Internet Resources

% Yield by Mark Winter, University of Sheffield

Site gives percent yield of a product if quantities of reactant and product are known.

3-D Molecules by Jonathon Goodman, Cambridge University (UK)

Site displays stick structures that can be moved and rotated of about 50 common molecules.

A Tutorial on Balancing Equations George McBane, D. Neal McDonald, Zil Lilas, Midori Kitogawa-DeLeon, and Sherwin J. Singer, Ohio Stat

Site contains a tutorial for balancing equations and provides a creative "Monkey Business" exercise as a practice problem.

A Visual Interpretation of the Table of Elements by Royal Society of Chemistry

Page provides graphic periodic table that gives information on each element such as discovery, abundance, and chemical information.

Alphabetical Listing of Molecules

Link provides an alphabetical listing of molecules that can be viewed for structure characteristics.

Analytical Chemistry Forum

Analytical Chemistry Forum for chemists and students alike

Atomic and Molecular Orbital Applet Craig Counterman, Mass. Institute of Tech.

Site contains an applet that displays selected atomic and molecular orbitals, calculated from the wave function.

Atomic Orbitals

Site gives a brief discription of atomic orbitals and contains an Orbital Viewer for drawing orbitals.

Atomic Spectra University of Oregon

Site provides emission and absorption spectra of elements.

Behavior of Gases by David Dice, Calton Comp. HS

Site displays the gas laws through the motion of particles with selective parameters such as probability of effective collision, temperature, and number of particles.

Black Body Radiation Baush   Lomb

Site provides explanation of black body radiation.

Bohr Model by Walter Fendt, Paul Klee Gynasium Gersthofen

Site provides particle and wave visualization of the Bohr Model of hydrogen.

Boltzman Kinetic Energy Distribution by David Dice, Carlton Comp. HS (Canada) Bonds and Polarity by Brenda Wojiechowski

This site provides a graphic representation of ionic and convalent bonds and explains the differences between them.

Buffers for pH Control by Rob Beynon, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

Provides recipes for making buffers of desired pH provided ionic strength and temperature of reagents is given.

Calculator Fundamentals by Shodor Education Foundation, UNC Chapel Hill

This is an excellent resource to use as an introduction or review of the fundamentals of chemistry and could serve as supplemental course material.

Chem Finder Provided by CambridgeSoft Chem Index by Mark Winter, University of Sheffield

Site provides an index for chemistry links from all over the world and lists sites by discipline, organization, etc.

Chem Web

Site provides links to journals, free abstracts, jobs and internships, and chemistry tools including NMR prediction and IUPAC naming. Free registration.

Chemical Calculations by Jonathon Goodman, Cambridge University (UK)

Site provides molecular weight, mass percent composition, and molecular isotope patterns for given molecules.

Chemical Reaction Stoichiometry by Smith, Sikenata, and Missen, University of Guelph

Site provides tutorial and Java applications for solving stoichiometry problems using the matrix reduction method. Requires Adobe Acrobat.

Chemicool Periodic Table

Table provides each element's physical properties and ionization energies.

ChemID Plus Provided by National Library of Medicine

Database of over 380,000 chemicals, synonyms, structures, regulatory list information, and links to other databases

Chemistry Guide

Chemistry Guide - comprehensive listing of quality chemistry sites on the Internet.

Chemistry Link

WWW Chemistry Guide - comprehensive and evaluated guide to web sites related to chemistry and the chemical industry. Its mission consists in collecting and independently annotating all useful chemistry sites.

Constants by National Institute of Standards and Technology Conversion Factors for Energy Equivalents by National Institute of Standards and Technology, US Gov.

Site provides conversion equations and correlation coefficents for pairs of constants.

Counting Electrons by Mark Winter, University of Sheffield

Site provides explanations of predicted molecular geometry using VSPRE Theory. Site has links to a tutorial and practice exercises.

Data on Elements by Jonathon Goodman, Cambridge University

Site provides useful, but limited data on the elements of the periodic table.

DTP / 2D and 3D Structural Information Provided by the National Cancer Institute

The NCI has collected information on almost half a million structures in the past forty years. The collections of structural information are freely available.

EAFUS: A Food Additive Database Provided by US Food and Drug Administration

Contains administrative, chemical and toxicological information on over 2000 substances directly added to food.

ECOTOX Database Provided by US EPA

ECOTOX (ECOTOXicology) database provides single chemical toxicity information for aquatic and terrestrial life.

Electron Configurations by Carnegie Mellon University

Site provides limited data on the elements, but also provides well-done electronic configurations of the elements.

