Web Resources

List of Web Resources for Chemistry at Contra Costa College

Useful Programs and Plug-ins for Internet Viewing
Scientific Journals and Magazines
National Organizations and Federal Agencies
Course Websites
Other Useful Resources
Compound Search
Viewing Atoms and Molecules
Periodic Tables
Tables of Data and Conversions
Textbooks and Complete Tutorials
Web-Based Exercises, Quizzes, Exams, Etc. I
nternet Search and Ask
Other interesting chemistry sites
Libraries of Links
Interesting sites for other subjects

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Dr. Joseph Ledbetter - Contra Costa College

Useful Programs and Plug-ins for Internet Viewing

Cosmo Software: http://www.cai.com/cosmo/; Site to download VRML plug-ins for three-dimensional internet visualization.

RasMol Home Page: http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/; A website on molecular visualizations from the University of Massachusetts. You can download RasMol from this site. RasMol is a free software for looking at molecular structures.

Netscape Netcenter - Download & Upgrade Page for browsers, servers, shareware: http://home.netscape.com/computing/download/index.html?cp=hom04x4; The Netscape site from which you can download the Netscape Navigator internet browser.

Welcome to the Internet Explorer Home Page!: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.htm; The Microsoft site from which you can download a copy of the Internet Explorer browser.

MDL's Chemscape CHIME: http://www.mdli.com/cgi/dynamic/welcome.html; The website of MDL Information Systems, Inc. - A site from which you can download CHIME and ISIS/Draw.

Apple - QuickTime: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/; The QuickTime browser plug-in allows streaming video and VR environments to be viewed within web pages.

Macromedia Web Player Download Center: http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/; The Shockwave browser plug-in allows animations to be viewed within web pages.
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Scientific Journals and Magazines

National Institutes of Health -- NIH Library and Literature Resources: http://www.nih.gov/science/library.html; This is the site for Web of Science Citation and Literature Searching from the National Institutes of Health scientific resources. Includes links to other search library databases for scientific literature.

JCE Index Online Search: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Search/index.html; Search site for searching abstracts of articles in the Journal of Chemical Education.

Reactive Reports: http://www.acdlabs.com/webzine/index.html; A web magazine created by David Bradley Science Writer and Advanced Chemistry Development. Presents cutting-edge reports of developments in the world of chemical sciences and related fields.

The Chemical Educator Online Journal: http://www3.springer-ny.com/chedr/; The Chemical Educator is a peer-reviewed journal serving the needs of all chemical education professionals. Requires a subscription.

Beyond Discovery: The Path from Research to Human Benefit: http://www4.nas.edu/beyond/beyonddiscovery.nsf/web/homepage?OpenDocument; Beyond Discovery:: The Path from Research to Human Benefit is a project of the National Academy of Sciences. It is a series of case studies that identify and trace origins of important recent technological and medical advances. Each case study reveals the crucial role played by basic science, the applications of which could not have been anticipated at the time the original research was conducted.

Scientific American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/; The website of the popular science magazine. Contains quick article summaries, enhanced articles, news ana=d analysis, etc. of the most current and previous issues. No subscription requirement to access featured articles.
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National Organizations and Federal Agencies

Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov; The website of the United States Environmental Protection Agency - a regulatory agency created by the government with a mission to "protect human health and to safeguard tha natural environment". This site features projects and programs by the EPA, an education center geared toward education the public about environmental issues, and a student center with activities and sites for environmental science education including water quality and management.

National Science Foundation - Home Page: http://www.nsf.gov/; The National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. government agency responsible for promoting science and engineering through programs that invest over $3.3 billion per year in almost 20,000 research and education projects in science and engineering.

ChemCenter: The American Chemical Society Online: http://www.acs.org/; The ACS is a self-governed individual membership organization that consists of
161,000 members 60% from industry, at all degree levels representing a wide range of disciplines from chemistry to chemical engineering and other related fields. From this site, you can acess information about their annual meetings, education resources in for chemistry, a searchable database for abstracts published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, information about career and education opportunities in chemistry, and other ACS programs and services.

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC): http://www.iupac.org/; IUPAC is an association of bodies, National adhering Organizations, which represent the chemists of different member countries. IUPAC was formed in 1919 by chemists from industry and academia, who recognized the need for international standardization in chemistry. The standardization of weights, measures, names and symbols is essential to the well being and continued success of the scientific enterprise and to the smooth development and growth of international trade and commerce.

National Institute of Standards and Technology: http://www.nist.gov/; This is the website of a government agency that is involved in technology, measurement, and standards.
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Course Websites

From Caveman to Chemist: http://cator.hsc.edu/~kmd/caveman/v; From Caveman to Chemist - not much evidence of evolution here you might think! But this website is a course in exploring landmark technologies on the road to a modern industrial civilisation. It begins with the concepts of making fire and stone tools and progresses up through plastics and semiconductors. While this is a 'physical' course requiring attendance at lectures, the online notes, questions and answers, and experimental details can easily be used elsewhere. Almost thirty projects ranging from metathesis to stoichiometry, from potash to electromagnetism. Each section is complete with introduction, information and questions. This would prove to be a superb learning resource for any chemistry class.

