Reports the results of a survey of college and university chemistry departments that identifies the level of inspections that have occurred due to new standards set by the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). (MLH)

Discusses the current trend in education towards empiricism and measurement, and urges that education include human values. (MLH)

Discusses the legal implications of situations in which chemical educators may be liable for negligence. (MLH)

Discusses comparisons of packing densities derived from known molar volume data of liquids and solutions. Suggests further studies for using assemblies of spheres as models for simple liquids and solutions. (MLH)

Illustrates the type of fractional bonding for solid silver halides. Treats the silver halides as electron excess compounds, and develops a model of a localized bonding unit that may be iterated in three dimensions to describe the bulk phase. (MLH)

Applies the method of spin factoring to illustrate how the Russell-Saunders term symbols for molecules and for ions in various crystal fields may be obtained. (MLH)

Proposes the use of a hybrid equilibrium constant that uses mole fractions as concentration terms. Describes how to formulate the constant and the effect of pressure on the constant. (MLH)

Presents a discussion of the manufacture of ethylene by thermal cracking of hydrocarbon feedstocks that is useful for introducing the subject of industrial chemistry into a chemistry curriculum. (MLH)

Discusses the first known preparation of oxygen by Cornelis Drebbel, and the escape by Neils Bohr to England upon Nazi occupation of Denmark. (MLH)

Discusses ways in which the educational system discriminates against some students by the methods in uses to evaluate ability. (MLH)

Presents six brief questions and answers about human physiology, including the rates of drug metabolism and the mechanism of artifical kidneys. (MLH)

Discusses the structure of oceanology, and the role of chemical analysis and chemists in oceanographic research and marine pollution studies. (MLH)

Describes a laboratory teaching method in which students are given a simulated research problem to solve in groups by planning and laboratory work. (MLH)

Describes a room-temperature method for demonstrating phosphorescence by including samples in a polymer matrix. Also discusses the Old Nassau Reaction, a clock reaction which turns orange then black. (MLH)

Discusses changing high school chemistry curricula to emphasize relevant topics such as environmental pollution, energy, man-made materials, and food and drugs. (MLH)