Electrons in Atoms: F Orbitals Fred Senese

Site provides excellent pictures of f-oritals and provides a good explanation of orbital structure. Site also provides links to other useful atomic orbital sources.

Emission Spectra

Site provides emission spectra of H, He, and Hg.

Formal Charge

Site shows how to calculate formal charge and how to determine the most likely Lewis structure of a molecule based on it's formal charge.

Formula Weight and Mass %

Site contains calculators for isotope patterns, elemental percentages, and % yield.

Gas Laws George McBane, D. Neal McDonald, Zil Lilas, Midori Kitogawa-DeLeon, and Sherwin J. Singer, Ohio Stat

Site gives great visual and verbal descriptions explaining the gas laws.

Gibbs Free Energy by University of California Regents/Modular Chem. Consortium

Site gives final molar quantities and Gibbs free energy for a selected reaction type given initial number of moles of reactants and products.

Gibbs Free Energy Graphing Applet by University of California Regents/Modular Chem. Consortium

Page allows examination of Gibbs free energy equation from a qualitative and quantitative perspective.

Hazards Assessment NASA

Links provides a site for a NASA test facility which performs impacat studies on explosions of liquid hydrogen and oxygen.

Hybridization

Site provides a great interactive explanation of atomic orbital hybridization.

Hydrogenlike Orbitals Univeristy of Kentucky

Site provides animated orbitals that are the angular part of the wave functions for discrete stationary states of a one-electron atom.

Instructional Resources for Chemistry by Steven Lower, Simon Frasier University

Site provides links to chemistry education sites.

Interactive Periodic Table of Elements by Yinon Benton

The periodic table in this site gives electron location, isotopes, history, and physical properties of each element. The page is also equipped with related links.

Intermolecular Forces by Brenda Wojiechowski

Site provides a great graphic representation of London dispersion forces, dipole-dipole forces, and hydrogen bonding.

Introductory and General Chemistry Richard Pendarvis

Introductory and General Chemistry Links by Topic

Isotope Patterns by Mark Winter, University of Sheffield

Site displays a bar graph of formula weights resulting from isotopes in formula.

Java Application by Walter Fendt, Paul Klee Gynasium Gersthofen Lechatelier's Principal by David Dice, Carlton Comp. HS (Canada)

Site gives instructions and explanations as students observe changes in the position of the chromate/dichromate equilibrium. It also provides photos of the results so that the activity can be done outside the laboratory.

Lewis Structure Tutorial

Site provides a step-by-step tutorial for drawing Lewis structures.

Light and Matter by Dr. Yost and Dr. Daint, Univeristy of Tennessee

Site provides explanations and visual representations of Steffan-Boltzman Law, the Bohr model, quantized energy, Planck's law, continuum, emission, and absorption spectra, and Zeeman spectral splitting.

Light Emission and Absorption by University of California, Regents/Modular Chem. Consortium

Site contains applets related to light emission and absorption, thermochemistry and microscopic behavior of molecules, conversion calculator, and image sample.

Limiting Reagents by Carnegie Mellon University

Site provides a good visual representation of limiting reagents using the example of ammonia and carbon dioxide.

Metal/Ligand/Atom/Anions by Mark Winter, University of Sheffield

Site gives metal, ligand, atom, and anion designations for compounds.

Mole Conversion John L. Park

Site provides an explanation oif mole to gram conversion. Also offers extra practice problems.

Molecular Structure Calculations Paul J. Schupf

Provides calculations for bond lengths, atomic charges and dipole moments. Also illustrates the best Lewis structure possible in 3-D. There is a calculator at the end used to create your own molecule that is not listed on the page.

Molecules in Motion by University of California, Regents/Modular Chem. Consortium

Site displays the gas laws through the motion of particles with selective parameters such as probability of effective collision, temperature, and the number of particles.

National Mole Day National Mole Day Foundation, Inc.

National Mole Day Foundation, Inc. site

Net Elements by John Ensley, University of Cambridge

Site provides physical, geological, biological, and discovery data for each element of the periodic table.

NIST Chemistry Handbook by National Institute of Standards and Technology, US. Gov.

Site provides a searchable database of general chemistry information including formula, name, CAS registry number, author, and structure. It also provides physical properties of materials. (This might be particulary helpful to organic chemistry students.)

NIST Scientific and Technical Databases Provided by NationalInstitute of Standards and Technology

Access page to a variety of scientific and technical databases

Organic Chemistry Tutorials maintained by Steven A. Hardinger, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA Oxidation States of Ions by Mark Winter, University of Sheffield

Site provides oxidation states of components of complex ions

Periodic Table

Periodic table displays discoverer, atom weights, electron shells, and valence patterns of each element.

