Virtual Chemistry Lab

[johnny12g]

G'day everyone,

I was up surfing the net a few nights ago and found a site that I thought somewhat interesting.

The site has a download of a virtual Chem lab that I thought you guys may be interested in.

This is what they have to say about the program.

A virtual chemistry laboratory, which has a lot of extra features. The program has a myriad of functions and is indeed a useful tool for teachers as well as for students and for those who are interested in Chemistry. The program is very intuitive – there is a virtual worktable and two panels - for lab instruments and for substances respectively. To perform a reaction the user just has to put the necessary containers on the worktable and put the needed substances in them. The program has a database of reactions and it can visualize those, which are studied in the seventh grade. For example, if you fill a lab glass with water and put sodium in it, you will see an animation not only of how the reaction goes but how the molecules of the two substances interact to produce the final result of the chemical reaction. In general, the way experiments are conducted is very simple and reminds of actual lab work. The program also includes an assistant which notifies of all the changes within the program. The program offers plenty of tools including the periodic table, the solubility table, the oxidizing and relative activity table and even a glossary. Should those not suffice, there is an additional number of tools – an equation editor and a unit converter. There is also a self-test, a scientific calculator, lab exercises/tasks and a lab log (in order to prepare reports of the experiments).

The link http://chemistry.dortikum.net/en/

I hope some one here can make use of this program.

Cheers

Johnny12g

Here is a screen shot of it running.

Edited May 11, 2009 by johnny12g

[Chiral]

Hey that's pretty wicked actually...could be a great little learning tool.

H.