The History of Bromine
Chemistry 4803 Fall Semester 2020 – Term Paper 2 TopicsTime table: Each student will write on a different topic. Choose your top 3 topics by November 16, 2020. Send me an email and I will respond telling you which topic to write on. Submit short written outline and reference list which must include at least two printed sources and may include web references by email to HG by November 30, 2020; paper due by December 15, 2020. You may submit drafts for comment if you wish.Ground rules: Length around 1000 words (4 – 5 pages, double spaced) excluding references and illustrations. Consult any standard manual regarding style. References in standard form. Papers must be in standard scholarlywritten English. Papers must be submitted electronically by email.Topics: must be treated historicallyAtomic theories to 1700 Structure of benzene FluorineComposition of water Distillation ChlorineCatalysis Organic stereochemistry BromineIsomerism Sodium carbonate IodineThermometry Kinetics before 1900 PlatinumSulfuric acid Chromatography TechnetiumInfrared spectroscopy Electrochemistry to 1860 HeliumAnalytical balances Inorganic stereochemistry RadiumX-rays in chemistry SaltpeterLaw of mass action Assaying precious metalsStructural theories of coordination compoundsSpectral analysis (uv-vis) Dualistic theoryBleaching powder Hydrochloric acidContant composition controversy (Proust, Berthollet)Noble gasesPlatinum group metalsElements that never were The lanthanidesIatrochemistry A deceased female chemist who should have won the Nobel prize, but didn’t.A deceased male chemist who should have won the Nobel prize but didn’t.Other topics may be possible, but you must justify your choice in a meeting with HG and show some command of the reference literature.
