Feb 8, 2008

Chemistry Dictionary

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Earlier this year organic chemist Adam Azman contacted me to ask if there is a free or open source chemistry dictionary available for word processors. Well, a quick search revealed only paid-for dictionaries so he set about creating his own from scratch.

“It took me the better part of a month,” Azman told Chemspy, “but I’ve made my own and I want
it to be as open-source as possible. Chemspy Sciencebase is …

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Jan 21, 2008

18 Handpicked Online Periodic Tables

Posted in Chemistry at 1:00 pm by David Bradley -- 8 Comments; add yours

Where online do you turn, when you are looking for a periodic table?

The domain name PeriodicTable.com - reveals a superb online periodic table with an obvious website name and the option to buy a poster printout.

For more on what Periodic Tables mean and their underlying formulations check out Periodic Table Formulations by Mark Leach

Berkeley nuclear chemist Mitch Garcia who runs ChemicalForums.com, would, as would …

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Jan 16, 2008

Nature’s Missing Crystal - Found It!

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Diamond is not unique! Nature’s missing crystal discovered! A crystal as beautiful as diamond! Those were the themes running through dozens of articles in the media about a discovery made by Japanese mathematician Toshi Sunada of Meiji University. The original press release proclaimed that he had discovered a theoretical crystal structure with the same symmetry properties as diamond but with handedness, or chirality, and that this knocked the …

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