Provides prize exam questions utilized by other teachers in the assessment of analytical techniques and molecular orbital theory. (SL)

Discusses ability grouping and success in a secondary level chemistry program. (SL)

Provides supplementary notes on acids and bases suitable for secondary school chemistry instruction, including acidity in solid and natural waters, acidity balance in body chemistry, acid and basic foods, pH values of common fluids, examples of drugs, and commercial preparation of nitric acid. (SL)

Describes a short course on the history of chemistry taught at the graduate level with topics including apparatus and techniques. (SL)

Describes an undergraduate experiment which will permit students to analyze the rotational Raman spectra of hydrogen and carbon dioxide and determine the bond distances. (SL)

Describes an experiment for determining the amount of BHA in cooking oil in an undergraduate level chemical technology program. (SL)

Reviews the participation of cations in chemical reaction mechanisms and the influence and consequence of solvent participation to explain medium influence in transition state theory. (SL)

Provides an analysis of 13 job layoffs, each of which involved the job termination of three or more chemists or chemical engineers. (SL)

Two groups of high school junior chemistry students studied a science unit either at their own pace using programed instruction materials (treatment), or in a teacher-paced, lecture section (control). Test results showed that the treatment group performed significantly better. (MLH)

Discusses fundamental scientific concepts involved in the measurement of molecular quantities utilizing the mole. (SL)

Describes a reaction system experiment utilizing saponification of ethyl acetate by sodium hydroxide. The activity is part of an undergraduate chemical engineering course. (SL)

Described is a course in the chemistry of consumer goods, for both chemistry students and non-science majors, at the University of Miami. This course is intended to bridge the gap between the world of the chemist in the laboratory and the life of the ordinary consumer. (BT)

Reports survey findings on the current status of employment and salaries of members of the American Chemical Society. The 1987 survey indicated that unemployment among chemists is about a third lower than it was last year, but that there was little change in the median salary. (ML)

Describes a two-term course in electronic instrumentation for chemistry and physics students. The first term focuses on analog circuits and the measurement of voltage, current, and impendance. The second-term course focuses on digital pulses/logic, microcomputer organization, and assembly language programing and interfacing to experiments. (JN)

Smaller amounts of materials are used in organic chemistry experiments as a means of improving air quality in the laboratory. Presents a preliminary study of the emissions from selected processes and the mixing of these emissions within the laboratory atmosphere. (JN)