Online Introductory Chemistry: http://www.scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/wv/101-online.html; This class is intendedfor people who need a laboratory science, are pursuing prenursing or health occupations careers, are required to complete a series of chemistry classes, or need the introductory course for introductory organic chemistry . Experiments are done at home using consumer products. The experiments can be completed during the week.

Chemistry 152 Home Page: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~chem152/; Website for the General Chemistry Honors class at Rice University

Rachel Wang - Spokane Community College Chemistry Instructor: http://www.scc.spokane.cc.wa.us/RWang/; A website for General Chemistry Courses and other chemistry courses at Spokane Community College taught by Dr. Rachel Wang. Contains on-line quizzes with self-checks.

David Whisnant: http://personal.wofford.edu/~whisnantdm/index.html#general

UNC Chemistry Fundamentals: http://www.shodor.org/UNChem/index.html

CH 104: Introduction to Chemistry: http://dl.clackamas.cc.or.us/ch104-00/index.htm

ACT Chemistry Notes: http://www.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/notes/ACT-notes.html

Chem101 Online: http://www.phs.uiuc.edu/~pearman/101Online/

Structure of Chemical Sciences: http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/plambeck/che/struct/index.htm

Chemistry 1002 -- Chemistry in the Modern World Laboratory: http://wwwchem.csustan.edu/chem1002/chem1002.htm; Introductory lab exercises from California State University at Stanislaus. Also, see the tutorials in spectral analysis and titration.

University of North Carolina General Chemistry Network: http://genchem.uncc.edu/default.htm; Includes links to professors' websites, chemistry movies, interactive on-line questions, molecular geometries - VSEPR, etc. Created and maintained by Dr. Eugene Wagner.

CFCC Organic Chemistry: http://www.freenet.tlh.fl.us/~pendarr/


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Other Useful Resources

Welcome to the Wired Chemist: http://wulfenite.fandm.edu/wired.html; A collection of images, links, and other resources for chemistry. Sections include: introduction to chemistry, environmental resources, NMR bibliography, the periodic chart, chemistry and mineralogy.molecular paramaters, NMR spectroscopy, molecular images, etc.

General Chemistry Online: http://antoine.fsu.umd.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml; "General Chemistry Online! is an internationally recognized resource for students and teachers of introductory chemistry. Interactive tutorials, quizzes, databases, and tools on the site use CGI and Javascripts written from scratch. Includes CHIME interactive molecular models and searchable databases of glossary terms, frequently asked questions, and Web site reviews." By Professor Fred Senese from Frostburg State University, Maryland.

Martindale's 'The Reference Desk': http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/Ref.html#fast; A comprehensive library of links categorized by subjects including chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics, bioscience and biotechnology, and other non-science areas. Huge.

Consumer Chemicals - 1986 Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute in Chemistry: http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1986/; The experiments and demonstrations included in this collection were developed at the 1986 Woodrow Wilson Chemistry Institute held at Princeton University. The goal was to develop activities that used chemicals from consumer products and inexpensive and/or readily available equipment.

The official U.S. time - clock: http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Pacific/d/-8/java; The official time from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Glossary of Nuclear Science: http://ie.lbl.gov/education/glossary/glossaryf.htm; A glossary of terms in nuclear science. Includes animations of some nuclear decay activities.

The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/index.html; Values of constants, detailed information on SI units, and in-depth theoretical discussion of uncertainty in measurements. From the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary: An online dictionary that allows you to look up definitions initiated by a prompt for the word you are interested in.

The laws list: http://www.alcyone.com/max/physics/laws/index.html; An encyclopedic list of laws. The laws list is a list of various laws, rules, principles, and other related topics in physics and astronomy.

Math Resources for General Chemistry: http://learn.chem.vt.edu/user/long/chemath/chemath.html; This is an extensive site for math resources for use by first year students of General Chemistry. These tutorials include sections on calculator skills and basic math skills, math information resources for stoichiometry, chemical equilibrium, chemical kinteics, solutions, electrochemistry, etc. By Dr. Gary Long of the Department of Chemistry at Virginia Tech.

General Chemistry Online: Glossary: http://antoine.fsu.umd.edu/chem/senese/101/glossary.shtml; A searchable ceneral chemistry glossary from the General Chemistry Online! website (http://antoine.fsu.umd.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml) by Fred Senese, Frostburg State University.

