Useful Resources

View the periodic table that appears inside the front cover of the book

Good webpages for chemistry students

American Chemical Society (ACS) Education

Highlights include:

• A list of landmarks in chemistry, from the discovery of penicillin to the development of baking powder:
• ChemMatters Online, a selection of interesting clips

Royal Society of Chemistry

Highlights include:

• An excellent interactive periodic table of the elements.

Just click on an element and more information pops up. If you dig down, you will find the history and uses of the element, its oxidation states and even some photographs and videos of the elements and their reactions. This is available as a free app for mobile phones: a must for every chemistry student!

• LearnChemistry, with experiments and a section on spectroscopy (‘Spectraschool’)
• Chemspider, a database of 50 million structures

Type in the name of a compound (e.g. aspirin) and up comes its formula, molecular mass, uses and a host of other useful information including 3-D space filling structures (but be patient as this can be slow loading) and IR, NMR and Mass spectra. Another comprehensive database for organic compounds is to be found at: http://sdbs.db.aist.go.jp/sdbs/cgi-bin/direct_frame_top.cgi

• Education in chemistry. Interesting, contemporary topics in chemistry.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

• NIST Chemistry WebBook

First port of call for data on elements and compounds. Provides spectroscopic and thermodynamic data, including standard enthalpies of formation and standard entropy.

Brian Haran/University of Manchester videos

• An entertaining and informative series of demonstrations, featuring the irrepressible Sir Martyn Poliakoff.

National Science Foundation

• Chemistry Now, a collection of short video clips which includes the discovery of the adhesive used in post-it notes, why ammonia is a good cleaning agent and the chemistry of smell.

Argonne laboratory

• An interesting website with clips on a wide range of scientific topics, including batteries, green energy and nuclear energy. Also with links to ‘Ask a scientist programmes’ in several countries.

Nobel prize winners in Chemistry

• https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/

Special Database for Organic Compounds

• A very comprehensive spectral database

Selected Videos