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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1959

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The Reaction of Bromine on Bis(dimethylthiocarbamyl)disulfide, David H. Nelander
Department: Chemistry

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Chemical Kinetics of the Reactions of 2,4-Dinitrochlorobenze and of 2,4-Dinitrobromobenzene with Ammonia in Methanol, Phillip E. Rohrbaugh
Department: Chemistry

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A Critical Analysis of Existing Textbooks for High School Chemistry with Special Concern for the Teaching of Mordern Theoretical Concepts, Charles Ruch
Department: Chemistry

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The Development of a Micro-method of Quantitative Analysis for Sodium, Pottasium, Magnesium, and Calcium in Turkey Seminal Fluid, Peter Starek
Department: Chemistry

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The Effects of Dibutyl Xanthogen Disulfide on Vinyl Polymerization, Leonard Yoder
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1958

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A Study of Some of the Methods of Formation of 4,5-diazofluorene-9-one, Phoebe Anderson
Department: Chemistry

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The Adsorption of Propane on Anatase (TiO2), Dennis W. Barnes
Department: Chemistry

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The Extraction and Methyl Esterification of Short Chain Fatty Acids from Rumen Juice, Charles F. Clark
Department: Chemistry

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The Construction of a Portable Calorimeter Capable of Utilizing Small Samples of Solid Material for the Collection of Experimental Calorimetric Data, Victor G. Colvin
Department: Chemistry

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A Separation and Partial Identification of the Amino Acids in Human Hair by Paper Chromatography, Yvonne Dalton
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of Gravimetric Procedures for the Determination of the Sulfate Ion, Beverly T. Douglas
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of Gravimetric Procedures for the Determination of the Sulfate Ion, Robert T. Douglas
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Preparation of 2,8-Diaminopyrimido [4,5-b] quinoline, Robert Engstrom
Department: Chemistry

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Organic Disulfides as Initiators of Polymerization: Benzonthiezyl Disulfide, Lewis Jon Fetters
Department: Chemistry

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The Effects of Solvents on the Kinetics of Some Vinyl Polymerizations, Janet Gabrielsen
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Measurement of the Hydrolysis Rate of Ethyl Trichloroacetate in Acid Solution, D. Gerald Glasgow
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of Gas-Liquid Partition Chromatography and Its Application to Volatile Organic Acids, Roger P. Hall
Department: Chemistry

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Aromatic Nucleophilic Reactions Involving the Use of 2,4-Dinitrofluorobenzene and 2,4-Dinitrochloronaphthalene, Douglas Harter
Department: Chemistry

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Aromatic Nucleophilic Reactions Involving the Use of 2,4-Dinitrofluorobenzene and 2,4-Dintrochloronaphthalene, Douglas Harter
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Synthesis of 5,8-Dimethoxy-4-methyl-2-guanidinoquinazoline, Henry C. Kayser III
Department: Chemistry

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Potassium Uptake by Plant Roots as Affected by the Levels of Organic Matter and Potassium in Soil, George William McClure
Department: Chemistry

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The Construction of a Gas Chromatography Apparatus, Richard M. Meighan
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Isotope Dilution Method of Determining Blood Volumes in Dairy Claves Using Cr51 and P32, William E. Moats
Department: Chemistry

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Synthesis of Some Monosubstituted Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids, Margaret Moses
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Synthesis of Certain Quinazolines, Philip R. Nader
Department: Chemistry

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Neutron Activation- Szilard-Chalmers Process, Paul L. Reeder
Department: Chemistry

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A Preparation of Various Substituted Aromatic Disulfides, Donald A. Romig
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of The Cationic Polymerization of Styrene, Lucy Romig
Department: Chemistry

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Titration of Some of the Higher Fatty Acids in Non-aqueous Solvents, George Rudd Jr
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Distribution Coefficient and Its Application in the Ferric Chloride-Hydrochloric Acid, Water, Ethyl Ether System, Edward Sheridan
Department: Chemistry

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Evaluation of a Method for the Synthesis of Anhydrous Metal Halides, Robert Smith
Department: Chemistry

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An Analysis of the Role of Liquid-Liquid Partition In Paper Chromatography, Nancy Stewart
Department: Chemistry

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The Application of Flame Spectrophotometry in Determining Ion Concentration in Rumen Solutions from Test Cattle, Richard Tignor
Department: Chemistry