SCIMEDIA: Hypermedia Index: http://www.scimedia.com/chem-ed/scidex.htm; Clickable encyclopedia of chemistry terms and subjects. Science Hypermedia, Inc. is developing educational courseware for general chemistry, analytical chemistry, instrumental analysis, optics, and electronics. This Website is supported by sales of their products, and by advertisers and sponsors.

SCIMEDIA: Encyclopedia of Analytical Instrumentation: http://www.scimedia.com/chem-ed/analytic/ac-meths.htm; A useful resource for looking up information about analytical chemistry and instrumentation topics such as data acquisition and handling, electronics, gravimetric analysis, separations, spectroscopy, imaging techniques, etc.

Chemistry Functions: http://www.stanford.edu/~glassman/chem/index.htm; This is a website that provides a variety of web-based functions to help you solve chemistry problems: Molar Conversions, Unit Conversions, Periodic Table, and Equation Balancer.

IUPAC Nomenclature Home Page: http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iupac/; This is the website of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry providing recommendations on Organic & Biochemical Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc.

Physical Chemistry WWW Links: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/sci/chem/indexw.htm; A site for physical chemistry containing links to databases, academic libraries, online courses, and WWW journals. From Bishop University.

NIST Chemistry WebBook: http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/; A searchable database that provides thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data compiled by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program. Searchable by chemical name or formula.

Chemistry Dictionary (YOGI'S Behemoth): http://EnvironmentalChemistry.com/yogi/chemistry/dictionary/; This dictionary contains definitions for most chemistry, environmental, and other technical terms used on this site as well as many other chemistry and environmental terms.

Martindale's 'The Reference Desk: Calculators On-Line': http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/RefCalculators.html; A comprehensive collection of web-based calculators.

Where to find MSDS on the Internet: http://www.ilpi.com/msds/index.html#General; A list of links on where to find MSDS on the internet. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are designed to provide both workers and emergency personnel with the proper procedures for handling or working with that substance. MSDS will include information such as physical data (melting point, boiling point, flash point etc.), toxicity, health effects, first aid, reactivity, storage,
disposal, protective equipment, and spill/leak procedures. These are of particular use if a spill or other accident occurs.

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Compound Search

ChemFinder.Com Search Form: http://www.chemfinder.com/; Chemfinder is the most comprehensive resource for chemical compound data on the Web at this time. Enter the formula, name, molecular weight, or even a drawn structure fragment of a compound and this database fills in the blanks and returns structural formulas and a few other properties, along with compound-specific MSDS links. The database presently contains over 75000 compounds, although detailed data is available only for a few thousand of the most common compounds. Cambridge provides a free browser plugin that allows you to draw the molecular structure you're searching for in the browser window. If you find yourself using the database regularly, the site will require you to register (registration is free). Searches are (quite reasonably) restricted for bandwidth considerations. A commercial version of the database doesn't have these restrictions.

General Chemistry Online: FAQ: Simple compounds: Where do I find compound properties on the Web?: http://antoine.fsu.umd.edu/chem/senese/101/compounds/faq/properties-from-Web.shtml

NIST Chemistry WebBook: http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/

Laboratory of Drug Discovery Research and Development (LDDRD): http://dtp.nci.nih.gov/docs/branches/lddrd/lddrd_home.html; This catalogue provides structures, sources and other reference information for compounds isolated and characterized by the LDDRD from natural product extracts from the NCI repository. Catalogue sorted by type of biological activity (anti-HIV, antitumor, other, inactive), compound name (alphabetical), compound class (alphabetical), molecular formula, (CNHNON...), by extract source type (plant, marine, microorganism), extract source identity (alphabetical), and by NSC number (numerical order). This database of compounds provides the name, structure, biological activitiy, source, discovery type, and cancer data.

Environment Writer -- Chemical Backgrounders: http://www.nsc.org/ehc/ew/chemical.htm; These backgrounders provide descriptions, chemical properties, health effects, economics, and regulations on various hazardous chemicals. Published by the National Safety Council, a non-profit organization.

Hazardous Chemical Database: http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/erd/; This database allows the user to retrieve information for any of 1991 hazardous chemicals based on a keyword search. Potential keywords include names, formula and registry numbers (CAS, DOT, RTECS and EPA).

AMM.com - Metals Profiles: http://www.amm.com/ref/proflist.HTM; The following metals profiles originally appeared in the 1999 edition of Metal Statistics, The Statistical Guide to North American Metals, published annually by the American Metal Market. Individual profiles now feature links to related commodities summaries, surveys and reviews* from the U.S. Geological Survey's Minerals Information Team.

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Viewing Atoms and Molecules

Physical Chemistry WWW Links: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/sci/chem/indexw.htm; A site for physical chemistry containing links to databases, academic libraries, online courses, and WWW journals. From Bishop University.

