Chemistry on the Web

Periodic Tables

WebElements   PTable   Periodic Table of Videos

Tom Lehrer sings the periodic table

General Chemistry

Richard Feynman reflects on jiggly atoms and many other curious phenomena

General Chemistry Simulations A number of interactive simulations for Chem 1A and Chem 1B

Standing waves in 1, 2 and 3 dimensions A close analogy for understanding the how wave nature of the electron relates to the shapes of the atomic orbitals

Energy Diagrams A helpful tutorial for Chem 1B

Gases and Weird Fluids

Visual model of gases See qualitative relationships between the properties of a gas

Sulfur hexafluoride gas is much denser than air.

Images of supercritical carbon dioxide >73 atm, 31 °C

Videos describing superfluid helium II <2.2 Kelvin

Biochemistry

Metabolic pathways Overviews of the biochemistry of living things by Donald Nicholson

Animated ATP synthase A visualization of one of my favorite proteins

Protein synthesis by the Ribosome an interpretation produced at Stanford in the 1970s

Organic Chemistry

Thin Layer Chromatography a nice demonstration

Water

Hydrogen bonding in microgravity (1) A sphere of water the size of your head (2) Symphony of spheres (3) Rotating spheres with bubbles

Water density calculator Calculates precise density of water at different temperatures

DHMO: a dangerous chemical? Decide for yourself!