Sciencemadness Discussion Board - Great Online Chemistry Texts for the Beginner and the Curious!

Great Online Chemistry Texts for the Beginner and the Curious!

jellywerker - 18-9-2006 at 08:05

Ooh, thank you very much! I've been scanning the web and recently settled on a book by Prentice Hall for my chemistry self education, but these additional texts should be useful, especially if I'm looking for a different point of view that explains something better to me.

apidej - 19-9-2006 at 07:01

very good,thank you ,this is very good

Wonderful

t3knology - 12-10-2006 at 17:30

Sick, very helpful

Thank you

chemoleo - 12-10-2006 at 18:49

Thank you Franklyn. I agree that this deserves making it sticky, our first sticky thread in the Beginnings section.

I'd like to emphasise that this thread is meant for informative links for the Beginner. Literature that is subject-specific, specialised or advanced is still to be posted in the Reference Forum.

Another very informative website, albeit in German, is at http://www.lambdasyn.org .
I'd also recommend Woelen's website, at https://woelen.homescience.net .

Let's see how this goes. Please refrain from posting ebooks here - stick to openly available literature, and it'll stay here. Else, this will also go to the references forum.

Edit(woelen): Made link to my website working again.

[Edited on 4-2-20 by woelen]

Aurum - 14-10-2006 at 20:05

Can I add,
Oxford University Virtual Chemistry. Lots of useful links here. Especially, The free pre university chemistry course.

ameco - 3-11-2006 at 05:01

Thank you, it is very useful.

Treason - 9-12-2006 at 06:18

That list of books is just great.
Excuse me if I didn't read paying attention but, dou you have some practice books, I mean, books for lab, with test and practices about the begginers topics?

If you know about somene please let me know. I'm very interested.

apidej - 5-1-2007 at 05:12

good thank you

franklyn - 9-2-2007 at 03:47

This is the first central index page , A , B, for this very complete introductory
chemistry 900 + page teaching site. All subsequent pages are accessible from
the links at the top under this heading in the white area.
" Alphabetical Site Index for Chemistry, Radioactivity and Earth Science
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/alpha_index.htm#B...
Sample pages _
links to periodic tables
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/Elements_List.htm
all known reaction types
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page01/ReactionTy...
VSEPR and Lewis diagrams
http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/page06/molecule_s...

- P.S. yahoo can sometimes provide good answers also
http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index.php?qid=200611141...

- Organic chem resource * *
http://www.uoi.gr/cerp/2002_February/pdf/05Moulay.pdf

Update 29-03-07

Organic Chemistry , L.G. Wade 5th edition 2003

http://cyber.gwc.cccd.edu/faculty/wnguyen/U1.pdf

http://cyber.gwc.cccd.edu/faculty/wnguyen/U2.pdf

http://cyber.gwc.cccd.edu/faculty/wnguyen/U3.pdf

http://cyber.gwc.cccd.edu/faculty/wnguyen/U4.pdf

Superb dissertation on the development of contemporary chemical bonding theory
Get this one, it's a very good read _
http://www.school.eb.com/nobelprize/print?articleId=110108&a...
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[Edited on 29-3-2007 by franklyn]

Oxygen functional group chemistry

franklyn - 26-3-2007 at 19:20

For an excellent overview of oxygen group chemistry and links to papers _
http://131.104.156.23/Lectures/CHEM_462/462_chapter_5.html
Oxygen chain length .pdf
http://131.104.156.23/Lectures/CHEM_462/462_Literature/JACS_1998_120_1003-1013

I never realized there are so many, and what is this organic tetraoxide ! - OOOO -

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Free online textbooks

franklyn - 25-7-2007 at 01:23

CHEMISTRY
Structure and Dynamics
http://www.jhu.edu/~matsci/teaching/510.101/ModCh3MatSci2004...

Advanced Organic Synthesis
Methods and techniques
http://202.127.145.151/Dig_Lib/ReadingRoom/AdvancedOrganicSy...

