CHAPTER 1

Basic Concepts

Matter
- Classification of Matter- FlowChart for Classification of Matter (Gwen Sibert, Roanoke Valley Govenor's School).
- The World of Materials- Metals, ceramics, semiconductors, polymers
Chemical Symbols
- The Elements - Song by Tom Lehrer (need RealAudio plugin). [Cannot be accessed after 7/1/97 without password.]
Periodic Table
- Chemicool Periodic Table -Nice colored periodic table from MIT (key for families, states, synthetic), click on element or use search function; ample data.
- A Periodic Table of Elements at Los Alamos National Laboratories -Nice colored periodic table with chart of general information (atomic number, symbol, atomic weight, electron configuration) plus paragraphs of information relating to history, sources, properties, uses, costs.
- Los Alamos National Labs - Color periodic table image; contains more historical information than many of the other tables.
- Periodic Table of the Elements - Sheffield's WebElements version 2 (beta); contains more data and graphics.
- Periodic Table of the Elements - Berkeley's WebElements periodic table (HTML tables used - your browser may not support these.)
- PM Periodic Table v0.3 -Free periodic table program for the Mac; registerware.
- Illinois State Geological Survey Periodic Table -General chemical data with emphasis on geochemical and environmental information.
- Gavin Crook's Periodic Table III - need Netscape 1.1or better to view (HTML 3.0)
- Karim Kahn's Periodic Table -Nice graphic for periodic table; only basic information.
- University of British Columbia - ASCII (standard text) table with minimal information.
- University of British Columbia - Table-based version with minimal information
- NMR Periodic Table by Texas A & M
- Table of Electron Binding Energies for the Elements
- Periodic Table of X-ray Properties -Click on element to view its x-ray properties; type in energy in keV to get x-ray cross-sections at that energy
Laws, Hypotheses & Theories
- Lecture notes scientific method, matter, measurement