Elemental

This is for the alchemical apprentices of the House of the Wyvern. Herein may be found accounts and recipes of the molecular arts.


Sunday, April 16, 2006

Molecular List

This is for any students of chemistry who are hungrily searching for online molecular models. Flick's list contains many common molecules, ions, and fragments - and some rare ones as well.


[5.01/5.09] Rethinking Hybridization

Rethinking Hybridization is an interesting article. Warning: only for advanced students who have some idea about what symmetry (and group theory) are about. Essentially, the article argues that hybridization isn't always the best description of how bonds are formed. If you can understand this article, you're probably at Year II university level.


Monday, April 10, 2006

[5.01/5.09] Hybrid Orbitals

Hybridization, for the visually challenged. Link provided by the industrious BC. I'm sure there are more beautiful ones, and I shall post them if anyone finds them.