Organic Chemistry
An Intermediate Text
by Robert V. Hoffman

http://jsforum.chez-alice.fr/book/org-chem-hoffman-2.pdf

This one is good _ get it

Ever ask - what the heck is that ? Then proceed to Google for a definition ?
Then you need

Merck Index of Organic Name reactions
A useful summary of 446 named reactions
get it here
http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~organik/////giannis/Lehre/Allgeme...
or here _
http://matematicas.udea.edu.co/~carlopez/Organic_Name_Reacti...

An Oldie but Goodie
General Principles of Organic Syntheses - 1906
Petr Petrovich Aleksieev, Joseph Merritt Matthews

http://books.google.com/books/pdf/General_Principles_of_Orga...

U P D A T E

Practical methods of organic chemistry
Ludwig Gattermann
http://books.google.com/books/pdf/The_Practical_methods_of_o...

Electrolysis and Electrosynthesis of Organic Compounds
Dr.Walther Lob , Translated by H.W.F.Lorentz, A.M., Ph.D.
http://books.google.com/books/pdf/Electrolysis_and_Electrosy...

Worthwhile addition to Braur
Laboratory Methods of Inorganic Chemistry
Heinrich Biltz, Wilhelm Biltz
http://books.google.com/books?id=1gkNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA215&a...

It is in the interest of your personal safety to look up the substances
described before proceeding as some are quite toxic.

VERY THOROUGH OUTLINE OF SAFETY PRACTICES AND PRECAUTIONS

http://web.princeton.edu/sites/ehs/labsafetymanual/TOC.htm

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[Edited on 6-2-2008 by franklyn]

semy - 13-4-2008 at 01:27

Please, help..
I cant register to http://www.ochem4free.com site.
if anybody knows, please help;}~

Contrabasso - 3-5-2008 at 00:44

Does anyone have a link to the text by Urbanski please. I've tried one and it isn't complete and the dead pdf hangs my PC.

kclo4 - 30-7-2008 at 14:36

http://www.thinkquest.org/library/ -Here is the home page. This place may not be the best, but it can still be very helpful to some!

here is the chemistry section: http://www.thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html?cat_id=49 It has over 75 chemistry sites that seem to have won their award for the best site or something like that.

Great compilation of links everybody good job! Especially franklyn!

Isn't it depressing how there so much information and wonderful things to learn about, but only so much ability, brain power, and time?

Makes you want to live and learn forever huh?

[Edited on 30-7-2008 by kclo4]

Might as well add these free education/courses as well

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php
http://www.productivity501.com/105-free-college-lectures/830...
http://www.ted.com/talks
http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/resources/chemvideo/index.htm
http://education.jimmyr.com/ - some of the same links, but others as well, I think.

And don't forget about the many hours of chemistry, biology, and other lectures on youtube/google video! :p

[Edited on 30-7-2008 by kclo4]

http://www.chemmybear.com/stdycrds.html forgot this nice site! great for reviewing stuff you already know, or giving you something to ask and learn about to further educate yourself.
Oh right! and the home page: http://www.chemmybear.com/ is also very nice! Enjoy

[Edited on 31-7-2008 by kclo4]

franklyn - 22-8-2008 at 18:40

A Method for the Identification of Pure Organic Compounds by a Systematic
Analytical Proceedure Based on Physical Properties and Chemical Reactions
- Old school how to from 1904
http://books.google.com/books/pdf/A_Method_for_the_identific...

Laboratory Manual of Organic Chemistry
- Old school how to from 1920
http://books.google.com/books/pdf/Laboratory_Manual_of_Organ...

Guide to Solvents and Reagents
http://d.scribd.com/docs/2nn7rykg6zfnodattcuj.pdf
If link above won't work
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2319210/A-Guide-to-Solvents-and-Re...

