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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2008  > September  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 September 2008
Vol. 85 No. 9

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
d entropy of d wrld tends 2 a maximum1163
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
You and New1165
Laura E. Slocum
Reports from Other Journals: Research Advances
Research Advances: New CO2 "Sponge"; Big Molecules with a Big Future; Solving the Mystery of the Metallic Sheen of Fish1166
Angela G. King
Association Report: CUR
The Scientist's Civic Responsibilities: Sharing Research and Scholarship on Capitol Hill1170
Kerry K. Karukstis
Classroom Activity Connections
A Colorful Connection for Your Classroom1172
Linda N. Fanis
Conant Award Interview
An Interview with Richard Goodman, 2008 Award Winner1176
JCE Editorial Staff
Commentary
Is Mercury Now a Transition Element?1182
William B. Jensen
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Ethyl Ether1185
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
2-Propanol1186
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements1187
The Information Page1190
Letters
An Experimental Approach to Teaching and Learning Elementary Statistical Mechanics1191
Frank B. Ellis, David C. Ellis, and Frank L. Lambert
Letters
Undergraduates' Understanding of Entropy1192
Arnd H. Jungermann
Letters
Quantitative Determination of DNA–Ligand Binding:Improved Data Analysis1192
Todd P. Silverstein
Letters
Similar Articles about the Absorbance of Colored Drinks1194
Dale E. Wheeler and Samuella B. Sigmann
Letters
Reply to Similar Articles about the Absorbance of Colored Drinks1194
Karen E. Stevens
Book & Media Reviews
The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Discovery that Changed the Course of History (Thomas Hager)1195
Jeffrey Kovac
Advertising in This Issue1196
Out of the Editor's Basket1197

 Chemistry for Everyone
Liebig–Wöhler Controversy and the Concept of Isomerism1201
Soledad Esteban
Selamat Datang di Indonesia: Learning about Chemistry and Chemistry Education in Indonesia1204
Brian P. Coppola
Learning Common Chinese Chemical Terms and Characters. A Resource for Scientific Research and Collaboration1210
Hsiu-Yi Chao and David G. Churchill

 In the Classroom
Forecasting Periodic Trends: A Semester-Long Team Exercise for Nonscience Majors1215
John Tierney
Appreciating Oxygen1218
Hilton M. Weiss
The Correlation of Binary Acid Strengths with Molecular Properties in First-Year Chemistry1220
Travis D. Fridgen
Helping Students Assess the Relative Importance of Different Intermolecular Interactions1222
Paul G. Jasien
Helping Students Make Sense of Logarithms and Logarithmic Relationships1226
Ed DePierro, Fred Garafalo, and Rick Toomey
Examining Quantum Oddities within the Context of Other Major Scientific Theories1229
Pablo A. Molina
Remedial Mathematics for Quantum Chemistry1233
Lodewijk Koopman, Natasa Brouwer, André Heck, and Wybren Jan Buma
"As Simple as Possible, but Not Simpler"—The Case of Dehydroascorbic Acid1237
Robert C. Kerber
The First 85 Years of C-Nitroso Compounds: A Survey of the Salient Features1243
Brian G. Gowenlock and George B. Richter-Addo
Frank Westheimer's Early Demonstration of Enzymatic Specificity1246
Addison Ault

 In the Laboratory
Teaching Protein Purification and Characterization Techniques. A Student-Initiated, Project-Oriented Biochemistry Laboratory Course1250
Gina MacDonald
Förster Resonance Energy Transfer and Conformational Stability of Proteins. An Advanced Biophysical Module for Physical Chemistry Students1253
Katheryn M. Sanchez, Diana E. Schlamadinger, Jonathan E. Gable, and Judy E. Kim
A Static Method as an Alternative to Gel Chromatography. An Experiment for the Undergraduate Biochemistry Laboratory1257
Alex D. Burum and Allan G. Splittgerber
Cost-Effective Teacher
A Computer-Interfaced Drop Counter as an Inexpensive Fraction Collector for Column Chromatography1260
Barbara T. Nash
Cost-Effective Teacher
A Non-Mercury Thermometer Alternative for Use in Older Melting Point Apparatuses1263
Lois K. Ongley, Clayton S. Kern, and Barry W. Woods
Optimizing Chromatographic Separation: An Experiment Using an HPLC Simulator1265
R. A. Shalliker, S. Kayillo, and G. R. Dennis
Quantitative Analysis of Sulfate in Water by Indirect EDTA Titration1269
Deirdre Belle-Oudry
The Comparative Nucleophilicity of Naphthoxide Derivatives in Reactions with a Fast-Red TR Dye. A Discovery-Oriented Capstone Project for the Second-Year Organic Laboratory1271
Cheryl M. Mascarenhas
Green Chemistry
The Discovery-Oriented Approach to Organic Chemistry. 7. Rearrangement of trans-Stilbene Oxide with Bismuth Trifluoromethanesulfonate and Other Metal Triflates. A Microscale Green Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiment1274
James E. Christensen, Matthew G. Huddle, Jamie L. Rogers, Herbie Yung, and Ram S. Mohan
Birge–Sponer Estimation of the C–H Bond Dissociation Energy in Chloroform Using Infrared, Near-Infrared, and Visible Absorption Spectroscopy. An Experiment in Physical Chemistry1276
M. L. Myrick, A. E. Greer, A. A. Nieuwland, R. J. Priore, J. Scaffidi, Danielle Andreatta, and Paula Colavita
The Laser Synthesis of Linear Polyynes: The Particle in a Box Revisited1279
Bruce D. Anderson and Christopher M. Gordon

 Research: Science and Education
The Particle Inside a Ring: A Two-Dimensional Quantum Problem Visualized by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy1282
Mark D. Ellison

 On the Web
Computer Bulletin Board
Quantum Chemistry Laboratory at Home1288
Juan C. Paniagua, Fernando Mota, Albert Solé, and Eudald Vilaseca
Teaching Reaction Mechanisms Using the Curved Arrow Neglect (CAN) Method1291
John H. Penn and Abdulrahman G. Al-Shammari
JCE Featured Molecules
Molecular Models of EDTA and Other Chelating Agents1296
William F. Coleman
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