Molecular Modeling Slide Show: http://www.molecules.org/Slide_Show/slide_show01.html; Computer molecular modeling slide show: brief history and description of modeling from plastic ball and stick models to hi-tech computer graphics modeling; about 14 slides.

MathMol: http://cwis.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/; MathMol (Mathematics and Molecules) is designed to serve as an introductory starting point for those interested in the field of molecular modeling. New York University.
Molecular Library: http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/library/; Library of 3-D molecular structures from New York University.

Molecular Visualization Tools and Sites: http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/mvts.html

GLOBE Visualization Home Page: http://globe.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/home.cgi

RasMol Home Page: http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/; A website on molecular visualizations from the University of Massachusetts. You can download RasMol from this site. RasMol is a free software for looking at molecular structures.

RasMol: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/5118/rasmol.htm; Provides a useful introductory guide to RasMol with detailed instructions and information and some examples. By Dr. Bob Bruner.

Viewing Molecular Structure - A How-to Guide: http://chemlinks.beloit.edu/MolecularModel/viewingmolecules.html; The Internet now makes it possible for chemists to find and view a wide range of molecular structures. This document presents; procedures for getting molecular structure data and free software to view that data. Step-by-step instructions are given for downloading
and installing two free viewing programs: Rasmol and Chemscape Chime TM. Instructions for downloading data from the Brookhaven
Databank of Protein Structures are also provided. A general discussion of the Internet can be found at An Introduction to Chemistry on
the Internet. A glossary and a list of of other sites dealing with molecular modeling are provided at the end of this tutorial.

General Chemistry Online: Library of common compounds: http://antoine.fsu.umd.edu/chem/senese/101/compounds/library.shtml; Common Compound Library; A searchable database of over 800 common compound names, formulas, structures, and properties.

STM Image Gallery: http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/gallery.html; "At the turn of the twentieth century, atoms were still theoretical entities that had never been observed directly. This gallery of atomic landscapes constructed using a scanning tunneling microscope shows that we can not only see individual atoms now- we can move them from place to place. The gallery includes pictures of the smallest structures ever built..."

Chemist's Art Gallery: http://www.csc.fi/lul/chem/graphics.html; This site contains a library of chemistry animations and visualizations

Chemistry-Based QuickTime Movies, Animations, and Streaming Audio: http://www.shsu.edu/~chm_tgc/sounds/sound.html

WebMolecules - Features: http://www.webmolecules.com/features.shtml; This is a searchable site designed for viewing 3D visualization of molecules. You need to have a Chime or VRML plu-in in your computer. These are both downloadable from the site. This page provides the information you need to use this site.

Molecular Images: http://wulfenite.fandm.edu/Molecularimages/molimageshmpg.html; CHIME images of inorganic and organic compounds.

Atomic Orbitals: http://www.albany.net/~cprimus/orb/index.html

Molecular Modelling: http://www2.gasou.edu/chemdept/general/molecule/; The following pages are designed to help you learn to predict the shapes of molecules and the consequences of those shapes: the melting points, boiling points, densities, and solubilities of compounds. To view and to manipulate some of the images (those with an "MDL" in the bottom right hand corner) presented in this module, it is necessary that you have installed MDL's Chemscape Chime

Digital Instruments: NanoTheater Entrance: http://www.di.com/Theater/Main.html; "Nanoscopic" views of different materials and surfaces using a variety of different nano-imaging techniques. From Digital Instruments.


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Periodic Tables

Chemicool Periodic Table: http://www-tech.mit.edu/Chemicool/; Clickable Periodic Table

X-ray spectra Website: http://ie.lbl.gov/xray/; Allows viewing of the atomic x-ray spectrum of a number of elements

Visual Elements: http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/; A visual interpretation of the elements featuring a slide show of each element with a brief description.

Updating the Periodic Table: http://www.lbl.gov/Education/PeriodicTable/

A Periodic Table of the Elements at Los Alamos National Laboratory: http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/; Clicking on the element will lead to a page of information on the history, uses, sources, properties, etc. of the element.

The Periodic Table Explained: http://genchem.uncc.edu/pictures/GPP.mov; Needs Quicktime plug-in. Multi-media (movie and audio) explanation of the Periodic Table. Hint: Depending on the download speed, the movie will start as the download initiates but might pause as it waits for the rest of the file.

WebElements periodic table of the elements - the periodic table on the World-Wide Web: http://www.webelements.com/; Clicking on the element symbol on the table will give you a long list list of information about the element including a physical description, history, uses, electronic properties, physical properties, nuclear properties, cystallography, and examples of compounds containing that element.

Elemental Data Index: http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/Elements/index.html


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Tables of Data and Conversions

Thermophysical Data and Environments: http://www.tak2000.com/tc/prop-top.htm

NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C, General Tables of Units of Measurement: http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/230/235/appxc/appxc.htm

Hazardous Chemical Database: http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/erd/

Physical Chemistry WWW Links: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/sci/chem/indexw.htm; A site for physical chemistry containing links to databases, academic libraries, online courses, and WWW journals. From Bishop University.