Chemistry - how to make stuff
- Thorough basic lab how to
http://d.scribd.com/docs/1d5cynt3tgzunhrpwwq5.pdf
If link above won't work
http://www.scribd.com/doc/4033736/ebook-chemistry-how-to-mak...

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fuming_nitric_acid - 6-9-2008 at 13:21

Many of the above google links don't work (at least for me

Book about the Fischer Tropsch catalyst

Hanfgeist - 2-3-2009 at 15:05

Anyone know where I can get a book which explains how the Fischer-Tropsch catalyst works and how to make such a catalyst, which does'nt cost £133? (thats how much they retail on amazon.com for)

not_important - 2-3-2009 at 19:48

Have you picked this site over: http://www.fischer-tropsch.org/

Hanfgeist - 3-3-2009 at 13:19

Quote:

Originally posted by not_important
Have you picked this site over: http://www.fischer-tropsch.org/

I'll check it out, thanks for posting the link

The Fountain of Discordia - 26-5-2009 at 03:13

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem98.htm

Enjoy.

JohnWW - 28-7-2009 at 19:21

http://www.archive.org has many other older chemistry and other scientific and engineering textbooks and handbooks. They are books of which the copyright has expired in the U$A (which unfortunately has the longest copyright period of any country, something like 80 years), or which have been released into the public domain. Most were published before about 1924, and of course have had to be scanned to image files.

Look on these search/query pages, among others, for links to titles:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22NATURAL...
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Chemist...
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Inorgan...
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Organic...
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Chemist...
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Solubil...

JohnWW - 25-8-2009 at 07:43

Condensed Collection Of Thermodynamic Formulas

Quote: Originally posted by mami
Please help me to obtain this book: A condensed collection of thermodynamic formulas, by P. W Bridgman.

That was published firstly in 1914 by Bridgman (who is in Wikipedia), and revised by him (he died in 1961) in 1936. It is out-of-copyright in many countries, and has been reprinted by Dover Publications; but it does not seem to have scanned into an ebook anywhere. However, the following more recent publication, Condensed Collections of Thermodynamic Formulas by G Tunell (Carnegie Institution-1985), largely based upon Bridgman's work, can be downloaded (over 600 pages):
http://www.ciw.edu/publications_online/thermodynamic_formula... 5,473 Kb

Nitration of paradichlorobenzene

Paddywhacker - 22-9-2009 at 16:51

Nitration of p-dichlorobenzene from Microscale Organic Laboratory by Mayo, Pike and Butcher.

I can scan a few other pages on request, but not the whole book.

[Edited on 23-9-2009 by Paddywhacker]

JohnWW - 22-9-2009 at 17:59

If you can scan and upload it, so much the better, please - it is not available anywhere as a free download, although a Solutions Manual appears to be floating around.

Paddywhacker - 23-9-2009 at 02:06

I'll scan some of the more interesting experiments.

Maybe in the Christmas holidays I'll have time to scan the whole book, but not now.

Do you have a reference for the teacher's manual? There is at lease one one reagent that is detailed only there.

Benzoin -> Benzil oxidation with Cu[II]/NH4NO3

Paddywhacker - 23-9-2009 at 22:20

Oxidation of alpha-hydroxy ketones with aqueous copper and ammonium nitrate, from Mayo, Pike & Butcher.

An ethylbenzene -> an acetophenone with persulphate & Ag

Paddywhacker - 25-9-2009 at 01:31

Oxidize 4-ethylanisole to 4-methoxyacetophenone with aqueous ammonium persulphate and catalytic silver nitrate.

Followed by formation and characterization of the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone.

From Mayo, Pike & Butcher.

A benzyl alcohol --> a benzaldehyde

Paddywhacker - 26-9-2009 at 00:53

Oxidizing piperonyl alcohol to piperonal using chromium trioxide immobilized on Amberlyst A-26 resin. This reagent is easy to prepare and is a mild oxidizing agent with an easy workup.

