Presents an interpretation of the oxidation number system based upon the electronegativity principle, thus removing the adjective "arbitrary" frequently found in the descriptions of oxidation number.
On February 19, 1998, the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers became 100 years old. Of its beginning, Lyman C. Newell, a charter member and first president of the association, wrote, "Men of kindred tastes and aims have always sought inspiration in union. This principle is especially applicable to scientists. It is not unusual, therefore, that the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers should have come into existence through the desire of several teachers of chemistry to have an organization." Sixteen teachers, including two women, became the charter members.
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