Index of experiments described about Fundamental Constants: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/histindex.html; This is an index of articles from the National Institute of Standards and Technology webpage describing the experiments done to determine the numerical values for some physical constants.

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Textbooks and Complete Tutorials

General Chemistry Online: http://antoine.fsu.umd.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml; General Chemistry Online!, an internationally recognized resource for students and teachers of introductory chemistry. Interactive tutorials, quizzes, databases, and tools on the site use CGI and Javascripts written from scratch. Includes Chime interactive molecular models and searchable databases of glossary terms, frequently asked questions, and Web site reviews.

From Caveman to Chemist: http://cator.hsc.edu/~kmd/caveman/v; From Caveman to Chemist - not much evidence of evolution here you might think! But this website is a course in exploring landmark technologies on the road to a modern industrial civilisation. It begins with the concepts of making fire and stone tools and progresses up through plastics and semiconductors. While this is a 'physical' course requiring attendance at lectures, the online notes, questions and answers, and experimental details can easily be used elsewhere. Almost thirty projects ranging from metathesis to stoichiometry, from potash to electromagnetism. Each section is complete with introduction, information and questions. This would prove to be a superb learning resource for any chemistry class.

Chemical Separations: http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/chemsep/; This area contains copies of the lecture presentations associated with 3150:640 - Chemical Separations. Lecture slides can be viewed by selecting the appropriate chapter. This course stresses theory and application of modern chromatographic methods. This material is copyright (C) 2000 James K. Hardy and The University of Akron. It may not be copied, or otherwise redistributed without permission.

Chemistry Equations, Oxidation States, Balancing Equations: http://www.chemistry.co.nz/chemequa.htm; A text-based tutorial.

Chemical Reaction Stoichiometry: http://www.chemical-stoichiometry.net/tutorial.htm; This is the website devoted to the study of chemical reaction stoichiometry based on the use of matrix reduction method. "As an aid to the efficient learning of stoichiometry, it builds on a student's existing knowledge of basic chemistry material,the representation of chemical species by a molecular formula, and the solution sets of basic linear algebraic equations". The authors presents a tutorial on stoichiometry and the use of the matrix reduction method facilitated by a JAVA pplet program.

Gas Law Tutorial Index: http://chemistry.ohio-state.edu/betha/nealGasLaw/index.html; A text-, audio-, and animation-based tutorial on the gas law consisting of 13 sections. Requires JAVA.

SCIMEDIA: Analytical Chemistry Basics: http://www.scimedia.com/chem-ed/analytic/ac-basic.htm; Text-based. This index provides an introduction to some of the fundamental concepts and methods of analytical chemistry. The topics are arranged in the order in which they are commonly presented in an undergraduate analytical chemistry course. Many of the documents listed here contain links to remedial material and related topics.

Chemistry Learning Center at Virginia Tech: http://learn.chem.vt.edu/; Contains help files (text summaries of key concepts), interactive resources for general chemistry, math resources, etc. Note: automated testing and tutorials are only accessible by students from Virginia Tech University, the sponsor of the website.

Tanner's General Chemistry Site: http://www.tannerm.com/; Mostly text-based tutorials on electrochemistry, atoms and elements, physical chemistry, aqueous solutions, molecules, and matter. Has some viewable atom animations and images.

Foundations to Chemistry: http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/foundation.html; The following teaching material is based on an extract from the book "Chemistry, Matter, And The Universe" by Richard E. Dickerson and Irving Geis. You should use Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer versions 4.0 or above in order to view these web pages. The plug-in Shockwave is required to view the multimedia animations in the web pages. This textbook extract has the following chapters: 1. The view from a distant universe, 4. Electron Sharing and Covalent Bonds, 11. Conservation of Mass, Charge and Energy, 12. Heat, energy and chemical Bonds, 13. How to measue disorder, 15. The rates of chemical reactions, and 17. The drive to make things happen: Chemical and electrical potential.

Atkins and Jones' General Chemistry Website: http://www.whfreeman.com/gchem/content.htm; A compendium of interactive exercises, flashcards, animations and video, quizzes, and website links categorized by chapter.

Chemistry in Context - Student Web Activities: http://mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/cic/textbookstud.mhtml; A set of web-based exercises to accompany the textbook "Chemistry in Context" published by the McGraw Hill Company.

BioEnv Topics: http://www.rpi.edu/dept/chem-eng/Biotech-Environ/alltopic.htm; A comprehensive list of environmental engineering tutorial topics, some with animations.