Aryl aldehyde --> aryl nitrile

Paddywhacker - 26-9-2009 at 23:44

This transformation is carried out by means of an O-(dinitrophenyl)oxime. It requires O-(2,4-dinitrophenyl) hydroxylamine, the preparation of which I do not have, but it is in the Mayo, Pike & Butcher's Instruction Manual If somebody would be kind enough to post it then the details will be complete.

This is the last experiment from the book that I think really interesting. The rest are just the usual organic lab stuff.

O-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)hydroxylamine

Paddywhacker - 27-9-2009 at 13:40

In reference to the previous post, here is a reference to the production and use of O-hydroxylamines.

Attachment: JOC 2003 p7119 Legault & Charette, O-hydroxylamines.pdf (91kB)
This file has been downloaded 4854 times

[Edited on 27-9-2009 by Paddywhacker]

franklyn - 7-11-2009 at 14:50

Introduction to Laboratory Techniques - A very nice book , get this one !

http://www.blunted.us/df/books/Introduction%20To%20Laborator...

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franklyn - 20-12-2009 at 16:01

Standards & Tests for Reagent Chemicals 1920
http://books.google.com/books/download/Standards_and_tests_f...

Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis vol 1 1920
http://books.google.com/books/download/Standard_methods_of_c...

Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis vol 2 1922
http://books.google.com/books/download/Standard_methods_of_c...

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JohnWW - 27-12-2009 at 17:27

Quote: Originally posted by franklyn

Introduction to Laboratory Techniques - A very nice book , get this one !
http://www.blunted.us/df/books/Introduction%20To%20Laborator....

There are many other chemistry ebooks of interest on the same page, http://www.blunted.us/df/books/ .

franklyn - 18-1-2010 at 01:01

Merck LAB TOOLS - A collection of 939 handy references and guides

http://www.tcnj.edu/~hunt/Lab%20Tools%20-%20Merck.pdf

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franklyn - 7-2-2010 at 20:23

Analytical Chemistry : Qualitative Analysis , 1921
http://books.google.com/books/download/Analytical_chemistry....

Salt Analysis
www.angelfire.com/rock3/karuda/project.html

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franklyn - 21-2-2010 at 00:24

The Hydrogen Bond

http://ia331312.us.archive.org/1/items/hydrogenbond031051mbp...

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franklyn - 6-3-2010 at 11:48

Industrial Nitrogen Compounds & Explosives
6.5 MB edition from Google with higher resolution than the 2 MB SciMad library edition
http://books.google.com/books/download/Industrial_nitrogen_c...

Chlorine & chlorine products: including the manufacture of bleaching powder
Another from the same series
http://books.google.com/books/download/Chlorine___chlorine_p...

A Treatise on General and Industrial Inorganic Chemistry 1920
Ettore Molinari , Thomas Henry Pope , 876 pages ( 66 MB pdf )
http://books.google.com/books/download/Treatise_on_general_a...
This book is an invaluable resource. Referencing patents , it describes in detail
old production methods at a time of transition when these were being replaced
by modern processes. It's descriptions are detailed as those of Urbanski , such
as the section on Nitric acid , but does not explicitly discuss anything explosive
related. Information provided on common elements rivals abridged outlines of
Mellor , and beyond anything found in wikipedia.
This book holds many treasures. Methods of making Chlorates , a method for
producing NH4NO3 from Ca(NO3)2 is a marvel of simplicity. Other revelations
leave one baffled. " Ammonium Nitrite: NH4NO2. This compound is made by
the action of an electric discharge on moist air." Huh ? Well at least that
provides fresh insights and research leads.

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JohnWW - 6-3-2010 at 19:45

Quote: Originally posted by franklyn

Industrial Nitrogen Compounds & Explosives
6.5 MB edition from Google with higher resolution than the 2 MB SciMad library edition
http://books.google.com/books/download/Industrial_nitrogen_c...
Chlorine & chlorine products: including the manufacture of bleaching powder
Another from the same series
http://books.google.com/books/download/Chlorine___chlorine_p...
A Treatise on General and Industrial Inorganic Chemistry 1920
Ettore Molinari , Thomas Henry Pope , 876 pages ( 66 MB pdf )
http://books.google.com/books/download/Treatise_on_general_and_industrial_inorg.pdf?id=pbvQAAAAMAAJ&output=pdf.(cut)

All three of those ebooks on Google came back as "404 not found on this server"!

