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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2007  > November  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 November 2007
Vol. 84 No. 11

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Opportunities for Collaborations among Scholars1735
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Resident Experts1737
Erica K. Jacobsen
Reports from Other Journals
Research Advances: Nano Scrub Brushes for Renaissance Masterpieces; Particle Emissions from Laser Printers Might Pose Health Concern; Advance Promises New Era in Recycling of Plastics1738
Angela G. King
Association Report: CUR
Facilitating Advanced Study in Science and Engineering: The CUR Registry of Undergraduate Researchers1744
Kerry K. Karukstis
Classroom Activity Connections
Window Cleaner—New and Improved?1747
Erica K. Jacobsen
Reports from Other Journals: The Science Teacher
The Science Teacher: Fall 20071748
Steve Long
Award Address
Chemistry Education, Science Literacy, and the Liberal Arts. 2007 George C. Pimentel Award1750
A. Truman Schwartz
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Sodium Chloride1758
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Potassium Fluoride1759
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Titanium Tetrachloride1760
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements1761
The Information Page1764
Letters
Biodiesel from Used Oil1765
Roland Stout
Book & Media Reviews
The Synthetic Organic Chemist's Companion (Michael C. Pirrung)1766
Justin Carson Reno
Book & Media Reviews
The History and Use of Our Earth's Chemical Elements: A Reference Guide, 2nd Edition (Robert E. Krebs)1767
Peter M. Smith
Advertising in This Issue1768
Out of the Editor's Basket1769

 Chemistry for Everyone
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Dancing Crystals: A Dramatic Illustration of Intermolecular Forces1773
Donald W. Mundell

 In the Classroom
Applications and Analogies
Visualizing the Transition State: A Hands-on Approach to the Arrhenius Equation1776
Thomas S. Kuntzleman, Matthew S. Swanson, and Deborah K. Sayers
Origin of the Formulas of Dihydrogen and Other Simple Molecules1779
Andrew Williams
Showing Enantiomorphous Crystals of Tartaric Acid1783
Julio Andrade-Gamboa
Supramolecular Chemistry: A Capstone Course1785
Adam R. Urbach, Christopher J. Pursell, and John D. Spence
Concept Maps
Concept Maps for General Chemistry 1788
Boyd L. Earl

 In the Laboratory
Gas Clathrate Hydrates Experiment for High School Projects and Undergraduate Laboratories1790
Melissa P. Prado, Annie Pham, Robert E. Ferazzi, Kimberly Edwards, and Kenneth C. Janda
How Many Atomic Layers of Zinc Are in a Galvanized Iron Coating? An Experiment for General Chemistry Laboratory1792
Shui-Ping Yang
Benchtop Nanoscale Patterning Using Soft Lithography1795
Viswanathan Meenakshi, Yelizaveta Babayan, and Teri W. Odom
JCE Featured Molecules
Molecular Models of Dyes1798
William F. Coleman
Synthesis of Triarylmethane and Xanthene Dyes Using Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions1799
James V. McCullagh and Kelly A. Daggett
New Analytical Method for the Determination of Detergent Concentration in Water by Fabric Dyeing1803
Set Seng, Masakazu Kita, and Reiko Sugihara
Paint Analysis Using Visible Reflectance Spectroscopy. An Undergraduate Forensic Lab1806
Erin M. Hoffman and Douglas J. Beussman
The Mysterious Death: An HPLC Lab Experiment. An Undergraduate Forensic Lab1809
Douglas J. Beussman
GC–MS Analysis of γ-Hydroxybutyric Acid Analogs. A Forensic Chemistry Experiment1813
Colin Henck and Luke Nally
Synthesis and Characterization of Aldol Condensation Products from Unknown Aldehydes and Ketones. An Inquiry-Based Experiment in the Undergraduate Laboratory1816
Nicholas G. Angelo, Laura K. Henchey, Adam J. Waxman, James W. Canary, Paramjit S. Arora, and Donald Wink
Probing the Rate-Determining Step of the Claisen–Schmidt Condensation by Competition Reactions1819
Kendrew K. W. Mak, Wing-Fat Chan, Ka-Ying Lung, Wai-Yee Lam, Weng-Cheong Ng, and Siu-Fung Lee
Manipulation of a Schlenk Line: Preparation of Tetrahydrofuran Complexes of Transition-Metal Chlorides1822
Craig M. Davis and Kelly A. Curran
Fabrication and Analysis of Photonic Crystals1824
Dean J. Campbell, Kylee E. Korte, and Younan Xia
Determination of Solvent Effects on Keto—Enol Equilibria of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds Using NMR. Revisiting a Classic Physical Chemistry Experiment1827
A. Gilbert Cook and Paul M. Feltman
Using an NMR Spectrometer To Do Magnetic Resonance Imaging. An Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Laboratory Experiment1830
Wayne E. Steinmetz and M. Cyrus Maher

 Research: Science and Education
Derivation of the Ideal Gas Law1832
Alexander Laugier and József Garai
Calculating and Visualizing Thermodynamic Equilibrium. A Tutorial on the Isolated System with an Internal Adiabatic Piston1834
João Paulo M. Ferreira
Why the Particle-in-a-Box Model Works Well for Cyanine Dyes but Not for Conjugated Polyenes1840
Jochen Autschbach
Stuffed Derivatives of Close-Packed Structures1846
Bodie E. Douglas
Chemical Education Research
Elementary to High School Students' Growth over an Academic Year in Understanding Concepts of Matter 1853
Xiufeng Liu
Chemical Education Research
Effects of a Cooperative Learning Strategy on Teaching and Learning Phases of Matter and One-Component Phase Diagrams1857
Kemal Doymus

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Developing Web-Based, Pedagogical Content Coursework for High School Chemistry Teachers1861
David W. Brooks, John P. Markwell, Marjorie A. Langell, Randall Emry, Kent J. Crippen, Helen B.Brooks, Amjad Abuloum, and Karen C. Cohen
Biochemical View: A Web Site Providing Material for Teaching Biochemistry Using Multiple Approaches1866
Fernanda C. Dórea, Higor S. Rodrigues, Oscar M. M. Lapouble, Márcio R. Pereira, Mariana S. Castro, and Wagner Fontes
Cost-Effective Teacher
Making Student-Acquired Spectra Available via a Web Browser1871
Jennifer L. Muzyka, Ian M. Kaster, and Lucas W. Hatcher
Computer Bulletin Board
Beyond λmax: Transforming Visible Spectra into 24-Bit Color Values1873
Darren L. Williams, Thomas J. Flaherty, Casie L. Jupe, Stephanie A. Coleman, Kara A. Marquez, and Jamie J. Stanton
Zeroing In on Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution1878
David C. Forbes, Mohini Agarwal, Jordan L. Ciza, and Heather A. Landry
Correcting Two Long-Standing Errors in Point Group Symmetry Character Tables1882
Randall B. Shirts
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Teaching Chemistry with Symbolic Mathematics Documents1885
Theresa Julia Zielinski
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Construction of the Electronic Angular Wave Functions and Probability Distributions of the Hydrogen Atom 1886
Thomas S. Kuntzleman, Mark Ellison, and John Tippin
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Exploring Thermodynamics Using Non-Traditional Systems: Elastomers and DNA 1887
Jeffrey A. Draves
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Graphing Orbitals in Three Dimensions with Rotatable Density Plots1887
Louis Kijewski
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Exploring Orthonormal Functions1888
Theresa Julia Zielinski
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 9/19/2007
9/21/2007
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