Virtual chemistry - University of Oxford: http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/; Virtual Chemistry site created and maintained by University of Oxford research students. Includes a collection of virtual experiments (large files, usually), a link to the virtual textbook "Foundations to Chemistry", a "Molecules of the Month" page, and a Chemistry Quicktime TV site. You need either Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer, Apple's QuickTime, MDL's Chemscape Chime, and Macromedia Shockwave for Flash and Director for optimal viewing. You can download these programs and plug-ins from the site.

General Chemistry Virtual Textbook - University of Akron: http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/genchem/; Virtual textbook using slides and animations to illustrate key concepts in general chemistry. This material is copyright (C) 1998 James K. Hardy and Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.

Index of Experiments - Movies and Photographs: http://www.pc.chemie.uni-siegen.de/pci/versuche/english/versuche.html; This page contains a number of experiments that took place in the first semester general chemistry laboratory course at the University of Siegen, Germany. They were photographed and/or filmed to give current students as well as other people interested the possibility to glimpse an introductory chemistry class outside of lecture. In addition, a short description of the theory has been added.

Exploring the Material World: Classroom Teaching Modules: http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/module_index.html; Classroom teaching modules created from scientific data and results from studies by scientists from the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

General Chemistry Web Course Tutorial: http://wine1.sb.fsu.edu/chm1045/chm1045.htm; These pages contain material relating to a first semester undergraduate course in general chemistry. A typical semester course would cover this material with approximately 38 lectures. Professor Michael Blaber, Florida State University.

Mark's Chemistry Tutor: http://members.xoom.com/mmatthews/chemtutor/; A text-based tutorial site for general chemistry.

Chemistry Lecture Demonstrations: http://www.chem.uiuc.edu/demos/index.html; Requires Quicktime. A collection of lecture demonstrations using video and still images. From the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign

Acid and Base pH Tutorial: http://www.science.ubc.ca/~chem/tutorials/pH/launch.html; This site contains notes and self directed exercises designed to help students with the fundamental concepts of acid-base chemistry. The level of instruction is aimed at first year university students with no prior knowledge of acid-base chemistry.

Visualization and Problem Solving for General Chemistry: http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/; Purdue University Site consisting of visualization and problem-solving tutorials on such topics as liquids, VSEPR, solutions, molecular vibrations, coordination compounds, etc. Includes a Tools sections with online help using CHIME, Excel, and Hyperchem.

Topic Oriented Approach Development: http://www.chem.wisc.edu/~newtrad/CurrRef/TOAHome/topics.html; Chemistry taught through real world topics. From the University of Wisconsin.

Batteries: http://www.chem.orst.edu/ch411/scbatt.htm; A text-based tutorial on the chemistry of batteries with links to other basic chemistry topics. From the Oregon State University Department of Chemistry.

Jamaican themes for Lecture Material: http://wwwchem.uwimona.edu.jm:1104/chemlect.html; A Chemistry website created by Professor Robert Lancashire from the University of the West Indies. "The fascination with "Things Jamaican" is worldwide and so included in this site are a selection of chemical themes with a real Jamaican flavour. Take a look at the first interactive GC/Mass Spectra on the internet. There are examples under coffee, pimento and nutmeg.The following pages make use of chemical MIME types such as chemical/x-pdb and chemical/x-jcamp-dx. Other examples can be found in the spectroscopy section. More traditional lecture topics are covered also.

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Web-Based Exercises, Quizzes, Exams, Etc.

JCE Internet: Conceptual Questions and Challenge Problems: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/jcewww/resources/cqandchp/index.html

SCIMEDIA: Equilibrium Practice Problems - TOC: http://www.scimedia.com/chem-ed/courses/equil/toc.htm; Text-based with figures and hyperlinks for term definitions. Includes exercises.

Discover a New Antibiotic: http://www.smcccd.cc.ca.us/smcccd/faculty/case/antibiotics.html#anchor165524; Text-based description of how antibiotics are discovered and tested.

Chemistry in Context - Student Web Activities: A set of web-based exercises to accompany the textbook "Chemistry in Context" published by the McGraw Hill Company.

Chemistry Webercises Directory: http://www.wiley.com/college/webercises/#V. APPLIED CHEMISTRY

The Chemistry of Crime: http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/~chem1a/fall95/lab/crime/crime.html

Micro Chem Quizzes - OSU: http://chemunder.mps.ohio-state.edu/under/microchem/microchem.htm?

Interactive version of 1996 ACS High School Chemistry Scholarship Exam: http://www.chem.iupui.edu/Chem/Events/ACS_Exam/96.ACS.Exam.html

General Chemistry Online: Resources: Exams, tests, and quizzes: http://antoine.fsu.umd.edu/chem/senese/101/exams/resources.shtml

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Internet Search and Ask

Evaluating Web Sites: http://mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/cic/sr/evaluate.htm; Guidelines for evaluating websites from the "Chemistry in Context" text website.

