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The numbrr of lnboraturv expermnentr suitable for students' use whrch haw been rlrscrrhed in rhrr Journol has now reached well ovrr 1000. While the annual indiccs group these under the category of 1.ahorntory Experiments, listed alpha. berically b ) title, ir tsnowa wry lmgnnd diflictrlt task toreviewall oftheir and almmr as difficult tosearch for onr type of experiment, or to find a reference to a particular experiment if one remembers only the general features. We have undertaken to review all of the experiments published in this Journal through June,1979 and to classify these by principal field. We have indicated by a set of descriptors or keywords the field(s);specific type (s) of work, e.g., NMR; t h e level of background required; and any special hazards, (such as, for example, the use of a compound now known to be a carcinogen). We have, in many cases, included a short (three lines) text intended to amplify the title, but not to be an abstract. Tvnieal .. entries are eiven below. 14. BELL J. A. SNIDER W.

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DETERMINATION OF COMPRESSIBILPPY FACTOR AN EXPERIMENT FOR PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY J. CHEM. EDUC., V. 49, 563(1972). PHYS GAS 1 VAC. AND GAS MANIFOLD. HE NZ co COMPRESSED NON-IDEALITY, V A N D E R W A L L ~QUAT TI ON.

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This list will be availahle in the form of a photocopied -script in January, 1980 from the authors a t Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a t cost of reproduction (5$ per page). I t will be in preliminary farm, with some possible omissions and errors. In this preliminary form, experiments are listed by principal field, arranged alphabetically by first author. The principal fields are Analytical, Biochemistry, Inorganic, Organic, Physical, Polymer, and Radiochemistry. I t is our intention to refine this list, to prepare a computer file (data base) of all of the entries, and to develop a program which makes i t possible to search this file for any of the keywords or combinations of keywords. When that is completed we will announce in this Journal the availability of (1)a computer printout of the data base, organized in the same way as the preliminary list which is now available and (2) the computer file and the program for searching it. Collection and systemization of this material, and development of the computer search program was made originally to provide students in an accelerated General Chemistry course with an attractive means of locating experiments they might wish to perform. However, it bas proved useful to one of the authors in restructuring s university-level General Chemistry Laboratory program, and we feel it should be made available to the entire scientific community. Comments and inquiries are solicited. C. B. Allen 9. C. Bunee SUNY Stony Brook J. W. Zuhrick Stony Brook, NY 11794 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 12181,

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