Solid State Structures
Ludwig A. Mayer San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192
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Solid State Structures is a collection of image files that allows the user to display, rotate, and examine individually a large collection of 3-D structure models. Previously published as Solid State Structures for MacMolecule (1), the collection is now available for Windows users with PCMolecule2 or PCMolecule2 Lite (2). Created specifically to simulate and complement models constructed using the ICE Solid State Model Kit (3), the structures provide an effective visualization. The collection is divided into three parts: Illustrated Guide Structures, Coordination Geometries, and Complementary Structures. The Illustrated Guide Structures simulate structures presented from each page of the Instruction Manual to Accompany the Solid-State Model Kit and the Illustrated Guide to Accompany the Solid-State Model Kit. The images in the Coordination Geometries correspond to those in the Instruction Manual to Accompany the Solid-State Model Kit, enhancing them by using techniques that are not possible with the model kit alone. The Complementary Structures emphasize features of selected structures from the Illustrated Guide Structures, again using techniques not possible with the physical structure models. A tetrahedral hole as displayed in Solid State Structures. Hardware and Software Requirements   Computer  CPU RAM Drives Graphics Free Disk Space System Software Other   Solid State Structures Windows compatible  80386 or higher with math coprocessor 8 MB  Hard disk, 3.5-in. high-density floppy drive 640 x480, 256 colors 2 MB  Windows 3.11 with Win32s or Windows 95  PCMolecule2 or PCMolecule2 Lite   A Window on the Solid State Windows compatible  80386 or higher or Pentium 8 MB  Hard disk, 3.5-in. high-density floppy drive 640 x480, 256 colors  14 MB  Windows 3.1x or Windows 95 --  Literature Cited Mayer, L. A. Solid State Structures for MacMolecule; J. Chem. Educ. Software 1994, 6C, No. 1. Myers, E.; Blanco, C.; Hallick, R. B.; Jahnke, J. MacMolecule v 1.7; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, PCMolecule2; Molecular Ventures, Inc. 3661 N. Campbell Ave. #604, Tucson, AZ 85719. Mayer, L.; Lisensky, G. C.; Solid State Model Kit, Institute for Chemical Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.

First Published: September 1997

Citation: Mayer, L. A. Solid State Structures J. Chem. Educ. Software 5D2

Keywords: Lecture Aid; Computer Room; General; General; Inorganic; Solid state; Structural chemistry

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