Chemistry on Web - Webring: http://www.chem.uni-potsdam.de/chemring.htm; A network of chemistry sites, with each site containing a link to the next site on the network.

Bob Bruner's Science on the Internet: an introduction: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/5118/netintro.htm

ChemFinder.Com Search Form: http://www.chemfinder.com/

Searching the Web: http://mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/cic/sr/search.htm; Tips and web-search skills brough to you by the McGraw Hill Publishing Company

Ask Jeeves!: http://askjeeves.com/

About.com - The network of sites led by expert guides.: http://www.about.com/


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Other interesting chemistry sites

Corrosionsource.com-Online Materials and Corrosion Information Resource Handbook: http://www.corrosionsource.com/index.htm; Contains a list and descriptions of the different types of materials corrosion as listed by the corrosion industry, from atmospheric to galvanic to microbial corrosion.
Metals Used in Coins and Medals
U.S. EPA Student Center
How Thermometers Work
Edison Project for Communicating Chemistry
Edison Project Multimedia Gallery: A set of moving slides on 5 topics: absorption spectrometery, acids and bases, determination of formula weight, thermodynamics, adn polymers. Two to three hours long each.
Crime Scene Evidence File
Keeping a Balance Clean - Temp: A good site for lab demonstrations - with text and video
About Temperature: Text-based discussion of temperature, with some illustrations.
NWS LOUISVILLE: Basic Weather Discussion: A text-based discussion on surface pressure systems, fronts, jet streams, and precipitation with wonderful pictures and illustrations.
Interactive Atmosphere Model: Shows variation in pressure and temperature as a function of altitude
The Greenhouse Effect - Warm the Earth
Examples of the Uses of Gas Chromatography in Industry and Other Areas: (Text); This text-based link gives a list and descriptions of examples of the uses of gas chromatography in industry, research, forensics, environmental studies, etc.
Using Pseudoscience as an Aid to Teaching General and Analytical Chemistry
DENSITY: PRECISE DIGITAL MEASUREMENT BY METTLER-TOLEDO
Digital Instruments: Application Notes
Making Matter: Common Salt
Making Matter: Zeolite Catalysts and Sieves
History of Chemistry - 1992 Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute in Chemistry: A table of links to pages dedicated to historical figures - categorized by subject matter.
Soaps and Detergents - Chemistry (1): An illustrated introduction to soap chemistry. Two pages of interesting information about how soap is made and how it functions as a "cleaning" agent.
Mass Spectrometry - Novice Explanation
Electrochemistry of transition metal oxides
ACS Education - Green Chemistry
Why Study Oxygen Compatibility ?
Effects of ozone concentration on human blood cells
Buoyancy
Bad Science
GOING TO EXTREMES: Frozen Alive
The Second Law of Thermodynamics: http://www.secondlaw.com/; This site presents an interesting and in-depth discussion of the second law of thermodynamics. Created by Frank Lambert, a professor from Occidental College: "This site shows that some ancient questions about "things going wrong" in our lives have surprisingly simple answers in modern basic chemistry (even things happening to us which cause that painful cry of "Why me?"). Still more important to one's philosophy about life, these chemical ideas can startle us into seeing how fortunate we all are: that things don't go wrong more often!"
Nanotechnology Gallery: http://www.ipt.arc.nasa.gov/gallery.html; Graphics depicting uses of atomic scale machines. From the Integrated Product Team on Devices and Nanotechnology, NASA Ames Research Center.
Making Matter: Index
INHALTSVERZEICHNIS - "The Wonderful World of Atoms and Nuclei": http://www-aix.gsi.de/~demo/wunderland/englisch/Inhalt.html; GSI is a heavy ion research center funded by the Federal Government of Germany and the state of Hesse. The laboratory performs basic and applied research in physics and related natural science disciplines using a heavy ion accelerator facility. This website contains interesting and informative articles on topics such as "How Heavy Can Nuclei Be?", "Exotic Nuclei - The Key to Our Universe", "The Stuff that Nuclei are Made of", "Precise Information from Cold Ions", "Heavy Ions as a Surgical Scalpel", etc.
SUPERCRITICAL FLUID: http://www.kobelco.co.jp/eneka/p14/sfe01.htm; Reactions of plastic waste with supercritical water. From Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Salt Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about sodium chloride
Snow Crystals
A Resource of Glass: http://www.cmog.org/Education/edglass.htm; This site is created by the Corning Museum of Glass Education Deprtment. It contains information resources about the art, history, science, literature, social studies, and technology related to glass.
SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment: http://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/solve/index.html; As recommended in the Reactive Reports web magazine: There are plenty of sites around through which you can find out about damage to the ozone layer but over the coming months the SAGE III site is likely to be one of the most relevant. Here, you will be able to track the data reported by 350 scientists from Europe, the US, Russia and Japan. The teams are measuring ozone levels and changes in the upper Arctic atmosphere as part of the SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment. There is information on the site for the public but more detailed pages for researchers and educators are included too with the usual links to related resources.
Scuba Diving Explained: http://www.mtsinai.org/pulmonary/books/scuba/contents.htm; This site features sections from the book Scuba Diving Explained: Questions and Answers on Physiology and Medical Aspects of Scuba Diving by Lawrence Martin, M.D. It has fairly extensive discussions of the physics and chemistry involved in diving in addition to other information about scuba diving in general. Includes links to other related articles and sites. Lots of scuba stuff for a scuba buff.
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Libraries of Links