JohnWW - 9-3-2010 at 13:53

Re Franklyn's 3 books, above, on books.google.com: The links provided STILL give "404 not found on this server". If anyone has them, please upload them to a file-hoster like Ifile or Rapidshare, and post the links here.

watson.fawkes - 10-3-2010 at 05:23

The first one's on archive.org: http://www.archive.org/details/IndustrialNitrogenCompoundsAndExplosives. There's a DJVU version at the bottom of the left sidebar.

entropy51 - 10-3-2010 at 05:37

Quote: Originally posted by JohnWW

Re Franklyn's 3 books, above, on books.google.com: The links provided STILL give "404 not found on this server". If anyone has them, please upload them to a file-hoster like Ifile or Rapidshare, and post the links here.

Quote: Originally posted by JohnWW

Wake up and smell the coffee, Entropy51! Any such "export restriction" on any software item is impossible to police! Software can be strong-encrypted to hide its identity and content, and electronically transferred anonymously across national borders with impunity! For example, the U$ Govt. tried to stop the encryption program PGP from being exported out of the U$A because it was too hard for the N$A to decrypt, but simply failed. And what about the First Amendment?

It seems like Google Books does a good job of policing the border with New Zealand. How does the coffee smell this morning John? How's that impunity thing working out for you anyways?

JohnWW - 10-3-2010 at 12:03

I think I will (a) try using a high-anonymity/elite proxy-server located in the U$A to download those 3 files from Google Books, or failing that, (b) search on Google for alternative downloading sources of them.

Unfortunately, the DJVU version of Industrial Nitrogen Compounds, at http://www.archive.org/stream/IndustrialNitrogenCompoundsAnd... , supposedly 9.38 Mb, can be neither downloaded nor (because of no compatible browser plugin being available) viewed online.

P.S. After some difficulty, I was able to download the three PDF files using only a "transparent" U$ proxy-server, 66.63.165.7:3128 . Codeen high-anonymity proxies cannot be used for files of this size; they download only the first 2.9 Mb of each file.

[Edited on 10-3-10 by JohnWW]

franklyn - 10-3-2010 at 20:04

Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds Vol I , von Richter , 1916
http://books.google.com/books/download/Organic_chemistry.pdf...
fuming_nitric_acid posted the "archive " edition of this back in 2008
http://www.archive.org/details/organicchemistry00richrich/or...

Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds Vol II , von Richter , 1922
http://books.google.com/books/download/Organic_chemistry.pdf...

Highly Hazardous Chemicals
http://www.ehs.psu.edu/hazmat/highly_hazardous_chemicals.pdf

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In the event of unforseen internet hazards consult this post _
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=9230#p...

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JohnWW - 12-3-2010 at 10:40

Thanks, Franklyn. I was able to use the same transparent U$ proxy-server as before, 66.63.165.7:3128 , to download the Google Books item by Von Richter.

franklyn - 16-3-2010 at 16:27

The Structure Of Crystals 1935
* djvu , 9 MB
http://ia331342.us.archive.org/0/items/structureofcryst03091...
* .pdf , 11 MB
http://ia331342.us.archive.org/0/items/structureofcryst03091...

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franklyn - 23-3-2010 at 22:35

Organic Eectrode Processes 1958
Fully referenced overview of electrochemical organic synthesis.
An excerpt below on how to obtain CHCl3 from CaCl2 with acetone
in water using a copper anode.

DJVU - 6 MB
http://ia331313.us.archive.org/3/items/organicelectrode03106...
PDF - 8 MB
http://ia331313.us.archive.org/3/items/organicelectrode03106...
Other Formats
http://ia331313.us.archive.org/3/items/organicelectrode03106...

