This book is intended as a guide for people who are planning chemistry and physics research laboratories. It deals with the importance of effective communication between client and architect, the value of preliminary planning, and the role of the project officer. It also discusses the size and layout of individual laboratories, the design of…

The Demonstration Program in Special Education is the 1972 Distinguished Achievement Award Entry from Cheyney State College, Cheyney, Pennsylvania. This laboratory-based program facilitates the attainment of certification requirements in mental retardation for postbaccalaureate students. The program is reviewed as an alternative route to…

Describes a college-level chemistry laboratory format in which students individually schedule their laboratory time and use a slide-tape medium in place of a laboratory lecture. (MLH)

Presents three activities: (1) the investigation of the purity and stability of nicotinamide and flavin coenzymes; (2) desk-computer fitting of a two-exponential function; and (3) an interesting and inexpensive solubility product experiment for introductory chemistry. (RH)

Describes an experiment in which a racemic mixture of a coordination compound is resolved. (MLH)

Describes an experiment which quantitatively determines glucose by a spectrophotometric measurement of the colored complex formed between glucose and an amine. (MLH)

Describes the electronic circuitry which can be used to demonstrate the buildups of Poisson distributions with very high precision. Analysis of the data obtained is included in the paper. (CP)

Describes a method in which glass plates are coated with adsorbent, using a technique which is cheap, rapid, and reliable; avoids the need for expensive, commercially-available thin layer chromatography equipment. (MLH)

This inexpensive, effective chemiluminescence demonstration requires minimal preparation. It is based on the oxidation of oxalyl chloride by hydrogen peroxide in the presence of an appropriate fluorescent sensitizer. The reaction mechanism is not completely understood. (BB)

This symposium focused on the question: can colleges afford to continue offering high quality laboratory instruction at the undergraduate level. (Author/BB)

Describes an experiment for measuring the lifetime of the 60-keV state in 237-Np which is populated in the alpha decay of 241-Am. The technique used is the delayed coincidence method using a time-to-pulse-height converter. (Author/GA)

This article looks at the problems of revision of laboratory courses. While revision of the syllabus of experiments is expensive, it is necessary to keep it up to date. The nature, causes, and rates of change in practical courses are discussed. (BB)

A kit is described for use in automation of routine chemical research procedures. The kit uses sensors to evaluate the state of the system, actuators which modify the adjustable parameters, and an organ of decision which uses the information from the sensors. (BB)

The basic physical principles of dye lasers are discussed and used to analyze the design and operation of tunable dye lasers pumped by pulsed nitrogen lasers. Details of the design and construction of these dye lasers are presented. Some simple demonstration experiments are described. (BB)

Describes a simple procedure for making all-round holograms of small objects. (SL)