Thinkwell's Periodic Table -This will link you to Thinkwell's Chemistry Animations page; click on the "Periodic Table of the Elements" link to get to one of the best web Periodic Tables
Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream -How cold IS liquid nitrogen? Cold enough to make ice cream . . . FAST! Here's the page that shows you how.
Lord Kelvin - for true believers!
-Boardering on sacreligious, this strange site has links to almost anything anyone would care to find out about Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin). Fun, but not for everyone - you have been warned!
Periodic Table - Emission Spectra of the Elements
-This periodic table lets you click on any element and then see its visible emission spectrum; every element has its own unique emission pattern. Pretty cool! Courtesy of Professor Thomas Spudich at Penn State Erie.
Spektrus 1.0
-Download a program that not only graphically displays the emission spectrum of any element (well, the first 99), but will also provide you with the emission wavelengths. Available both in English and Polish!
The Pyrotechnics of Light and Color
-Ever wonder how fireworks work? That's right, it emission from elements! This site explains all and has some cool pictures and descriptions of how those July 4th pyrotechnic displays are made.
Electronic Structure Tutorials and Demos
-Confused about Bohr and DeBroglie and Schrodinger? Uncertain about Heisenberg? Here's the straight scoop as told by physicists (hey, they figured it all out, right?). An easy to read tutorial peppered with some cool interactive demos.
Orbitals, Orbitals, Orbitals! (thanks to all who contributed many of the links)
f-orbitals -And they rotate right before your very eyes, if you view the QuickTime movie -- s, p, d and even g orbitals, too!
more f-orbitals -plus lots of links to other sites with orbitals!
all of the orbitals -see 3-D rotatable images of s, p, d, and f orbitals (needs the Chime browser plug-in)
still more rotating orbitals -see 3-D rotating images of s, p, d, f AND g orbitals (does NOT need the Chime plug-in)
simulation program (Macs only) -a quantum mechanics and orbital simulation program that you can run on your own Mac (sorry, not for Windoze)
Orbitals.com -Wow! An entire website devoted to orbitals! See the shapes of just about ANY orbital (they're just getting warmed up with the f-orbitals), download a free program (for Windoze) for viewing and creating orbital pics, and much, much more. If you can't get enough about orbitals, take a look at this website (and make an appointment to see a licensed therapist ;-)
Quantum Mechanics and Orbitals
-How do they get from the wave equation to wave functions to probability distributions to orbitals? This site has a wealth of information with cool simulations and plots of orbitals (atomic and hybrid!). Don't be afraid . . . take a look . . .
The Born-Haber Cycle
-A nice page that clearly illustrates (with 2 interactive examples) how the Born-Haber cycle works
Mercury in Fluorescent Lamps - Info
-Nice reference page with information on the amounts of mercury present in fluorescent lamps and proper methods of disposal of those lamps.
Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory: Molecular Structures -This is the very best site that I have found with structures that you can rotate in 3D (if you have the Chime browser plug-in) - or download the structures and view them on your own computer with the free RASMOL program
Oxidation of Gummi Bears Demo ;-) -Yes, this is the highly exothermic reaction of molten potassium chlorate and sugar (in the form of a gummi bear). Better put on your safety goggles for this one . . . NOTE: you will need Real Player installed on your computer to see this.
Chemistry Puns! -Dying to know just what element is ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQSTUVWXYZ? Sure you are! Take a break from hard-core chemistry and put a smile on your face (no groaning allowed!).
Created and copyright by Joel M. Goldberg. Last updated: December 2, 2002
