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JCE Software is pleased to announce updated versions of Chemistry Comes Alive! Volumes 1 and 2. Now using state-of-the-art compression these new editions yield higher quality video with smaller file sizes and data rates better suited for WWW delivery. Video for Chemistry Comes Alive! Volume 3, Periodic Table Live! 2nd edition, ChemPages Laboratory, and Multimedia General Chemistry Problems use this new format.
Chemistry Comes Alive! is a series of CD-ROMs for Macintosh and Windows computers. Chemistry truly does come to life through this collection of pictures, animations, and movies depicting chemical reactions. In Chemistry Comes Alive!, the emphasis is on the chemistry. Reactions are shown close up. Only where scale is important can more than the demonstrator's hands be seen. All movies in Chemistry Comes Alive! include a voice-over narration and the sound of a reaction is included when it is important. Reactions or demonstrations in Chemistry Comes Alive! illustrate an important aspect of chemistry, involve substances or equipment that are not available in many schools, or are hazardous or cause problems of disposal or cleanup. All are certain to stimulate studentsŐ curiosity and help them learn.
The Chemistry Comes Alive! collection includes the images previously published in Periodic Table Videodisc, (1) ChemDemos Videodisc (2), ChemDemos II (3), and Titration Techniques Videodisc (4) as well as new video, graphics, and animations. The collection is divided into several CD volumes on related topics as recommended by a group of chemistry educators. Each volume contains many reactions and demonstrations grouped into a few broad categories, called Chapters. Chapters in each CD are shown in Table 2. Specific items are listed in Table 3.
Table 2. Chemistry Comes Alive! Chapters
| Volume 1 |
Volume 2 |
Volume 3 |
Combination Reactions
Decomposition Reactions
Double Exchange Reactions
Electrical Properties of Matter
Gases
Single Exchange Reactions
Stoichiometry |
Bonding
Electronic Structure/Periodic Table
Solids/Liquids
Solutions |
Electrochemistry
Enthlapy and Thermodynamics
Oxidationp;Reduction |
Table 3. Chemistry Comes Alive! Topics
| Volume 1 |
Acid-Base Titrations and Animation
Ammonium Dichromate Volcano
Atmospheric pressure
Burning of Sulfur to produce Sulfur
Dioxide
Effusion of Gases
Electrical Conductivity
Electrochemical Series-Metal Trees
Electrolysis of Aqueous Solutions
Electrolysis of Water
Electrostatic Attraction |
Exploding Soap Bubbles: Hydrogen +
Oxygen
Fluidity of Gases
Gas Density: Light and Heavy Balloons
Gas Volume
Loss of mass of Marble due to reaction
with Nitric Acid
Nitrogen Triiodide Detonation
Oxidation and Reduction of Copper
Precipitation Reactions
Reaction of Magnesium with Carbon
Dioxide |
Reaction of Potassium and Bromine
Reaction of Sodium and Chlorine
Reactions of Metals + Iodine
Hydrogen + Chlorine Cannon
Redox Titration and Animation
Thermite Reaction
Thermodynamic vs Kinetic Control Forming Mercury(II) Iodide
Water Gas Reaction |
| Volume 2 |
Ammonia Fountain
Boiling by Cooling
Boyle's Law: J-Tube
Canned Heat
Colors of Elements in a Flame
Conductimetric Titration
Critical Point of Benzene
Crystallization of Supersaturated Sodium
Acetate
Extraction of Acid with Base
Ferrimagnetism
Ferromagnetic Fluid
Floating Squares
Hardness of Solid Substances; Grinding |
Heat Conduction by Diamond
Heat Treatment of a Metal Bobby Pin
Ice Bomb
Induction by Iron(II) of the Oxidation of
Iodine by Dichromate
Isotopes: Heavy Water Ice Cubes
Like Dissolves Like: Demonstration and
Exercise
Liquefaction of Carbon Dioxide
Memory Metal
Mercury Barometers; Big Barometer
Multiple Ammonia Fountains
Osmotic Pressure, Hydrostatic Pressure
Paramagnetism: Compounds; Oxidation
States of Manganese; Nitrogen and
Oxygen |
Piezoelectric Effect
Plastic Sulfur
Relative Reactivity of Alkali Metals
Ring Strain
Simulation of Dislocations in Metals
Sodium Chloride Crystal Cleavage
Superconductivity
Thermochromism: Mercury(II) Iodide
Vapor Pressure: Drinking Bird;
Collapsing Balloon
Vapor Pressure: H-bonding vs.
