General Chemistry

General Chemistry

Acid/Base, pH, Tutorial on

This site provided by the Univeristy of British Columbia.

An excellent tutorial, with extensive discussion on the nature of acids and bases.

Atoms (I)

This site provided by Jefferson Lab Science Education, 12000 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA, 23606. Includes information on:

protons,

neutrons

electrons

quarks

Atoms (II)

This site provided by Chem4Kids.

Includes:

Atomic ions

Chemistry, Careers in (I)

This site provided by The Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Answers questions like:

What is the nature of a job in chemistry?

What does a chemist earn?

What is the job outlook?

What are some related occupations?

Chemistry, Careers in (I)

Where do chemists work? This webpage is provided by The Chemistry Department at the University of British Columbia in Canada, and includes information about the various places where chemists work (including industry, government and universities)

Chemistry, Careers in (II)

Where do chemists work? This webpage is provided by The Chemistry Department at the University of North Carolina, and includes information about the the type of work involved in chemisry.

Chemistry, Experiments in (I)

Creating a battery from common foodstuffs, sufficient to light a small lightbulb or LED display (for grades 7 to 9).

Creating polymers and using them as thickening agents (for grades K to 3).

Testing the soluble nature of oil in fat (for grades K to 3).

Making soap from lard (for grades 10 to 12)

Exploring the volatility of acid/base reactions (for grades 4 to 6)(the old "Baking Powder Volcano" experiment)

Investigating nonflammable gases (and how fire extinguishers work) (for grades 7 to 9).

Making an acid/base (pH) indicator (from cabbage juice) (for grades 4 to 6)

Exploring the mechanical generation of light (triboluminescence) by chewing on a wintergreen lifesaver! (for grades K to 3)

Investigating Ooblech/Non-Newtonian fluids (for grades K to 3).

Exploring the behavior of hydrophilic and hydrophobic compounds by drawing different color inks through blotting paper (for grades K to 3)

NOTE: ADULT SUPERVISION IS SUGGESTED FOR MANY OF THESE EXPERIMENTS.
This site is billed as the "24-hour exploding laboratory," and originates from Washington University Medical School in St. Louis

Chemistry, Experiments in (II)

Floatation and Buoyancy

Build a hovercraft

How capillary action makes water go up

An air pressure demonstration

Chemical Reactions: Making steel wool generate heat

Light refraction

Light spectrum

Gravity

Inertia/Momentum

and MANY MORE!!

This site provided by Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab.

Chemistry, Glossary (I) of

This site created by Fred Senese, Department of Chemistry Frostburg State University. (Contact: senese@antoine.frostburg.edu)

This is an absolutely fantastic glossary of chemistry terms which can be searched either alphabetically or by topic.

Chemistry, Lab Equipment for

This site provides descriptions of many of the procedures and pieces of equipment used in a Chemistry Lab. The descriptions contained here originated from the University of Wisconsin. Copyright of the material is maintained by JCE Software.

Note: This material cannot be duplicated, mirrored or reproduced without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

Chemistry, Nobel Prizes (1901-present) in

This site provided by Dr. Burkharde Kirste, from The Institute of Organic Chemistry, Berlin, Germany.

Tells who won each prize, and what it was won for.

Chemistry, Study Cards (I) High School)

This site provided by Paul Groves, a chemistry teacher at South Pasadena High School, South Pasadena,CA.

Study cards contain information on Stoichiometry, The Periodic Table, Electronic Structure, Chemical Bonding, Chemical Reactions, The Gas Laws, Matter, Atomic Structure and MUCH MORE!

Note: These study cards are stored as adobe acrobat files. Therefore, you will need the Adobe Acrobat software to view them.

Chemistry, Tutorial I (High School)

This site provided by ChemTeam. Includes tutorials on:

The Metric System

Significant Figures and Scientific Notation

Moles, Molecular Weight & Molar Mass

Atomic Structure

Chemistry Nomenclature

bonding

acid/base information

and much more!!

