Useful & Cool Periodic Tables
- ChemiCool Periodic tableEasy to use interactive periodic table including interesting related facts & information
- Wonderful life with the elements : the periodic table personifiedBook catalog record for a fun & engaging description of elements and the periodic table.
- American Elements Periodic TableQuick & easy-to-use data/properties lookup for elements and related products.
- Elements Database & Periodic TableInteractive Periodic Table (includes 'Chemical Hangman' molecule name game
- CRC Press Interactive Periodic TableFree online interactive Periodic Table of the elements, providing basic physical data, written description of discovery, occurrence, uses and applications. Site also provides free access to a detailed version of the Periodical Table in pdf format.
Popular, Fascinating & Award-Winning Chemistry & Chemists
Interesting, Alternative & Unusual
The Disappearing Spoon: Author Guy Raz provides a history of the great scientists and their discoveries in the context of war, literature and society (click here for an author interview & news coverage)
Insect Hydrocarbons: Authors Gary J. Blomquist & Anne-Geneviève Bagnères review the biology, biochemistry and chemical ecology of insect cuticular hydrocarbons (Cambridge University Press, 2010)
Chemical Synthesis of Hormones, Pheromones and Other Bioregulators, by Kenji Mori (John Wiley & Sons, 2010).
Molecules of Murder: Criminal Molecules and Classic Cases, by John Emsley (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2008)
Insect biotechnology: Edited by Andreas Vilcinskas (Springer, 2011)
Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry, by Elizabeth Grossman (Shearwater Books, 2009)
- What Causes the Smell of New & Old Books?Find out what chemicals give new and hold books their smell (from the "Compound Interest" website)
Ig Nobel Awards & Improbable Research
- Ig Nobel Awards & Improbable ResearchCheck out the latest awards to those whose curiosity led to a good measure of laughter, in addition to the satisfaction of discovery and learning!
Molecule of the Week (American Chemical Society)
Click HERE to see the American Chemical Society's latest "Molecule of the Week" (try to figure out what it is!)
What does that chemical look like?
- ChemSpider - Quick SearchSearch for a chemical of interest, and click on visualization options (needs Java to run).
Try out a few 'common' chemicals - what about caffeine, estrogren, vitamin D (Cholecalciferol)?
On This Day in Chemistry
- On This Day in ChemistryCollection of interesting chemistry-related landmarks and breakthroughs in history. Created & maintained by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The Elements Song
Tom Lehrer's humorous song "The Elements," recorded in 1959, and modelled on the Major-General's song from Gilbert & Sullivan's 'Pirates of Penzance.'