jek5036@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (KING, JE) (12/16/90)
I have written a program released on the internet a while ago called 'chemtab' which is a periodic table database. I am currently a student at Rochester Institute of Technology, and I need some input for research I am doing which could help everyone. This post is directed mainly to teachers, and/or professors of High School Chemistry / College level Chem. I need feedback from a substantial amount of people about the following: If your school uses Macintosh computers, and you have an introductory chemistry course, would you consider purchasing a program to run on the Macintosh which does the following: 1) Show information on a particular element 2) Select three ranges of characteristics of elements to choose from (example: Atomic Number > 50; Electronegativity > 1.1; Melting Point < 3500 Celcius) and have the computer sift these out 3) Display in a list form these elements from above 4) Show the elements on the periodic table, highlighted in some way as compared to the rest of the elements that did not match 5) Graph elemental characteristics on the x-y axis, for example, Atomic number vs. Atomic Mass (virtually linear graph) or Atomic number Vs. Atomic Radius (angstroms) shows a pattern to the student 6) Any graph or list or chart can be printed out. 7) (possibly) a pseudo 3-D representation of the element in question 8) (possibly) a teacher-editable lesson section I would appreciate it if people were to reply to that question, for I need input from professors and/or teachers of chemistry as to whether something of this nature would help, and if a product such as this is marketable. If you do reply, and you say you are interested, I will save your name and address on the internet so I can contact you if I do convince RIT to help me with this project. Thank you for your time, - Jim King, 1st year Comp/Sci student at RIT (jek5036@ritvax.isc.rit.edu) or (jek5036@ultb.isc.rit.edu)