dipole-dipole attraction; Molecular Polarity; Molecular Weight; Raoult's Law
Viscosity of Liquids |
| Volume 3 |
Ammonium Dichromate Volcano
Aqua Regia
Autocatalysis: Reaction of Permanganate
with Oxalic Acid
Blue Bottle; Red and Blue Bottle
Canned Heat
Chemical Properties of Sulfur Dioxide
Chemiluminescence
Copper in Concentrated Strong Acids
Copper in Concentrated Sulfuric Acid
Copper Penny with Concentrated Nitric
Acid
Crystallization of Supersaturated Sodium
Acetate
Electrochemical Series: Metal Trees
Electrolysis of Aqueous Solutions
Electrolysis of Water
Endothermic Reaction
Energy from Oxidation of Food
Entropy
Formation of Carbon from Carbohydrate |
Halogen/Halide Redox Reactions
Iodine Clock Reaction
Metal/Iodine Reactions and Cells
Nitrogen Triiodide Detonation
Orange Juice Clock
Oscillating Reaction: Briggsp;Rauscher
Overvoltage
Oxidation and Reduction of Copper
Oxidation of Glycerin by Potassium Permanganate
Oxidation States of Vanadium
Photochemistry: Silver
Pulsating Electrochemical Reaction: Mercury Beating Heart
Reaction of Aluminum with Bromine
Reaction of Chlorine with Acetylene
Reaction of Chlorine with Aluminum
Reaction of Chlorine with Copper
Reaction of Chlorine with Hydrogen
Reaction of Chlorine with Iodine
Reaction of Chlorine with Iron
Reaction of Chlorine with Natural Gas |
Reaction of Chlorine with Potassium
Bromide
Reaction of Chlorine with Potassium
Iodide
Reaction of Chlorine with Sodium
Reaction of Magnesium with Carbon
Dioxide
Reaction of Magnesium with Oxygen
Reaction of Nitrogen Monoxide with
Oxygen to Form Nitric Acid
Reaction of Potassium with Bromine
Reactions of Iron with Sulfur, Zinc with
Sulfur
Reactions of Metals with Iodine
Redox Titration and Animation
Safety Match Chemistry: Red Phosphorus
and Potassium Chlorate
Simulated Lead Storage Battery
Steam and Superheated Steam
Sulfuric Acid into Water and Ice
Thermite Reaction
Writing with White Phosphorus |
Hardware and Software Requirements
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Computer
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CPU
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RAM
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Drives
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Graphics
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System
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Other Software
(Included)
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WWW Browser
(Not Included)
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Mac OS Compatible
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PowerPC;
150 MHz
recommended
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24 MB
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4 x CD-ROM
Hard disk
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800 x 600;
thousands or millions of colors
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System 7.6.1
or higher
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QuickTime 4
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Netscape Navigator 4.0 or higher OR
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher
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Windows Compatible
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Pentium;
150MHz recommended
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24 MB
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4 x CD-ROM
Hard Disk
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800 x 600;
16-bit or 24-bit color
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Windows 95/98
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QuickTime 4
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Netscape Navigator 4.0 or higher OR
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher
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Literature Cited
- Banks, A. J. The Periodic Table Videodisc J. Chem. Educ. Software 1989, SP 1.
- Moore, J. W.; Jacobsen, J. J.; Hunsberger, L. R.; Gammon, S. D.; Jetzer, K. H.; Zimmerman, J. ChemDemos Videodisc; J. Chem. Educ. Software 1994, SP 8.
- Moore, J. W.; Jacobsen, J. J.; Jetzer, K. H.; Gilbert, G.; Mattes, F.; Phillips, D.; Lisensky, G.; Zweerink, G. ChemDemos II; J. Chem. Educ. Software 1996, SP 14.
- Jacobsen, J. J.; Jetzer, K. H.; Patani, N.; Zimmerman, J. Titration Techniques Videodisc; J. Chem. Educ. Software 1995, SP 9.
Availability
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