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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1999  > February  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 February 1999
Vol. 76 No. 2

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
What Did You Try Last Semester? How Did It Work?149
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Especially for High School Teachers151
J. Emory Howell
Reports from Other Journals
News from Online: Industrial Chemicals and Polymers152
Carolyn Sweeney Judd
From Past Issues
Color by Chemists!154
Kathryn R. Williams
Reports from Other Journals
Electron-Momentum Spectroscopy and the Measurement of Orbitals: Interesting Results for Chemists from the American Journal of Physics156
Frank Rioux
Commentary
The NSF "Systemic" Projects- A New Tradition158
Gordon M. Barrow
Commentary
Response to The NSF "Systemic" Projects- A New Tradition Commentary by Gordon Barrow159
Brock Spencer, David K. Gosser Jr., and Orville L. Chapman
NSF Highlights
Seeding the Physical and Analytical Laboratory Curriculum with Interdisciplinary Applications161
Janice Reutt-Robey, Neil Blough, and Richard Rebbert
Systemic Education Reform: Links from the NSF Web Site162
Donald J. Wink
Announcements
News and Announcements163
Letters165
Corrections
Correction to J. Chem. Educ. 1998, 75, 1641-1645166
Chien M. Wai, Fred Hunt, Min Ji, and Xiaoyuan Chen
Book and Media Reviews
Understanding Organic Reaction Mechanisms (by Adam Jacobs)167
Samuel S. Stradling
Book and Media Reviews
Understanding Organic Reaction Mechanisms (by Adam Jacobs)167
Daniel Berger
Book and Media Reviews
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information; Envisioning Information; Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative (by Edward R. Tufte)169
Harold H. Harris
Book and Media Reviews
Applications of Atomic Spectrometry to Regulatory Compliance Monitoring, 2nd Edition (by Stephen W. Jenniss, Sidney A. Katz, and Richard W. Lynch)170
Doreen Mehs
Book and Media Reviews
Molecular Quantum Mechanics, 3rd Edition (by P. W. Atkins and R. S. Friedman)170
Terry S. Carlton
Book and Media Reviews
The Art of Molecular Dynamics Simulation (by D. C. Rapaport)171
Stephen P. Molner
Book and Media Reviews
Chemical Achievers: The Human Face of the Chemical Sciences (by Mary Ellen Bowden)172
George B. Kauffman

 Viewpoints
Fifty-Year Trends in the Chemical Industry: What Do They Mean for Chemical Education?177
Chadwick A. Tolman and George W. Parshall

 Chemistry Everyday For Everyone
Building the Interest of High School Students for Science- A PACT Ambassador Program To Investigate Soap Manufacturing and Industrial Chemistry191
Matthew Lynch, Nicholas Geary, Karen Hagaman, Anne Munson, and Mark Sabo
JCE Classroom Activity
Soapmaking192A
Chemistry for Kids
Promoting Chemistry at the Elementary Level: A Low-Maintenance Program of Chemical Demonstrations196
Larry L. Louters and Richard D. Huisman
Applications and Analogies
Is It Real Gold?198
Harold H. Harris
Why Gold and Copper Are Colored but Silver Is Not200
Ariel H. Guerrero, Héctor J. Fasoli, and José Luis Costa

 In The Classroom
Gold Chemistry: The Aurophilic Attraction201
Manuel Bardají and Antonio Laguna
Errata: Opportunities To Promote Critical Thinking203
Charles M. Wynn Sr.
A Novel Multipurpose Model Set for Teaching General Chemistry204
H. O. Gupta and Brahm Parkash
Applications and Analogies
The "Big Dog-Puppy Dog" Analogy for Resonance206
Todd P. Silverstein
Applications and Analogies
The Fizz Keeper, a Case Study in Chemical Education, Equilibrium, and Kinetics208
Reed Howald
Tested Demonstrations
The Ammonia Smoke Fountain: An Interesting Thermodynamic Adventure210
M. Dale Alexander
How Thermodynamic Data and Equilibrium Constants Changed When the Standard-State Pressure Became 1 Bar212
Richard S. Treptow
Thermodynamic Diagrams216
Scot Chaston
Realistic Thermodynamic Curves Describing a Second-Order Phase Transition220
Paul W. R. Bessonette and Mary Anne White
Description of Regions in Two-Component Phase Diagrams223
Robert M. Rosenberg
Melting Point Range and Phase Diagrams- Confusing Laboratory Textbook Descriptions224
Kenn E. Harding
There Is No Perceptible Inflection at the Triple Point226
Stephen J. Hawkes

 In the Laboratory
Survey of Binary Azeotropes as Physical Chemistry Lab Experiments with Attention to Cost, Safety, and the Environment227
Robert J. Glinski, Christopher W. Smith, and Jason B. Cooke
Safety Tips
Design for a Miniature Portable Fume Hood228
Ronald A. Bailey and Samuel C. Wait Jr.
An Introductory Organic Lab for the Problem-Solving Lab Approach230
Edward G. Neeland
Teaching Polymer Science to Third-Year Undergraduate Chemistry Students232
Alan Jefferson* and David N. Phillips
An Undergraduate Experiment in Polyester (PET) Synthesis236
Andrew N. Cammidge
Microscale Synthesis and 1H NMR Analysis of Tetraphenylporphyrins237
RaeAnne E. Falvo, Larry M. Mink, and Diane F. Marsh
Pungency Quantitation of Hot Pepper Sauces Using HPLC240
Thomas A. Betts
Analysis of Volatile Fragrance and Flavor Compounds by Headspace Solid Phase Microextraction and GC-MS: An Undergraduate Instrumental Analysis Experiment245
Randolph C. Galipo, Alfredo J. Canhoto, Michael D. Walla, and Stephen L. Morgan
Student Understanding of Chromatography: A Hands-On Approach249
Robert D. Curtright, Randy Emry, and John Markwell*
Internal Standard Calculations in Chromatography252
Judy A. Magee and Antony C. Herd
Determination of Surface Coverage of an Adsorbate on Silica Using FTIR Spectroscopy253
Jeanne E. Pemberton, Laurie L. Wood, and Ghanshyam S. Ghoman

 Research: Science and Education
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
How Mathematics Figures in Chemistry: Some Examples258
John Andraos
Maximum Chemical and Physical Hardness267
Ralph G. Pearson
How Do Approximations Affect the Solutions to Kinetic Equations?275
Jonathan M. Goodman

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
The Calculation of Standard Enthalpies of Formation of Alkanes: Illustrating Molecular Mechanics and Spreadsheet Programs278
Eric Leigh Hawk
Computer Bulletin Board
A Multimedia Approach to Lab Reporting via Computer Presentation Software283
Gregory T. Jenkinson and Ana Fraiman
Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
JCE Online: Interactive Fourier Transform Activities285
Theresa Julia Zielinski
Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
An Introduction to the Fourier Transform: IntroFourierTransform.mcd and LectureIntroFT.mcd286
Scott E. Van Bramer
Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
Fourier Transforms of Molecular Vibrations: FTMolVib.mcd, FTAnharm.mcd, and FTLifeTime.mcd286
W. Tandy Grubbs
Mathcad in the Chemistry Curriculum
Exploring Fourier Transform Techniques with Mathcad: FTIntro.mcd, FT2IR.mcd, FT3Pulse,mcd, and FT4FreeIndDecay.mcd286
Mark Iannone
JCE Software
A GC Instrument Simulator287
D. Bruce Armitage
JCE Software
Torsional Angle Driver (TorAD) System for HyperChem/Excel288
Ronald Starkey
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 March 15, 1999
June 22, 2005
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