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Title: Chemicool Periodic Table
Author: David Hsu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Course: Chemistry
Abstract/Summary: David Hsu has compiled a bevy of information in this Web-based periodic table. While most of this information is available on any printed periodic table, there is also data that is not. Common reactions and common forms in which a particular element is found are examples of this additional data.

The data presented on the Chemicool Periodic Table is colorful and accessible. The home page opens quickly and presents the viewer with a color-coded periodic table. Either using the search feature or clicking directly on an element brings you to a page with a variety of data.

While each element's data is presented in an easy-to-read format, most of this information is available on any comprehensive periodic chart. That said, there also exists data -- such as multiple ionization energies, electron affinity, appearances and characteristics, and reactions -- that are not commonly included on periodic charts.

While I did not view data concerning each and every element, the samples that I did look at were current, and the data was correctly reported. The home page also provides links to other chemistry sites, chemistry calculators, and property graphs.

The three property graphs, which can be found in any AP textbook, are atomic weight, atomic radius, and first ionization energy versus atomic number. Clicking on Other Sites: Periodic Tables presents a multitude of links. There are two chemistry calculators -- one did not open on my iMac, and the other is an ideal gas law conversion calculator.

While the Web site is easy to navigate, and the information is current and well presented, there isn't much here that the typical AP student or teacher couldn't find on a comprehensive periodic chart. I would use this site as a way of showing the periodic table when first introducing the topic to a class. Chemicool is a nice, glitzy, electronic periodic table. If you would prefer to obtain your data from a periodic table electronically, then bookmark this site.
Publication Data: David D. Hsu, 1997
Type: Web Site
Cost: Free
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AP Specific: No
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Link to Resource: http://www-tech.mit.edu/Chemicool/
Resource Includes: Reference Material
Reviewer Name: Janet Chandler       Reviewers
Review Last Modified: 08/06/2003


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