Physical Chemistry WWW Links: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/sci/chem/indexw.htm; A site for physical chemistry containing links to databases, academic libraries, online courses, and WWW journals. From Bishop University.
General Chemistry Facts - Net Links from About.com: http://chemistry.about.com/education/chemistry/msub17.htm?rnk=r; Chemistry links categorized by topics - mostly tutorials and course websites. From about.com by Alan Bruzel.
Chemistry Collection of Net Links from About.com: http://chemistry.about.com/education/chemistry/mlibrary.htm; Categorized library of chemistry website links from about.com by Alan Bruzel.
General Chemistry Resources
Chemistry Link Page
Media Resource Service: The Media Resource Service is a program of SigmaXi, The Scientific Research Society. The service putsjournalists in touch with reputable sources of scientific information. Viewers are linked to a juried resource library of links to scientific reference sites through the SciStacks link.; SciStacks is a reference library of links to reliable information on the Web on such subjects as biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, health and medicine, and more.
Recommended Chemistry Sites- ACS ChemCenter
Chemistry - Links for Chemists: This index created by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Liverpool in England now lists over 7500 Chemistry resources on the WWW. The project is currently supported by The Royal Society of Chemistry and Advanced Chemistry Development Inc..
Chemistry Teaching Resources
Chemistry Webercises Directory: Categorized lists of links
International Chemistry & Science Education (World Chemistry)
BioChemNet: General Chemistry
CoVis: Online Resources: GeoScience
Chemistry on Web - Webring: A network of chemistry sites, with each site containing a link to the next site on the network.
JCE Internet Features
PBS TeacherSource - Learn with PBS
Kiwi Web [Chemistry | New Zealand]
Educational resources for teachers, parents, and students
The Gateway to Educational Materials
JCE Internet: WWW Site Review
Educational Sites at Berkeley Lab: List links to educational sites created and brought to you by Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - K-12 and College.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - Home Page: http://www.ed.gov/free/; Internet-based education resources supported by government agencies across the U.S.. Search the resources or see them listed by subject, or for an overview of what's here, visit the site map.
Aero-Space: Aero-Space Resources: A list of links for educational resources, most of which are geared for primary and secondary levels.
GeoScience Online Resources
Weather Online Learning Resources: GeoScience Resources on weather, atmosphere, etc.
Analytical Chemistry with Applications - Suite101.com
University of Liverpool - Links for Chemists: This index now lists over 7350 Chemistry resources on the WWW. The project is currently supported by The Royal Society of Chemistry and Advanced Chemistry Development Inc.
General Chemistry Online: Home: http://antoine.fsu.umd.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml; Includes a searchable, annotated database of over 400 General Chemistry web resources. By Fred Senese, Frostburg State University, Maryland.
WWW.SCIMEDIA.COM - Hypermedia for Science Education.: Contains a collection of on-line education hypermedia mostly on analytical chemistry.
Martindale's: Chemistry
Rolf Claessen's Chemistry Index
Chemistry Web Links
Science on the Web
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Chemistry
MathMol
Yahoo! Science:Chemistry
General Chemistry Resources
Practical Chemistry and Physics: Chemical Engineering

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Interesting sites for other subjects

NEWTON/ANL Ask A Scientist
About Rainbows
Ground Water Primer: U.S. EPA Student Center
National Institute of Standards and Technology Virtual Museum
The Particle Adventure (Particle Physics Site): The Particle Adventure is an award-winning site that introduces the theory of fundamental particles and forces, called the Standard Model. It also explores the experimental evidence and the reasons physicists want to go beyond this theory.
Time Line for Definition of the Meter
Space-age Technology Peeks at American History: Hermetic sealing of the original draft of the U.S. Constitution using humidified helium.
A Walk Through Time: The Evolution of Time Measurement
Interactive Educational (IE) Software for Aeronautics: A list of interactive NASA programs focusing on air flow, speed, effects of altitude, etc. Each application employs classical, one-dimensional inviscid analysis techniques to model a specific flow problem.
U.C. Berkeley Physics Lecture Demonstrations
7(a) Atmospheric Composition
Starting point for food structure studies: Color Matters - Vision - Color & Vision Matters
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