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Table of Contents
 
Cover
September 2002
Vol. 79 No. 9


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Research/Teaching Partnerships1031
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Chem Gems & Joules1033
Diana S. Mason
Commentary
"Real-Time" Chemistry and Chemical Education1034
Arthur B. Ellis
ACS Presidential Election
Statement on Education—A Core Commitment of Chemists and the ACS1036
Charles P. Casey
ACS Presidential Election
Statement on Education—Education at the Core1037
Avin L. Kwiram
Academic Excellence—The Role of Research1038
Michael P. Doyle
Conant Award Interview: An Interview with Theresa Corley, 2002 Award Winner1046
JCE Editorial Staff
Nobel Centennial Essays
A Century of Chemical Dynamics Traced through the Nobel Prizes. 1992: Rudolph A. Marcus1055
J. Van Houten
NSF Highlights
LIMSport: Optimizing a Windows-Based Computer Data Acquisition and Reduction System for the General Chemistry Laboratory1060
Ed Vitz and Brenda P. Egolf
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Sulfur (S8)1063
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Osmium Tetroxide1064
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Potassium Chromate1065
Jay A. Young
The Information Page1066
News & Announcements1067
Letters
Another Hazard1070
Jean B. Umland
Letters
Another Hazard1070
Marcio C. S. de Mattos and David E. Nicodem
Letters
Color Changes in Indicator Solutions1070
Addison Ault
Letters
Color Changes in Indicator Solutions1070
E. Sabadini
Corrections
Correction to Chemical Laboratory Information Profile: Anthracene (re J. Chem. Educ. 2002, 79, 553)1071
Corrections
Correction to Featured Molecule of July 2002 (re J. Chem. Educ. 2002, 79, 772)1071
Book and Media Reviews
Green Plastics: An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics (by E. S. Stevens)1072
Cheryl Baldwin Frech
Book and Media Reviews
Ligand Field Theory and Its Applications (by Brian N. Figgis and Michael A. Hitchman)1072
John F. C. Turner
Book and Media Reviews
Heterocyclic Chemistry (by Malcolm Sainsbury)1073
Richard Pagni
Book and Media Reviews
Survival Guide for Physical Chemistry (by Michelle Francl)1074
Matthew Elrod
Book and Media Reviews
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (by John M. Seddon and Julian D. Gale)1075
Pedro Bernal
Advertising in This Issue1076

 Chemistry for Everyone
Products of Chemistry
The Chemistry of Optical Discs1081
David Birkett

 In The Classroom
Tested Demonstrations
A Three-Dimensional Model for Water1088
J. L. H. Johnson and S. H. Yalkowsky
Tested Demonstrations
Editor's Note about "A Three-Dimensional Model for Water" by J. L. H. Johnson and S. H. Yalkowsky1091
Ed Vitz
Teaching Molecular Applications of the Particle-in-a-Ring Model Using Azulene1092
Miguel A. R. B. Castanho
Semiconductor Nanocrystals: A Powerful Visual Aid for Introducing the Particle in a Box1094
Tadd Kippeny, Laura A. Swafford, and Sandra J. Rosenthal

 In the Laboratory
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Y2O3:Eu3+ Phosphor. An Upper-Division Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory1101
David B. Bolstad and Anthony L. Diaz
JCE Classroom Activity
Measurements for a Rainy Day1104A
Erica K. Jacobsen and Nancy S. Gettys
A Nonradioactive Simulation of the Viking Mission Labeled-Release Experiment: A Search for Evidence of Life1105
Eduardo Cortón, Liliana Haim, Santiago Kocmur, Guillermo J. Visbeek, and Lydia Galagovsky
The Microscale Laboratory
A Low-Cost and Timesaving Microscale Heater1109
Erik Joling, Martin J. Goedhart, Bregje van den Berg, and Trienke M. van der Spek
Spectrophotometric Determination of Total Sulfite in White Wine Samples Using Crude Extracts from Flowers1111
Márlon Herbert Flora Barbosa Soares, Luiz Antonio Ramos, and Éder Tadeu Gomes Cavalheiro
Elemental Analysis of Wisdom Teeth by Atomic Spectroscopy Using Standard Additions. An Undergraduate Instrumental Analysis Laboratory Exercise1114
Venda J. Porter, Patricia M. Sanft, Jennifer C. Dempich, Dana D. Dettmer, Angela E. Erickson, Nicole A. Dubauskie, Susan T. Myster, Emory H. Matts, and Eugene T. Smith
Preparation and Characterization of Bayerite Samples: Use of Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopy to Monitor Purification1117
Nsoki Phambu, Bernard Humbert, and Andre Burneau
Preparing Students for Research: Synthesis of Substituted Chalcones as a Comprehensive Guided-Inquiry Experience1119
James R. Vyvyan, Donald L. Pavia, Gary M. Lampman, and George S. Kriz Jr.
Entropy Loss of Hydroxyl Groups of Balanol upon Binding to Protein Kinase A1122
Gergely Gidofalvi, Chung F. Wong, and J. Andrew McCammon

 Research: Science and Education
Techniques in Chemistry: The Centerpiece of a Research-Oriented Curriculum1127
T. W. Hanks and Laura L. Wright
Chemical Education Research
Group Problem-Solving versus Lecture in College-Level Quantitative Analysis: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly1131
Vickie M. Williamson and Marvin W. Rowe
A General Approach for Calculating Speciation and Poising Capacity of Redox Systems with Multiple Oxidation States: Application to Redox Titrations and the Generation of pε-pH Diagrams1135
D. Whitney King
Understanding and Interpreting Molecular Electron Density Distributions1141
C. F. Matta and R. J. Gillespie

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Featured Molecule1152
William F. Coleman and Randy Wildman
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