Chloroform by electrolysis.gif - 51kB

franklyn - 25-3-2010 at 21:27

http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=13557#...

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franklyn - 27-3-2010 at 03:33

A Course in Qualitative Chemical Analysis - 1916
Rather Basic Inorganic chemistry but far more detailed than anything you
would find in a textbook. Describes tests for determining the presence of
specific elements and compounds along with extensive solubility data on
salts of every description. The solubility tables at the end of the book are
worth while having a copy for refererence.
http://books.google.com/books/download/A_course_in_qualitati...

Separation and Identification of a Mixture of Cations
A worked out lab excercise that shows step by step how to determine
unknown element composition _
www.uncp.edu/home/mcclurem/courses/chm226/qualitative_analys...

While on the subject here is a site dedicated to just this sort of analysis
www.angelfire.com/rock3/karuda/project.html

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franklyn - 26-4-2010 at 19:42

Small Moleule Crystallization
http://acaschool.iit.edu/lectures04/JLiangXtal.pdf

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franklyn - 31-5-2010 at 18:31

Manufactue of Nitric Acid
http://www.platinummetalsreview.com/pdf/pmr-v11-i1-002-009.p...

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franklyn - 22-7-2010 at 05:30

Chemistry Data Pocket Booklet
http://education.alberta.ca/media/621438/chem30_databooklet_...

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quicksilver - 3-8-2010 at 07:53

Quote: Originally posted by JohnWW

On occasion if you get a 404 try a right click and a "save link as": that has worked for me once in awhile.

WannaBeDrD - 6-1-2011 at 15:51

CK-12 FlexBooks - "customizable, standards-aligned, free digital textbooks for K-12"

http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/book/2541/

QianBaidu - 12-7-2011 at 19:10

do you have a Chinese version?……

Science for dummies

Un-Sub - 30-10-2011 at 16:10

Do they have a Chemistry for dummies....elementary version?

I'm 42 years old, never took a single Chem class in my life, but I have always found science (especially Chemistry) very fascinating.

I have a 13 year old daughter who is taking Chemistry next year, so I am building her an 8'x8' Chemistry lab and I am going to "try" to learn chemistry as well.

What books would you recommend for a total novice ?

Also, I would like some feed back on my fume hood and diffuser designs.

http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=208&am...

[Edited on 31-10-2011 by Un-Sub]

White Yeti - 5-11-2011 at 07:31

For #21 (radical reactions), I'd be interested if it contains lots of info on the hydroxyl radical.

But the link doesn't work.
Could you upload a new link?

MilkTheFrog - 17-2-2012 at 08:18

Nobody posted this yet?

http://www.scribd.com/doc/321385/The-Golden-Book-of-Chemistr...

Obviously you should bear in mind that it's an old book, it does mention asbestos a few times so just use some common sense. And it is quite basic, but on top of a standard education it should still be a nice introduction.

Vikascoder - 14-3-2012 at 00:19

FranklynDone a good job.

Logi010 - 19-4-2012 at 10:53

Thank you!

Layvian - 3-5-2012 at 06:11

Is there a chance we can get an updated thread with links?

I noticed many of the links listed are either dead or outdated. Obviously there are still some links that can be salvaged.

[Edited on 3-5-2012 by Layvian]

scottaleger - 29-5-2012 at 03:07

Thanks , Really this is awesome

Quote: Originally posted by franklyn

Diablo - 24-6-2012 at 19:38

Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry
http://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/intr...

franklyn - 4-7-2012 at 15:09

Tables of chem data
http://floridareview.its-about-time.com/content/AC-SE/files/pdf/tables.pdf
This is good enough to keep at hand with your GRC handbook

Hydrogen & it's Compounds
www.pdfdocspace.com/docs/65319/hydrogen-und-its-compounds.html

