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The results of a national survey on undergraduate inorganic chemistry are presented. The survey first queried faculty on the general layout of the undergraduate inorganic program at their institution, in terms of the number and level of courses presented, textbooks used, methods of evaluation, and use of technology. Respondents were then asked to indicate the content of the senior-level lecture course in terms of topic areas, depth of coverage within each area, and changes in emphasis and content made during the previous five years. Although the coverage of organometallic chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, materials, and symmetry/group theory seems to have increased, a majority of respondents indicated that only the basics of symmetry and organometallic chemistry are discussed in detail. The results of the survey reveal both similarities in the structure of undergraduate inorganic programs across the country and diversity in content.

Gravimetric Determination of Calcium as C3C204• H20A tractable, inexpensive experiment for undergraduate quantitative analysis laboratoryThe gravimetric determination of calcium in calcium carbonate samples has served as an attractive replacement for the gravimetric determination of chloride as silver chloride and nickel as the dimethylglyoximate. A class of 249 freshman chemistry majors at the University of Illinois performed the analysis using twenty-five different calcium carbonate samples obtained from Thorn Smith, 1023 Troy Court, Troy, Michigan 48084. The samples ranged in calcium content from 20-40 percent. The accuracy obtained by these students is represented in the figure in terms of frequency versus relative percent error.

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