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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2004  > August  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 August 2004
Vol. 81 No. 8

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Something Might Be Gaining on Us1079
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Meaningful Learning1081
Diana S. Mason
Commentary
The Problem with Organic Chemistry Labs1083
Jerry R. Mohrig
Reports from Other Journals
Research Advances: Seeing Is Detecting; Tracking Dragon's Blood; Shutting Down Anthrax; A Renewable Source of Hydrogen for Fuel Cells1086
Angela G. King
From Past Issues
Four Score Years Ago1090
Kathryn R. Williams
ACS National Meeting
Program for the Division of Chemical Education: Philadelphia, August 22–26, 20041092
Frank J. Torre, Tracy A Schoolcraft and Julianne Smist
ACS National Meeting
Presidential Events1100
Charles P. Casey
ACS National Meeting
Undergraduate Program: A Melting Point1102
LaTrease Garrison
ACS National Meeting
Philadelphia Story1104
Lin W. Morris
Association Reports: ACS Division of Chemical Education
CHED-Sponsored Events1107
Association Reports: ACS Division of Chemical Education
Committee Reports1108
Lead Dioxide1114
Jay A. Young
Titanium(IV) Oxide1115
Jay A. Young
The Information Page1116
News & Announcements1117
Letters
Triboluminescent Crystals from the Microwave Oven. In California, N-Acetylanthranilic Acid and Anthranilic Acid Are Controlled Substances—Have You Been Using Them Illegally?1121
Arnold L. Rheingold
Letters
Triboluminescent Crystals from the Microwave Oven. What Is the Proper Regulation of Controlled Substances at Educational Institutions?1121
Bruce Baldwin
Book and Media Reviews
Encyclopedia of Forensic Science (Suzanne Bell)1122
Sally Mitchell
Book and Media Reviews
Inorganic Experiments, 2nd Edition (edited by J. Derek Woollins)1122
Daniel Rabinovich
Book and Media Reviews
Organic Chemistry Principles and Industrial Practices (Mark M. Green and Harold A. Wittcoff)1125
Alan M. Rosan
Advertising in This Issue1126
Out of the Editor's Basket1127

 Chemistry for Everyone
Products of Chemistry
Chocolate: A Marvelous Natural Product of Chemistry1131
Ginger Tannenbaum

 In The Classroom
Molecular Modeling Exercises and Experiments
Exploring Organic Mechanistic Puzzles with Molecular Modeling1136
Gail Horowitz and Gary Schwartz
A Computational-Modeling Course for Undergraduate Students in Chemical Technology1140
Rita K. Hessley
Student-Directed Explorations To Learn about Ligands in an Inorganic Chemistry Course1145
Marion E. Cass
The Concept of Oxidation States in Metal Complexes1148
Dirk Steinborn
Tested Demonstrations
Demonstrating and Measuring Relative Molar Magnetic Susceptibility Using a Neodymium Magnet1155
Charles J. Malerich and Patrica K. Ruff

 In the Laboratory
A Mass Spectral Chlorine Rule for Use in Structure Determinations in Sophomore Organic Chemistry1161
Ray A. Gross, Jr.
Mass Spectrometry for the Masses1169
Jared D. Persinger, Geoffrey C. Hoops, and Michael J. Samide
Introduction of Mass Spectrometry in a First-Semester General Chemistry Laboratory Course: Quantification of MTBE or DMSO in Water1172
Mike Solow
Simultaneous Atomic Absorption Spectrometry for Cadmium and Lead Determination in Wastewater. A Laboratory Exercise1174
Paulo R. M. Correia and Pedro V. Oliveira
Pressure-Assisted Chelating Extraction as a Teaching Tool in Instrumental Analysis1177
Omowunmi A. Sadik, Adam K. Wanekaya, and Gelfand Yevgeny
Tetraglyme Trap for the Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Urban Air. Projects for Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry1182
Wilbert W. Hope, Clyde Johnson, and Leon P. Johnson
Green Chemistry
An Asymptotic Approach to the Development of a Green Organic Chemistry Laboratory1187
Thomas E. Goodwin
Preparation and Investigation of Monodentate and Bridging Pyrazole Complexes1191
Wynne Evans
Potassium Tris(oxalato)ferrate(III): A Versatile Compound To Illustrate the Principles of Chemical Equilibria1193
Gabriel González and Miquel Seco
Modeling Stretching Modes of Common Organic Molecules with the Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator. An Undergraduate Vibrational Spectroscopy Laboratory Exercise1196
J. Mark Parnis and Matthew G. K. Thompson
Applications of Group Theory: Infrared and Raman Spectra of the Isomers of 1,2-Dichloroethylene. A Physical Chemistry Experiment1199
Norman C. Craig and Nanette N. Lacuesta

 Research: Science and Education
Principle of Detailed Balance in Kinetics1206
Robert A. Alberty
Chain Copolymerization Reactions: An Algorithm To Predict the Reaction Evolution with Conversion1210
Alberto Gallardo, María Rosa Aguilar, Gustavo A. Abraham, and Julio San Román
Chemical Education Research
Critical Thinking in the Chemistry Classroom and Beyond1216
Claus Jacob

 Information Textbooks Media Resources
Teaching with Technology
Real-Time Distance Research with IP Network Videoconferencing: Extending Undergraduate Research Opportunities1224
Lisa A. Holland, Sara Tomechko, Alyison M. Leigh, Anne Oommen, Angela Bradford, and Andrew E. Burns
Water in the Atmosphere1229
Joel M. Kauffman
JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids
Peer-Reviewed JCE WebWare1231
William F. Coleman and Edward W. Fedosky
JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids
3D Normal Modes Shockwave: Three-Dimensional Perception of Molecular Normal Modes on the Web1231
Nickolas D. Charistos, C. A. Tsipis, and Michael P. Sigalas
Featured Molecules
Chocolate: Theobromine and Caffeine1232
William F. Coleman
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