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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2001  > November  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 November 2001
Vol. 78 No. 11

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Technology and Tragedy1439
John W. Moore
Editorial
Especially for High School Teachers1441
J. Emory Howell
National Chemistry Week
Indigo and Tyrian Purple--In Nature and in the Lab1442
Paul F. Schatz
National Chemistry Week
Biology of the Blues: The Snails behind the Ancient Dyes1444
Carol Steinhart
From Past Issues
Sweet Stuff1446
Kathryn R. Williams
Workplace Skills Taught in a Simulated Analytical Department1448
Susan Sonchik Marine
Commentary
The Role of Lewis Structures in Teaching Covalent Bonding1457
S. R. Logan
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile: Turpentine1459
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile: Sucrose1460
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements1461
The Information Page1464
Book and Media Reviews
Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry: Practices and Techniques (by Howard E. Taylor) 1465
John K. Sanders
Book and Media Reviews
Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Dynamics (by Paul L. Houston)1466
John R. Krenos
Book and Media Reviews
d- and f-Block Chemistry (by Chris J. Jones)1468
Les L. Pesterfield
Book and Media Reviews
Introduction to Physical Polymer Science, 3rd Edition (by L. H. Sperling)1469
Shawn B. Allin
Book and Media Reviews
NMR Spectroscopy in Inorganic Chemistry (by Jonathan A. Iggo)1469
L. H. Doerrer
Advertising in This Issue1470
Out of the Editor's Basket1471

 Chemistry for Everyone
Qualitative Analysis of Fourteen White Solids and Two Mixtures Using Household Chemicals1475
Maria Oliver-Hoyo, DeeDee Allen, Sally Solomon, Bryan Brook, Justine Ciraolo, Shawn Daly, and Leia Jackson

 In The Classroom
Tested Demonstrations
A Liquid Prism for Refractive Index Studies1479
Michael D. Edmiston
Tested Demonstrations
The Use of an Inexpensive Laser Pointer to Perform Qualitative and Semiquantitative Laser Refractometry1481
Amarílis de Vicente Finageiv Neder, Edgardo García, and Leonardo N. Viana
Tested Demonstrations
Demonstrating Chirality: Using a Mirror with Physical Models to Show Non-superimposability of Chiral Molecules with Their Mirror Images1484
Michael J. Collins
The Use of Stick Figures to Visualize Fischer Projections1486
Laurie S. Starkey
An Early Emphasis on Symmetry and a Three-Dimensional Perspective in the Chemistry Curriculum1487
Scott E. McKay and Steven R. Boone
General Chemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology: An Experiment in Curricular Symbiosis1490
A. Truman Schwartz and Jan Serie
Teaching Brønsted-Lowry Acid-Base Theory in a Direct Comprehensive Way1495
Jamie L. Adcock
The Relative Acidities of Water and Methanol1496
Henry I. Abrash
Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation: Its History and Limitations1499
Henry N. Po and N. M. Senozan

 In the Laboratory
Acid-Base Indicators: A New Look at an Old Topic1504
Ara S. Kooser, Judith L. Jenkins, and Lawrence E. Welch
Using Guided Inquiry to Study Optical Activity and Optical Rotatory Dispersion in a Cross-Disciplinary Chemistry Lab1507
Michael A. Vaksman and James W. Lane
Topics in Chemical Instrumentation
Applied Electronics: Construction of a Simple Spectrophotometer1510
Melissa A. Thal and Michael J. Samide
JCE Classroom Activity
New Paper from Newspaper1512A
JCE Editorial Staff
The Construction of the UCSC Econo-Box: An Inexpensive Yet Effective Glove Box1513
Jeff T. Suri
An Inexpensive Water Jacket for a Polarimeter Tube1516
F. A. Kundell and W. A. Adkins
The Hydrogenation of Cyclododecene by Lithium Naphthalenide and Nickel Chloride Dihydrate1517
Francisco Alonso and Miguel Yus
Synthesis and Self-Assembly of the "Tennis Ball" Dimer and Subsequent Encapsulation of Methane. An Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiment1519
Fraser Hof, Liam C. Palmer, and Julius Rebek Jr.
Network Complexes of Copper(I) Halides1522
Robert D. Pike, Peter M. Graham, Kathryn A. Guy, T. Jason Johnson, Jenine R. Cole, Sarah M. Stamps, and Lauren E. Klemmer
An Alternative Confirmatory Test for Silver Ion in Qualitative Analysis1524
Louis J. Kirschenbaum, Elmo Resende, Edwin Li, and Ben Ruekberg
Using Capillary Electrophoresis to Determine the Purity of Acetylsalicylic Acid Synthesized in the Undergraduate Laboratory1525
Frank Welder and Christa L. Colyer
Teaching Experimental Design Using an Exercise in Protein Fractionation1528
J. P. Loke, D. Hancock, J. M. Johnston, J. Dimauro, and G. S. Denyer
Biocatalytic Lactone Generation in Genetically Engineered Escherichia coli and Identification of Products by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy1533
Chad Slawson, Jon Stewart, and Robert Potter
The Effect of Organic Solvents and Other Parameters on Trypsin-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Na-Benzoyl-arginine-p-nitroanilide. A Project-Oriented Biochemical Experiment1535
L. C. Correia, A. C. Bocewicz, S. A. Esteves, M. G. Pontes, L. M. Versieux, S. M. R. Teixeira, M. M. Santoro, and M. P. Bemquerer
Micellar Effects on the Spontaneous Hydrolysis of Phenyl Chloroformate. A Kinetic Experiment for the Physical Chemistry Laboratory1538
Juan Crugeiras, J. Ramón Leis, and Ana Ríos
The Measurement of Activity Coefficients in Concentrated Electrolyte Solutions. An Experiment for the Physical Chemistry Laboratory1541
Judith M. Bonicamp, Ashley Loflin, and Roy W. Clark

 Research: Science and Education
Boiling Points of the Family of Small Molecules CHwFxClyBrz: How Are They Related to Molecular Mass?1544
Michael Laing

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Computer Bulletin Board
Integrating Computational Chemistry into a Project-Oriented Biochemistry Laboratory Experience: A New Twist on the Lysozyme Experiment1551
Rachel R. Peterson and James R. Cox
Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
Goals and Objectives for Student Mathcad Activities1556
Theresa Julia Zielinski
Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
The Carnot Cycle1556
Harold H. Harris
Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
Variational Methods Applied to the Particle in a Box1557
W. Tandy Grubbs
Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
Relating Qualitative Analysis to Equilibrium Principles1557
Glenn V. Lo
JCE Software
Advanced Chemistry Collection, 2nd Edition1558
JCE Software
Spec UV-Vis: An Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometer Simulation1560
N. Papadopoulos, Maria Limniou, Giannis Koklamanis, Apostolos Tsarouxas, Mpampis Roilidis, and Stephen W. Bigger
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 October 8, 2001
April 14, 2005
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