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CHARLES E. OPHARDT

Department of Chemistry
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst, IL 60126
(630) 617-3596
email: charleso@elmhurst.edu

Education

• B. A., 1966, Major in Liberal Arts-Education, Minor in Chemistry, Concordia Teachers College, River Forest, IL.
  
• Ph. D., Inorganic Chemistry, 1970, Southern Illinois University,Carbondale, IL. (Minor-Analytical Chemistry),Thesis: Reactions of Cobalt Complexes in Methanol.
  

Teaching Experience

• Elmhurst College, 1970-present, currently Professor of Chemistry.
  
• Sabbatical leave, August 1986-January 1987, Argonne National - Laboratory. Research on separation of actinide elements.
  

Courses Taught

• CHM 432 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
  
• CHM 221 Analytical Chemistry
  
• CHM 211, 212 Chemical Principles I, II
  
• CHM 101, 103 General/Elem. Organic and Biochemistry
  
• CHM 450 Independent Study
  
  

Publications

Applications of CAChe Molecular Modeling in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, paper presented at the 15th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, August 12, 1998.

Teaching and Learning Using Internet On-line Courses, paper presented at IMAC '98 in Alicante, Spain, June 27, 1998.

INORGANIC MOLECULES: A Visual Database
A CD-ROM of 66 molecules with many graphic images, useful as a lecture aid, and available from JCE: Software.

1. Abstract:"Inorganic Molecules: A Visual Database," Ophardt, C. E., J. Chem. Ed. 1996, 73, 246. CD-ROM: JCE: Software, Vol.8 C, No. 1.

2. "Redox Demonstrations and Descriptive Chemistry: Part 3 Copper (I) and Copper (II) Equilibria," Ophardt, C. E., J. Chem. Ed. 1991, 68, 248.
3. "Redox Demonstrations and Descriptive Chemistry: Part 2 Metals," Ophardt, C. E. J. Chem. Ed. 1987, 64, 807.
4. "Redox Demonstrations and Descriptive Chemistry: Part 1 Halogens," Ophardt, C. E. J. Chem. Ed. 1987, 64, 715.
5. "Acid Rain Analysis by Standard Addition Titration," Ophardt, C. E. J. Chem. Ed. 1985, 62, 257.
6. "Synthesis and Spectra of Vanadium Complexes," Ophardt, C. E.; Stupegia, S. J. Chem. Ed. 1984, 61, 1102.
7. "Blood Buffer Demonstration," Ophardt, C. E. J. Chem. Ed. 1983, 60, 493.
8. "Cobalt Complexes in Equilibrium," Ophardt, C. E. J. Chem. Ed. 1980, 57, 453.

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