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Preparation and Purification of Ethyl Acetate, Ruth Turley
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Behavior of Certain Haloesters In the Friedel-Crafts Reaction, Robert Watson
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1957

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A Study of the Reaction of Picryl Chloride and Phenols, Donald L. Baltz
Department: Chemistry

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Electrophilic Substitutionof the Aromatic Ring, Rodney L. Buckson
Department: Chemistry

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The Kinetic Study of the Aromatic Nucleophillic Substitution Reaction. The Effect of Added Salts in a Medium of Low Dielectric Comstatnt, John Cochran
Department: Chemistry

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The Preperation and Reactions of Activated Aryl Halides, Robert Crone
Department: Chemistry

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A Kinetic Study of the Decarboxyllation of Trichloroacetic Acid, R. Phillip Eaton
Department: Chemistry

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A Proposed Study of the Mechanism of Desoxyribonucleic Acid Duplication with Escherichia Coli Bacterium, Noel E. Franks
Department: Chemistry

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The Solubility of High Molecular Weight Fatty Acids in Alcohol-Water Solutions, Richard E. Garcia
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Preperation of 2,8-Diaminopyrimido-[4,5-b] quinoline, Walter H. Gunn
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Reaction of Picryl Chloride with a Series of Amines, John P. Haun
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of Radioactivity, the Szilards-Chalmers Reaction, and its Application, Thomas Hill Jr.
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Synthesis of Certain Quinazolines, Tom Knoke
Department: Chemistry

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Cancer and the Structure of Chemical Carcinogens, Sheldon G. Levy
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempt to Synthesize 5,8-Dimethoxy-4-methyl-1-2-guanidinoquinazoline, Margaret Luce
Department: Chemistry

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The Application of Flame Spectrophotometry in Determining Copper Concentrations of Blood of Cattle and of Sheep Fed Varying Amounts of Copper as Feed Additive, Frederick Paul Meyerhoefer
Department: Chemistry

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A Conduction Study of Monovalent Salts in Methyl Alcohol at 24.9°C, Robert R. Rafos
Department: Chemistry

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Determination of Acid pKa Values in an Aqueous Solvent System by Potentiometric Titrations, Jack H. Scaff Jr.
Department: Chemistry

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The Study of the Reactions of Activated Halides, Virginia Louise Stauss
Department: Chemistry

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An Investigation of the Effect of Concentration on the RF Values, Andrew Stevenson
Department: Chemistry

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A Paper Chromatographic Analysis of Some Aliphatic Halogenated Acids and an Attempted Identification of these Acids from the Haloform Reaction, John T. Sweeney
Department: Chemistry

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Factors Affecting Rf and Rm Values in the Paper Chromatography Analyis of Tartaric, Malic, and Succinic Acids, Using an Ether-Water-Formic Acid Developer, Everett Thiele
Department: Chemistry

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The Isolation and Tentative Identification of the Free Amino Acids in Ladino Clover Using Ion-exchange and Paper Chromatography, Richard F. Whiteleather
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of Gravimetric Procedures for the Determination of Sulfate Ion, Sandra C. Zummo
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1956

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A Comparison of the P-32 Dilution Method for Determining Blood Volume with a Dye Dilution Method in Calves, James M. Bader
Department: Chemistry

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An Introductory Study of Monosubstituted Cycloheanecarboxylic Acids, John Ballantyne
Department: Chemistry

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A Kinetic Study of the Decarboxyllation of Trichloracetic Acid, Edward Barr
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Absorption of Radioactive Phosphorus by Goldfish, Rosemary Bird
Department: Chemistry

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An Evaluation of the Ritter Test for the Differentiation of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Alcohols with Potassium Permanganate, Edward Cairns
Department: Chemistry

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The Chromatographic Separation of Halogenated Fatty Acids by Column Technique, William J. Crawford
Department: Chemistry

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P-Bromobenzylpseudpthiuronium Bromide Derivatives of Some Halogenated Fatty Acids, Peter Crosby
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Reaction of Picryl Chloride and Phenols, William Doane
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Reaction of Picryl Chloride with Alcohols to form 2,4,6 Trinitrophenyl Ether Derivatives of the Alcohols, Glenn Donnell
Department: Chemistry

