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
- Follow precautions for coherent light source
- Avoid eye contact with coherent light source
Class: Physical Chemistry, Simulation, Atomic and Molecular Structures, Macromolecules and Solid State Chemistry
Division: General, Inorganic Chemistry, Material Science, Physical Structure
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