Describes an advanced inorganic chemistry experiment in which students prepare two coordination compounds and study their stereochemistry using infrared spectroscopy. (MLH)

Described is research conducted on cluster-assembled matter. The differing character of these arrangements of matter are discussed. Methods used to produce clusters are reviewed. (CW)

Discussed is the preparation of synthetic brochantite from solution and a thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis study of the thermal decomposition of this compound. Other analyses included are chemical analysis and IR spectroscopy. Experimental procedures and results are presented. (CW)

Outlined is a method for collecting and cutting oriented samples for microstructural analysis including handling the samples in the laboratory, cutting and orienting chips parallel to the motion plane, and cutting and orienting chips normal to Le and foliation. (CW)

Describes bonding properties that account for the difference in toxicity between hydrogen cyanide and carbon monoxide. Uses the concepts of intermolecular and intramolecular forces in explaining the operation of pressure sensitive adhesives. Gives a definition of a cubic crystal class. (GS)

Describes a student project which requires limited knowledge of Fortran and only minimal computing resources. The results illustrate such important principles of quantum mechanics as the variation theorem and the virial theorem. Presents sample calculations and the subprogram for energy calculations. (GS)

Describes a computer program that teaches the concept of spatial distributions of atoms in a molecule and another program that simulates the kinetic progress of a chemical reaction. (MLH)

Describes a laboratory experiment in which the students prepare an antichap lipstick from basic ingredients and demonstrate solubility relationships between these ingredients and water. (MLH)

Explains using the linear combination of bonding orbitals methods; why two different diagrams are used to represent the molecules when the properties of homonuclear diatomic molecules are being discussed. (GA)

Objects to the idea of treating molecular particles, such as molecules and atoms, as equal in kind to substances when discussing chemical reactions, thus confusing their different roles in the theory of matter. (GA)

Reviews two component systems forming so-called inclusion compounds. (SL)

Reviews the study of molecular shapes and structures. (SL)

Reviews the topic of atomic, molecular, and ionic size. (SL)