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August 2006
Vol. 83 No. 8


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Faculty Responsibilities1111
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Gordon's Legacy1113
Diana S. Mason
Reports from Other Journals
Research Advances: Magnetic Catalysts; Inside Out; Blood Levels of Suspected Carcinogen Vary by Race, Ethnicity1114
Angela G. King
Association Report: CUR
Understanding the Federal Funding Landscape for Undergraduate Research1119
Kerry Karukstis
Assiciation Report: ACS Education
Growing the Positive Perception of Chemistry through Collaboration1123
LaTrease E. Garrison
Commentary
Completing Our Education. Green Chemistry in the Curriculum1126
Birgit Braun, Reagan Charney, Andres Clarens, Jennifer Farrugia, Christopher Kitchens, Carmen Lisowski, David Naistat, and Adam O'Neil
Ask the Historian
The Origin of the Term "Base"1130
William B. Jensen
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Methanol1131
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Methyl Acetate1132
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements1133
The Information Page1136
Letters
Response to "Let's Go for an A in Lab"1137
Mark Jahnke
Letters
Borodin1138
E. J. Behrman
Corrections
J. Chem. Educ. 2006, 83, 655–6611138
Corrections
J. Chem. Educ. 2006, 83, 692–6931138
Book and Media Reviews
Reflections from the Frontiers, Explorations for the Future: Gordon Research Conferences, 1931–2006 (Arthur A. Daemmrich, Nancy Ryan Gray, and Leah Shaper, Eds.)1139
Jeffrey Kovac
Book and Media Reviews
Chemical History: Reviews of the Recent Literature (Colin A. Russell and Gerrylynn K. Roberts, Eds.)1139
Jeffrey Kovac
Book and Media Reviews
Philosophy of Chemistry: Synthesis of a New Discipline (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Volume 242) (Davis Baird, Eric Scerri, and Lee McIntyre, Eds. )1140
Janet D. Stemwedel
Book and Media Reviews
Mathematics for Physical Chemistry, 3rd Edition (Robert G. Mortimer)1142
Jeffrey Kovac
Advertising in This Issue1142
Out of the Editor's Basket1143

 Chemistry for Everyone
A Superficial Overview of Detergency1147
J. A. Poce-Fatou
Was Markovnikov's Rule an Inspired Guess?1152
Peter Hughes
Interdisciplinary Connections
Color Science, a Course for Nonscience Majors1155
Maria C. Gelabert

 In The Classroom
Overhead Projector Demonstrations
A Colorful Look at the Chelate Effect1158
Donald C. Bowman
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Colorful Chemical Demonstrations on the Extraction of Anionic Species from Water into Ether Mediated by Tricaprylylmethylammonium Chloride (Aliquat 336), a Liquid–Liquid Phase-Transfer Agent1161
Anil Joseph Pezhathinal, Kerensa Rocke, Louis Susanto, Derek Handke, Roch Chan-Yu-King, and Patrick Gordon
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Two "Gas-in-a-Bag" Reactions To Show the Predictive Power of the Relative Acid–Base Strength Chart1167
Brett Criswell
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
A Demonstration of Refractive Index Matching Using Isopropyl Alcohol and MgF21170
Frederick C. Sauls
Teaching Biologically Relevant Chemistry throughout the Four-Year Chemistry Curriculum1171
Sarah R. Kirk, Todd P. Silverstein, and Jeffrey J. Willemsen
Lecture Templates: Convenient Partial Lecture Delivery System1176
Elzbieta Cook and Robert L. Cook
Introducing Chemometrics to Graduate Students1178
Tomas Öberg

 In the Laboratory
A Laboratory Experiment Using Molecular Models for an Introductory Chemistry Class1182
Shahrokh Ghaffari
Endothermic Chemical and Physical Changes: An Introductory Chemistry Experiment1185
Margaret J. Steffel
Density Determination by Water Displacement and Flotation: An Introductory Experiment in Forensic Chemistry1187
Lisa A. Saccocio and Mary K. Carroll
Using a Spreadsheet to Fit Experimental pH Titration Data to a Theoretical Expression: Estimation of Analyte Concentration and Ka1190
John Burnett and William A. Burns
Weak Acid pKa Determination Using Capillary Zone Electrophoresis1194
Mike Solow
Identification of Glue Vapors Using Electron Impact and Chemical Ionization Modes in GC–MS1196
Jeremy Richer, John Spencer, and Michael Baird
Cost-Effective Teacher
A Better Method for Filling Pasteur Pipet Chromatography Columns 1200
Ben Ruekberg
Cost-Effective Teacher
Small-Scale and Low-Cost Galvanic Cells1201
Per-Odd Eggen, Truls Grønneberg, and Lise Kvittingen
Measurement of Mass-Transfer Coefficients by an Electrochemical Technique 1204
P. Cañizares, J. García-Gómez, I. Fernández de Marcos, M. A. Rodrigo, and J. Lobato
Label-Free Detection of DNA Hybridization by Cyclic Voltammetry. An Advanced Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Experiment1208
Temitope Aiyejorun, Janusz Kowalik, Jiri Janata, and Mira Josowicz
Basic Electrochemistry Meets Nanotechnology: Electrochemical Preparation of Artificial Receptors Based on Nanostructured Conducting Polymer, Polypyrrole1212
Almira Ramanaviciene, Arnonas Finkelsteinas, and Arunas Ramanavicius
Synthesis of Chromophore-Labeled Polymers and Their Molecular Weight Determination Using UV–Vis Spectroscopy1215
Eric S. Tillman, Amanda C. Roof, Steven M. Palmer, Beth Ann Zarko, Caton C. Goodman, and Alissa M. Roland
Purification and Modification of Fullerene C60 in the Undergraduate Laboratory1218
Tracey Spencer, Barney Yoo, and Kent Kirshenbaum
Synthesis and Analysis of a Versatile Imine for the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory1221
Jacqueline Bennett, Kristen Meldi, and Christopher Kimmell II
The Step-by-Step Robinson Annulation of Chalcone and Ethyl Acetoacetate. An Advanced Undergraduate Project in Organic Synthesis and Structural Analysis1225
Lionel Delaude, Jean Grandjean, and Alfred F. Noels
The Determination of the Geometry of Cu(II) Complexes: An EPR Spectroscopy Experiment 1229
Eugenio Garribba and Giovanni Micera
Principles of Solution Thermodynamics: Demonstration of Nonideal Behavior of Henry's Law. An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment1233
Luke Chandler Short and Thorsten Benter

 Research: Science and Education
Prospective Teachers' Misconceptions of Vaporization and Vapor Pressure1237
Nurtaç Canpolat, Tacettin Pinarbasi, and Mustafa Sözbilir
A Novel Exploration of the Hartree–Fock Homolytic Bond Dissociation Problem in the Hydrogen Molecule by Means of Electron Localization Measures1243
Eduard Matito, Miquel Duran, and Miquel Solà

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
JCE Featured Molecules
Copper and Nickel Complex Ions1248
William F. Coleman
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