
Dusan Krnel and Sasa A. Glazar
Applications and Analogies
A Known-to-Unknown Approach to Teach about Empirical and Molecular Formulas915
P. K. Thamburaj
Systems of Chemical Equations as Reasonable Reaction Mechanisms917
Sergey V. Dorozhkin
Don't Be Tricked by Your Integrated Rate Plot!921
Edward T. Urbansky
A Method for Drawing the Cyclohexane Ring and Its Substituents923
Veljko Dragojlovic
The Bullvalene Story. The Conception of Bullvalene, a Molecule That Has No Permanent Structure924
Addison Ault
Unified Electroanalytical Chemistry: Application of the Concept of Electrochemical Equilibrium928
Robert Q. Thompson and Norman C. Craig
Model for Teaching about Electrical Neutrality in Electrolyte Solutions934
Tetsuo Morikawa and Bryce E. Williamson

 In the Laboratory
An Improved Hittorf's Apparatus for Determining Ion Transference Number937
Kan Jinqing, Xu Qin, and Chen Ke
Color Changes in Indicator Solutions. An Intriguing and Elucidative General Chemistry Experiment939
César R. Silva, Renato B. Pereira, and Edvaldo Sabadini
Reduction of Calcium Concentrations by the Brita® Water Filtration System: A Practical Experiment in Titrimetry and Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy941
Kimberly G. Olsen and Lisa J. Ulicny
Computer Bulletin Board
Gas Chromatography and Molecular Modeling. A Correlation Experiment for the Undergraduate Laboratory942
John M. Simpson and Oswaldo Rivera
Determination of the Fatty Acid Content of Biological Membranes: A Highly Versatile GC-MS Experiment944
Emeric Schultz and Michael Eugene Pugh
Cost-Effective Teacher
Flood Prevention by Recirculating Condenser Cooling Water946
Fraser F. Fleming and Pravin S. Iyer
Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reactions: Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Biaryls in the Organic Laboratory947
Christopher S. Callam and Todd L. Lowary
The Microscale Laboratory
A Microscale Birch Reduction for the Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory949
Mary Ann M. Fuhry, Christie Colosimo, and Kathleen Gianneschi
The Microscale Laboratory
Oxidation of Benzoin to Benzil Using Alumina-Supported Active MnO2951
R. David Crouch, Michael S. Holden, and Jennifer S. Burger
Synthesis and Reactivity of the Metallaborane Complex [Mo(CO)4B3H8]- and the Formation of Mo(CO)4(dppe)952
Craig M. Davis and Megan F. Klein
Simple Preparation and NMR Analysis of mer and fac Isomers of Tris(1,1,1-trifluoro-2,4-pentanedionato)cobalt(III). An Experiment for the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory954
Ashley W. Jensen and Brian A. O'Brien
Teaching the Fundamentals of Pulsed NMR Spectroscopy in an Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Laboratory956
Gary A. Lorigan, Robert E. Minto, and Wei Zhang
The Use of Disposable IR Cards for Quantitative Analysis Using an Internal Standard958
Ramee Indralingam and Angelito I. Nepomuceno
Binary Solid-Liquid Phase Diagrams of Selected Organic Compounds. A Complete Listing of 15 Binary Phase Diagrams961
Jürgen Gallus, Qiong Lin, Andreas Zumbühl, Sebastian D. Friess, Rudolf Hartmann, and Erich C. Meister

 Research: Science and Education
A Model for Substantial Deviations from the Traditional Lecture Format for Graduate and Upper-Level Undergraduate Courses in Science--Lecture and Learning Classes965
John Allison
A Review and Discussion of Epistemological Commitments, Metacognition, and Critical Thinking with Suggestions on Their Enhancement in Internet-Assisted Chemistry Classrooms970
Chin-Chung Tsai
Chemical Education Research
Students' Use of Web-Based Tutorial Materials and Their Understanding of Chemistry Concepts975
William J. Donovan and Mary B. Nakhleh

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Lewis Structures in General Chemistry: Agreement between Electron Density Calculations and Lewis Structures981
Gordon H. Purser
JCE Online
WWW Site Links984
Jon L. Holmes
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 June 6, 2001
April 14, 2005
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