Periodic Table of Elements Univeristy of Akron

Periodic tabel provides physical data on each element.

Periodic Table of Elements and Data Unknown

Site provides a useful periodic table. Also by clicking on an element, informations about the element will appear. This includes atomic mass, melting point, boiling point and even a history of the element.

Periodic Table.com Alexander Design

Site provides a number of periodic tables.

pH meter and pH measurements Marcin Borkowski

All you want to know about pH meters, pH measurements and pH electrodes. Introduction to history, theory and good practice, reliable measurements and electrode maintenance. Links to models and manufacturers.

Photoelectric Effect by Walter Fendt, Paul Klee Gynasium Gersthofen

Site provides an interactive simulation of the photoelectric effect and also a variety of cathode metals and incipient light to find threshold frequency and Planck's constant.

Preparation for Topics in College Chemistry chemreview.net

Site provides a good review of general chemistry topics and also gives mini lectures to help understand difficult topics. Use this as a review to help prepare for a chemistry test.

Reaction Rates and Equilibrium by David Dice, Carlton Comp. HS (Canada)

Site provides a good tutorial with simple explanations of reaction equilibriums and reaction rates.

Resonance Structures By Brenda Wojiechowski

Site provides a good, but brief explanation of the resonance structures of the carbonate ion.

Scuba Physics: Buoyancy and Gas Laws

This site provides definitions and simple explanations of Charles' Law, Boyle's Law, and Archimedes Principle.

SI Naming Tutorial by National Institute of Standards and Technology, US Gov.

Site gives rules, definitions, and the history of the units in the SI naming system.

Significant Digits by David Dice, Carlton Comp. HS (Canada) Special Processes of an Ideal Gas by Walter Fendt, Paul Klee Gynasium Gersthofen

Site provides a great visual representation of the gas laws. Students can manipulate the pressure, volume, and temperature of an ideal gas and the resulting relationship is plotted on a chart within the site.

Stoichiometry Equilibrium by Carnegie Mellon University

Site gives molar and mass quantities of reactants and products of iodine, hydrogen, and hydrogen iodide at various points of the reaction.

The IrYdium Project by Carnegie Mellon University

Site provides a variety of applets and concept tests which contain conceptual questions dealing with equilibrium, thermodynamics, and kinetics.

The Oxygen Bomb Calorimeter Gary L. Bertrand

Site provides an animation of a bomb calorimeter.

The Pictorial Periodic Table Thoedor Benfey

Site provides a spiral periodic table.

Titration Dr. Yue-Ling Wong

Site provides a titration simulator with different concentrations of acids and bases.

Tutorial-Molecular Mass by David Dice, Carlton Comp. HS (Canada)

Site provides a thorough tutorial on concepts and history of atomic, molecular, and molar masses; includes a quiz.

Unit Comversion - Online Calculator

Online conversions between different metrics of length, weight, temperature, pressure, energy, frequency and more.

Unit Conversion Calculator by Subrata Bhattacharjee, San Diego State University

Site provides extensive unit conversions for a number of units including length, mass, angular velocity, and time.

Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory by Mark Winter, University of Sheffield

Site provides explanations of predicted molecular geometry using VSEPR Theory. (Includes practice exercises.)

Virtual Laboratory: Ideal Gas University of Oregon

Link provides a virtual laboratory which shows effects of variables like temperature, pressure, and volume on gases.

Visual Elements Periodic Table Chemical Society

Site provides a periodic table that gives information on the discovery, description, and chemical data of each element.

Visual Elements Periodic Table Chemical Society

Flash enabled Chemical Society periodic table of elements.

VSEPR Help Page Purdue University

Site provides the rules of VSEPR Theory and a tutorial for using VSEPR Theory. It also provides practice problems.

VSEPR Tutorial by John Nash, Purdue University

Site provides useful, but limited tutorial on VSPRE Theory. Tutorial, glossary, and practice problems are also available.

VSEPR Tutorial II by Mark Winter, University of Sheffield

Site provides an extensive tutorial with nicely represented 3-D shapes

VSEPR Tutorial: Molecular Modeling Paul Cerpovicz, Brenda Wojciechowski, Georgia Southern University

Site provides visual models of VSEPR Theory that may be very helpful to students introduced to the topic for this first time.

Web Elements Interactive Periodic Table by Mark Winter, University of Sheffield

Site provides pages about isotope patterns, element percentages, yield, oxidation states, electron states, electron counts, VSPRE, and MLXZ for comounds.