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)

He-Ne laser experiments suitable for an undergraduate laboratory are described. The topics covered are cavity stability, self-mode-locking coherent interactions between pulses and laser medium, and spontaneous transverse mode locking. (Author/DS)

Describes a laboratory experiment appropriate for a course in either x-ray crystallography or mineralogy. The experiment permits the direct observation of a polymorphic transition in nickel chromite without the use of a special heating stage or heating camera. (Author/GS)

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 methods for studying heart primordia of the chick embryo, using the organ culture method. (CS)

Described is a school project to investigate aggregations in flatworms which may be influenced by light intensity, temperature, and some form of chemical stimulus released by already aggregating flatworms. Such investigations could be adopted to suit many educational levels of science laboratory activities. (DS)

Presented is a description of a technical laboratory-oriented science course dealing with the science of enology or wine-making. Experiments and the distillation apparatus are described. (SA)

The theoretical basis for the calculation of hydration numbers is developed. (BB)

Simple laboratory investigations are given which expose elementary students to optical crystallography techniques. Procedures and materials are designed for sixth-grade students. (SA)

The laboratory experiment described here is intended to be of use to the forensic science major enrolled in a course in organic chemistry. The experiment is the use of thin-layer chromotography for qualitative analysis, specifically for the identification of drugs. (Author/SA)

Presented here is a laboratory experiment for a course in physical chemistry. Students are requested to directly measure the degree of orientational order in a liquid crystal at room temperature. A minimum amount of equipment is necessary. (Author/SA)

Describes a typical relaxation kinetic experiment using a sudden increase in the temperature of the system. Time involved is described as minimal and the approach as quicker, more accurate, sensitive, and producing simultaneous determination of several thermodynamic parameters. (Author/SA)

Contains a series of laboratory exercises students can do to introduce them to the basic concepts and techniques of water purification. (Author/MA)