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spirit - 10-9-2012 at 19:13

I just bought an organic chem set with six round bottom flasks, a setup funnel, short and long condenser, and some adapters/vac attachments. I've been looking for info on assembly of lab equipment, what condenser is for what, how many arrangements can I use with this adapter... And so on. I have been researching by looking up lab ware I know but it would be nice if there was a page that had pics of different arrangements and how to best use them all in one place.
I really love the forum-finally a place where people use their heads, maybe there is still hope for mankind:-P
chemistry Android apps/free

[Edited on 11-9-2012 by spirit]

franklyn - 9-10-2012 at 13:56

W O W !
What a super cool site this guy has , wonder if he's a member here at Sci Mad
A wealth of wisdom contained inside.

www.separationprocesses.com/Mainmenu.htm
www.separationprocesses.com/Distillation/MainSet1.htm

How is this for a solution ( no pun ) to the problem of ethanol drying
www.separationprocesses.com/Distillation/DT_Chp06c08.htm

www.separationprocesses.com/Extraction/MainSet3.htm

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franklyn - 31-1-2013 at 19:23

Thermochemistry for calculating energy of reactions ∆Hrxn

Finding Heats of Reaction from Heats of Formation
http://woodridge.k12.oh.us/ourpages/users/dweaver/Chemistry/PracticeWorksheets/MiscellaneousWorksheets/APHeatofReactionWorksheet.pdf

Hess's Law - Enthalpy of Reaction ∆Hrxn
http://herh.ccrsb.ca/staff/FarrellL/chem12/thermo/Hrx-&-Hess'Law-ans.pdf

Thermochemistry primer
http://lsc.ucdavis.edu/~ahart/Alicia2B/Thermo.pdf

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ElizabethGreene - 25-6-2013 at 05:24

The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual 2nd edition by James W. Zubrick
http://archive.org/details/TheOrganicChemLabSurvivalManual

Covers recrystallization, standard/vacuum filtration, extraction, washing, solvent selection, tlc/hplc/gc/ms/nmr/ir, how to properly assemble kit, simple/vacuum/fractional/azeotropic distillation and refluxing, flash chromatography and tube chromatography for separating mixtures. It's a quick read.

Grab it while you can, this will probably be DMCA'd. Wiley owns the rights to the current (8th) edition.

Videos: MIT Open Courseware Digital Lab Techniques Manual
http://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-5-0001-digital-lab-techniqu...
I also have the lab manual for this course, PDF 2.5mb, 105 pages. I'm not certain of the status of the rights on it.

annaandherdad - 28-6-2013 at 12:37

I downloaded Zubrick. It has a lot of useful information in it, especially for someone like me who never took college chem. But I don't like his attitude toward the students---always telling them that they will get a bad grade if they don't do this or that. I prefer motivating students with intellectual curiosity, or pride in a job well done.

ICASE Guidebook to Constructing Inexpensive Science Teaching Equipment Series

ElizabethGreene - 30-7-2013 at 07:56

Guidebook to Constructing Inexpensive Science Teaching Equipment, Chemistry
http://archive.org/download/GuidebookToConstructingInexpensi...

This book has a lot of improvised apparatus, useful for that bridge period between "Working in Jars nicked from the kitchen" to purchased apparatus.

Example images:

Also in the series:
Guidebook to Constructing Inexpensive Science Teaching Equipment, Biology
http://archive.org/download/GuidebookToConstructingInexpensi...

Guidebook to Constructing Inexpensive Science Teaching Equipment, Physics
http://archive.org/download/GuidebookToConstructingInexpensi...

