Balloon Full of Carbon Dioxide
Effect of Pressure on Melting Point of Ice
The Liquid Phase of Carbon Dioxide
Vapor Pressure of Pure Liquids
Boiling Acetone at Reduced Pressure
Magic Sand Models the Hydrophobic Effect
Surface Tension: Floating Duck
Surface Tension of Water: The Floating Paper Clip
Will Tissue Hold Water? Interfacial Tension
Computer NaCl Crystal Cleavage
Variation of Volume of Water With Temperature
Surface Spreading and Surface Tension
Gel Formation with Sodium Alginate and Calcium Chloride
Boiling Acetone or Water at Room Temperature
Density of Sulfur Hexafluoride and Sublimation of Certain Gases
Optical Transformation Kit
Description: This kit illustrates how diffraction patterns depend on the lattice arrangement. The kit includes four slides — unit cell, discovery, VSEPR, and plane groups, each with a different lattice arrangement. We also have enough unit cell and discovery slides to pass out to students.
Source: Institute of Chemical Education
Year: 1991, 1994 Vol: ICE Publication 94-002R Page: N/A
Keywords: Optical kit, Unit cell, Discovery, VSEPR, Plane groups
Rating: 
Hazard: Some
- Coherent light hazard
Effectiveness: Good
- Results are observable with guidance
- High reliability
- Time to results is low
Difficulty: Some
- Simple procedures
- Simple manipulations
- Coherent light in use
- Demos in which samples are passed out
Safety Precautions:
- Eye protection is required
- Do not expose eyes to coherent light source
Class: Simulation, Atomic and Molecular Structures, Macromolecules and Solid State Chemistry
Division: General, Inorganic Chemistry, Material Science/ Solid State Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
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