Describes a National Science Foundation sponsored enrichment program training high school teachers in modern innovative ideas. Specifically, the course described here was developed to present the uses and applications of spectroscopic methods. (CS)

Provides background data on surface chemistry as an emerging discipline. Highlights the important role which surfaces play in catalysis by focusing on the catalyzed oxidation of carbon monoxide. Provides a demonstration of how surfaces exert their influences in heterogeneous phenomena and illustrates how experimental problems in this field are…

Presents abstracts and summaries of articles that have appeared in recent issues of science teaching publications, appropriate for use in secondary school chemistry classrooms. (CS)

Illustrates a variety of approaches that can be used in training undergraduates, graduates, and professionals in industry to solve trouble shooting or diagnostic problems. (CS)

Presents advantages and disadvantages of establishing a cooperative educational program for high-ability chemistry students in which governmental laboratory facilities are used by high school students. (CS)

Presents materials and procedures for a lecture demonstration in which liquid nitrogen or liquid oxygen is poured between the poles of a powerful magnet. Hazards of these procedures are included in the discussion. (CS)

Discusses the development of recent analytical techniques that can give detailed information on thin-film structures. (HM)

Discusses the controversy surrounding the initial decision to establish, and the current decision to phase out, the National Resource for Computation in Chemistry (NRCC), a computational chemistry center jointly sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. (CS)

Presents several examples illustrating different aspects of materials problems, including problems associated with solid-solid reactions, sintering and crystal growth, characterization of materials, preparation and characterization of stoichiometric ferrites and chromites, copper-sulfur systems, growth of single crystals by chemical vapor…

Outlines general principles in observing sharp electron spin resonance (ESR) lines in the solid state by incorporating the transition metal ion of interest into an isostructural diamagnetic host material in small concentration. Examples of some recent studies are described. (CS)

Considers a few areas of oxide/sulfide and intercalation-type chemistry. Discusses synthesis of the disulfides of the metals of group IVB, VB, and VIB; the intercalation reaction between lithium and titanium disulfide; other intercalates; and sulfide catalysts. (CS)

Presents some creative ideas that a high school chemistry teacher uses to stimulate right-brained activities in a chemistry classroom. (CS)

Little formal training in skills is given with undergraduate courses in chemistry. A possible remedy is the introduction of specially devised exercises for skill development in logical argument, problem solving, appreciation of scientific limitations, fluent and grammatical writing and speaking, and decision making. (MSE)

Describes the benefits of using stereopsis as a technique to represent the three-dimensional nature of molecules. Presents results of an experiment comparing the performance of male and female students in accomplishing naked-eye stereopsis (NES). (CS)

Describes a student project in analytical chemistry using sheet silicates. Provides specific information regarding the use of phlogopite in an experiment to analyze samples for silicon, aluminum, magnesium, iron, potassium, and fluoride. (CS)