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The Effect of Salt and Water on the Rate of an Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction, Stanley Frey
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Preparation of the Sulfinyl Chloride Derivative of Diasone, David Groth
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempt to Prove the Structure of S-Methyldithizone and Preliminary Work With the Reduction of the Oximes of Aldehydes, Sigrid Christine Harrison
Department: Chemistry

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Determination of a Suitable Method for the Separation of Volatile Fatty Acids in the Rumen Liquor by Partition Chromatography, Ronald J. Herrett
Department: Chemistry

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The Application of Flame Spectrophotometry in Determining Metal Concentrations of Bovine Rumen Solutions, Franklin E. Hull
Department: Chemistry

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The Determination of the Moisture Content of Organic Liquids, David B. Lewis
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Physical Factors Affecting RF Values in Paper Chromatography, James H. Loehlin
Department: Chemistry

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A Study in Biological Tracer Methods with Application to the Absorption of Radiophosphorus by Goldfish, J. Myron Lord
Department: Chemistry

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Kinetics of Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions, John Mann
Department: Chemistry

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Rf Values for Chloropropionic Acids, Robert L. McGuire
Department: Chemistry

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The Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction Part I: The Preparation of Highly Activated Halogen Compounds in the Naphthalene Series., Donna McRitchie
Department: Chemistry

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An Investigation of the Solubilities and Distribution Coefficients of Certain Higher Molecular Weight Fatty Acids, Charles T. Morton Jr
Department: Chemistry

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An Attempted Preparation of 5-benzyl-2-amino-4 hydroxy pyrimidines, William R. Neilson
Department: Chemistry

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An Investigation of the Solubilities and Distribution Coefficients Coefficients of Certain Higher Molecular Weight Fatty Acids, Jack Pozenel
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Decomposition of the Ferric Thiocyanate Complex in Aqueous Solution Using the Beckman Spectrophotometer, Charles E. Salzer
Department: Chemistry

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A Qualitative Analysis of 2-Pentene Including the Study and Use of the Iodo-3,5-Dinitrobenzoates of Olefins as Solid Derivatives, Thomas A. Sanford
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Haloform Reaction Using Sodium Hypobromite and Selected Ketones, James F. Smith
Department: Chemistry

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A Spectrophotometric Study of Iodide Reaction Kinetics, Stewart J. Strickler
Department: Chemistry

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Aromatic Nucleophilic Reactions Involving the Use of 2,4-Dinitrofluorobenzene, Martha Voelkel
Department: Chemistry

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The Nucleophilic Reaction of Picryl Chloride and Amines, Robert Weaver
Department: Chemistry

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Bromination of Olefins Using Pyridinium Bromide Perbromide as a Brominating Agent, Bronislaw Zajbert
Department: Chemistry

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1955

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The 3,5- Dinitrobenzoates of Phenols, John L. Ammer
Department: Chemistry

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The 3,5-Dinitrobenzoates of Phenols, John L. Ammer
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Ferric Thiocyanate Complex in Aqueous Solutions With the Aid of the Beckman Spectrophotometer, William H. Ashbaugh
Department: Chemistry

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A Theoretical Study of Qualitative Analysis, Including Both the H2S and Non-H2S Schemes, Jean Bonell
Department: Chemistry

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Blood Volume Determination P-32 Labled Cell Method, Dennis J. Carlson
Department: Chemistry

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The Preparation of Aroyl Bezoic Acids by the Friedel and Crafts Reaction, Mary Eberhart
Department: Chemistry

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Potentiometric Titrations in Aqueous and Non-Aqueous Solutions, Marcos Fiszman
Department: Chemistry

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A Critical Study of the Quantitative Methods Used in the Analysis of Iron, Robert Gerberich
Department: Chemistry

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The Filter Paper Chromatography of the Chloroacetic Acids and Acetic Acid, and the Bromoacetic Acids., Thomas A. Gustin
Department: Chemistry

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The Study of Radioisotopes with Application to the Absorption and Loss of P32 by Goldfish, Richard Jacobs
Department: Chemistry

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Friedel-Crafts Reaction Para-aroyl Bezoic Acids, Ellyn Jones
Department: Chemistry

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A Study of the Reaction of 2,4-Dinitrofluorobenzene with some Phenols, Howard A. Leister
Department: Chemistry

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The Polarographic Analysis of Titanium, John G. McAnlis
Department: Chemistry