*** See our correspondence with ChemTeam , and learn more about the history of this site ***

Chemistry, Tutorial II (High School)

This is another excellent chemistry site (called "ChemTutor") that provides helpful information on "units and measures," "atomic structure," "reactions," "stoichiometry" and much more!

The amount of information found here is MASSIVE!

Chemistry, Tutorial III (High School)

This site provided by New York State High School Regents Exam Prep Center.

Developed by a team of teachers in Oswego County, New York, for the purporse of helping high school students meet the New York State State Regents requirements in Chemistry.

Chemistry, Tutorial IV

This site created by Fred Senese, Department of Chemistry Frostburg State University. (Contact: senese@antoine.frostburg.edu)

Includes the following tutorials:

Measurements

Arithmetic with units,

Introduction to units Conversion and

Uncertainty of Measurement

Atoms, Ions and Introduction to Atomic Theory

Matter (properties, states and classification)

Molecules and Compounds

Chemical Change

The Mole Concept

Gases (including Boyle's Law, Charles' Law, and Amonton's Law and Avogadro's Law)

Chemistry, Tutorial V

This site provided by Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, TN.

A terrific tutorial covering many topics. Including:

Atoms and Elements

Chemistry WebBook (Introduction)

This site is operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This introduction tells you how to use the WebBook to access chemical and physical property data for chemical species. Various search routines are available, including:

Formula Search

Chemical Name Search

Molecular Weight Search

Vibrational Energy Search

Additional information can be obtained from the Chemistry WebBook Homepage.

Compounds, Chemical

This site created by Fred Senese, Department of Chemistry at Frostburg State University. (Contact: senese@antoine.frostburg.edu)

This is a searchable library that allows you to enter the name or formula for a compound and retrieve various data on its physical and chemical properties.

Compounds, An Introduction to

This site provided by Chem4Kids

Compounds, Naming of

This site provided by Chem4Kids

Ions, Oxidation states of common polyatomic

This information provided by MiraCosta College in Oceanside, California.

Mathematical Notation

This information provided by the Chemistry Department at The University of California, Berkeley.

Metric Prefixes

This information provided by the Chemistry Department at The University of California, Berkeley.

Molecular Weight, Calculating

This site provided by the Institut fur Chemie at Freie Universitat in Berlin, Germany.

Just type in the chemical molecular formula, and get the molecular weight calculated for you!

Periodic Table of the Elements (I),

An excellent resource for elementary, middle school and high school students. A typical graphic representation of the periodic table is provided, as well as information concerning the discovery of each element and current uses. Also, included is:

an explanation of the periodic table,

instructions on how to use the periodic table,

a brief glossary of terms

an explanation of how new elements are named

This table originated from Los Alamos National Laboratory. However, it was corrected in many places and redone in 1999 by Neal Martin, an undergraduate Physics student attending Carnegie-Mellon University.

Periodic Table of the Elements (II)

Provided by the Nuclear Science Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and their Isotopes Project.

Provides a periodic table, along with the various isotopes of each.

Significant Figures and Measurements

This webpage provided through a Chemistry website originating from Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, TN.

Solubility and Solutions

This webpage provided through a Chemistry website originating from Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, TN.

Solvents, Data on various

This site provided by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences.

An easy-to-use interactive database that allows you to find various physical data for many solvents. Pick a solvent, using the "Lookup Page", and find out such information as:

Your chosen solvent's,

chemical structure

CAS number

formula

heat capacity

boiling point

freezing point

: Temperature Scales

This site provided by The National Center for Atmospheric Research, as part of their "Windows to the Universe" project and originating from their extensive information database on planet Earth.

Includes a discussion about the celcius, fahrenheit and kelvin temperature scales and the formulae used to convert between the two.

Weights and Measures, Common Equivalent

This information provided by the Chemistry Department at The University of California, Berkeley.

Resources (Journals, books, etc) Chemistry

Here are some "Annual Reviews" pertinent to the field of Chemistry. Annual Reviews is a nonprofit, independent organization dedicated to helping scientists cope with the ever-increasing volume of scientific research and data in a growing number of disciplines.

Includes authoritative reviews, summarizing topics and rooting out errors of fact or concept which, in turn, provokes new research activity.