Virtual ChemLab for General Chemistry v.2.0

Virtual ChemLab: General Chemistry Laboratories is a collection of realistic simulations of several general chemistry experiments. In these laboratories, students are put into a virtual environment where they are free to make the choices and decisions that they would confront in an actual instructional laboratory setting and, in turn, experience the resulting consequences. It can be used to replace or supplement a wet lab, for pre-laboratory or post-laboratory activities, or for classroom demonstration and assignments. The general features of the inorganic simulation include 26 cations that can be added to test tubes in any combination, 11 reagents that can be added to the test tubes in any sequence and any number of times, and necessary laboratory manipulations. This results in excess of 10 16 possible outcomes. The simulation uses over 2,500 actual pictures to show the results of reactions and over 220 videos to show the different flame tests. The purpose of the quantum laboratory is to allow students to explore and better understand the foundational experiments that led to the development of quantum mechanics. A partial list of some of the experiments that can be performed in this laboratory includes Thompson's measurement of the charge to mass ratio of the electron, Rutherford's backscattering experiment, Planck's blackbody radiation, Millikan's oil drop experiment, the photoelectric effect, emission spectra of gases, two slit diffraction, plus many others.Matthew C. Asplund is the author of 'Virtual ChemLab for General Chemistry v.2.0', published 2003 under ISBN 9780131010741 and ISBN 0131010743.