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Softpedia Editor's Review for Virtual Chemistry Lab
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You can perform virtual chemical reactions and see what the results would be
Written by Bogdan Popa on February 11th, 2012
Virtual Chemistry Lab is an advanced software solution designed to simulate chemical reactions with the help of multiple well-developed utilities.
While the interface is clearly not the best we've seen so far in this particular software category, Virtual Chemistry Lab is pretty easy to use and a help manual and tips are always there to answer any question.
Virtual Chemistry Lab boasts a so-called virtual worktable that allows you to add containers and two or more substances to simulate the chemical reactions. Additionally, you can use burners and a few other tools to perform the best reactions.
The application comes with all the utilities you need, including detailed information on every single element, a glossary, a unit converter and a calculator, an equation editor, as well as a lab log to keep track of your chemical reactions.
Plus, it comes with an advanced periodic table of elements with valuable info on every single element, such as physical attributes, history, facts, photos and many other details.
Last but not least, the program features with a solubility table, but also dedicated tools to see oxidizer and relative activity, perform tests, equations and lab exercises.
Although it offers so many great tools, Virtual Chemistry Lab remains pretty friendly with computer resources all the time, working very smooth on all Windows versions currently on the market.
Overall, Virtual Chemistry Lab is indeed a helpful tool for both students and teachers and sports one of the most impressive feature lists in this software segment, while relying on a very intuitive and straightforward interface.
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Virtual Chemistry Lab description
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Here are some key features of "Virtual Chemistry Lab":
Functionality:
· Virtual Laboratory of Chemistry has: a way to visually conduct experiments with different substances, a model- and analysis-oriented view of the current reaction; an “assistant” to simplify the work with the program, valuable encyclopedic information regarding the elements; a glossary; self-test facilities; interactive lab exercises; a sophisticated unit converter; a lab log; a built-in calculator; an equation editor; a help file; an attractive interface and many other features. The program can also be updated over the Internet, which helps to constantly keep its database up-to-date. What’s more, teachers can manually add more substances and reactions and thus enrich the students’ experience.
Reactions:
· Reactions are performed in several easy steps: the user picks a container and puts it on the virtual worktable and then adds two substances into the container. The assistant will announce the result – whether the reaction went normally or there was some kind of a problem. A problem can often arise, for example, if both substances are metals or a burner is required for the reaction and none has been put on the worktable or there is no information about the reaction in the database. If there are no problems, the user can see the change and the result of the reaction in the container. The field under the assistant shows an equation of the reaction and sometimes a small animation showing how the atoms are grouped together. There is no limit to the number of containers that can be put on the worktable or the reactions to be performed. When the user has finished with the lab experiments, he can clean the worktable and start anew.
Information:
· The program has a way to modify the information about elements and reactions and so enrich the database. The login in the administrative panel requires an example password to protect students from accidentally deleting parts of the database in schools. On the first run of the program, a teacher can change the example password as it is initially recorded in the help file.
Tools & Applications:
· A chemistry project without the periodic table of elements is nothing. That is why we have one here. There are two variants of the table – normal and unfolded. They differ in nothing except the location of the elements. To satisfy the students’ curiosity, I’ve included information about every element – physical attributes, history, interesting facts, a photo of the element and others.
· Apart from the periodic table of the elements, there are also several other reference tools included – the solubility table, Oxidizing and Relative activity of some of the substances.
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