Reported is a study to determine whether the use of analogies over a wide variety of topics in high-school chemistry classes for the entire school year would improve chemistry achievement, and to determine whether there was a difference between concept and formal students in their use of analogies. (Author/DS)

Discussed is the National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (NRCC) closing as of September 30, 1981. NRCC was the first effort of the U.S. chemical community to create a centralized research facility where chemists could gain access to equipment too costly for individual laboratories to buy and maintain. (Author/DS)

Contains information from three large chemical companies having a long-standing interest in cooperative education with chemistry students. Questions and answers are provided for specific information regarding DuPont, 3M, and Dow Chemical. (CS)

Includes annotations of articles from previous issues of this periodical on the following topics: balancing equations and nomenclature, the mole, the silver tree experiment, and history of the periodic table. (CS)

Describes a physical chemistry experiment involving the analysis of the spectrum of benzene vapor in which the resolution in terms of wave length is a limiting factor. (CS)

Describes graduate and undergraduate program in Plant Engineering at Loughborough University of Technology, England. Central theme of program is that of failures which occur on plant. Almost all topics are related to deviation, maloperation, or failure in some way. (Author/JN)

Presents comparative results in achievement on the General Chemistry 1977 ACS Examination (New York) for first year college chemistry students, students completing one year of secondary school chemistry (N=778) and another secondary group (N=176) completing a year of advanced placement chemistry in addition to the one year of chemistry. (CS)

Describes a cooperative Ph.D. program at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, in which industrial and governmental employers participate with the Department of Chemical Engineering in training chemical engineers. (CS)

Considers carbon-carbon multiple bonds in terms of Pauling's bent bond model, which allows direct calculation of double and triple bonds from the length of a CC single bond. Lengths of these multiple bonds are estimated from direct measurements on "bent-bond" models constructed of plastic tubing and standard kits. (CS)

Provides procedures appropriate for a high school chemistry class that demonstrate the Arrhenius law by determining the heat of vaporization of a volatile liquid. (CS)

Presents a brief overview of the important processes and techniques used industrially for forming thin films. (HM)

Described is the Independent Learning Project for Advanced Chemistry (ILPAC) which is sponsored by the Inter London Education Authority and utilized by 120 A-level students in the London schools. There are 21 written units included which contain explanations, exercises, instructions for practicals, tests, and assignments. (Author/DS)

Described is a gel diffusion experiment that permits the completion of duplicate diffusion runs within a three-hour laboratory session. Information included for the short-duration gel diffusion experiment is the diffusion cell, the experiment, data treatment, and the expected results of the experiment. (Author/DS)

Outlines a variety of laboratory procedures, discussions, and demonstrations including Brownian motion, a synchronous motor, jet engine, atmospheric pressure vortex ring machines, solid chemical dispensing, testing household detergents, wallchart storage, pollution by industrial chemicals, an optical illusion, and buoyancy. (GS)

Describes the preparation and use of a film for presenting demonstrations during chemistry lectures. Includes student responses to and costs of these filmed demonstrations. Instructors provide their own documentary since the film lacks a sound track. (JN)