All are public domain.

annaandherdad: Regarding Zubrick, I didn't take it that way. I understand that Orgo lab students, especially near the end of the term, adapt a tolkein-gollem-like attitude towards their reaction products. This may include referring to it as "the precious", washing product back out of a melting point tube with a tiny syringe, and using liters of solvent to get every last bit off of decoloring carbon. The author is playing toward that mindset.

franklyn - 27-10-2013 at 13:07

Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen
http://nsdl.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/796/1/Revised+organic+compounds+containing+Nitrogen.pdf

Preparation of Nitroalkanes
Chemical Reactions of Nitroalkanes
Nitro Arenes
Picric Acid
Amines
Diazonium Salts

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jock88 - 19-2-2014 at 11:23

A must for all and sundry???

http://www.mooc-list.com/course/kitchen-chemistry-chemistry-...

heasliponline01 - 13-4-2014 at 05:50

I like those free articles available at Oxford University, you should definitely check them out.

Identification of Organics

Mailinmypocket - 15-5-2014 at 18:10

A nice PDF I came across.

Attachment: Org. Chem. Manual, 2013.pdf (1.7MB)
This file has been downloaded 17187 times

arkoma - 16-5-2014 at 06:30

Electrochemistry Encyclopedia

https://web.archive.org/web/20120430075007/http://electroche...

Merck Lab Tools

Mailinmypocket - 13-6-2014 at 12:00

May be useful to some, a great PDF to have around!

Attachment: Merck LabTools Tables for Laboratory Reference.pdf (1.3MB)
This file has been downloaded 1825 times

jock88 - 13-6-2014 at 13:23

http://www.drkfs.net/

Looks like a useful site.

franklyn - 19-6-2014 at 16:47

Modern Inorganic Chemistry
www.chem.iitb.ac.in/~rmv/ch102/ic1.pdf

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Mailinmypocket - 4-9-2014 at 05:39

A tumblr member posts nice chemistry posters/school aids, pretty nice

IrC - 20-8-2015 at 20:48

If there are any science teachers on SCM who primarily teach younger students you may want to check out this site. It provides plans for projects covering many areas of science.

http://bizarrelabs.com/cat.htm

Below is a list of categories of projects your students can build.

Gasses/liquids
Chemistry
Force
Life
Locomotion
Earth/astronomy
Temperature
Communications
Sound/light
Social sciences
Electricity
Misc./equipment
Atomic

SunriseSunset - 30-12-2015 at 01:58

Organic Chemistry 2nd Edition by Janice Smith
is hands down the best resource I've come across for teaching the beginning of undergraduate to intermediate undergraduate level stuff. I Love this book! If you're able to find the ebook version of it online and have ~$6 to order the student study guide/solutions manual to accompany it on ebay or amazon, you will not go wrong. This book is perfect IMO&E

University of California, Irvine uses this text for their free online chemistry courses too. So you can also sit back relax and enjoy their lectures *free of charge*. They offer a full curriculum to follow that includes quizes and exams if you want as well

51AF+6HkflL._SX385_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg - 48kB

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S.C. Wack - 4-12-2016 at 22:04

e-EROS: Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis
"free web version"
http://reag.paperplane.io/

Okaris - 22-5-2018 at 05:41

Does anyone have updated links to the ochem4free ebook? The website has made major changes since 2006 and so the links here do not work anymore. Unfortunately, there appears to be some outdated script on the website, so I was unable to register for a new account there.

Quote: Originally posted by franklyn

largenumbergoeshere - 29-8-2018 at 00:42

Yeah I wondered that too

JScott - 31-8-2018 at 04:46

The Purification of Labratory Chemicals, 2009

My apologies if this is a duplicate post. I note the most updated version of this text sells on Amazon for 130$

Purdue

JScott - 3-9-2018 at 10:56

This is a fabulous resource.

Purdue, main Chem page

This a 'pre test' I'm taking now.

Pretest

One more

The "Test out Exams" page... very cool!

Edit: after a longer look (sorry) about half of the best research materials require a login, but there is still a great deal of stuff here for everyone.

[Edited on 9-3-2018 by JScott]

S.C. Wack - 3-9-2018 at 17:55

A Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry by JW Mellor, 1922-1937. All 16 original volumes via the google scan project here.

Or better, DLI (PLI now?) usually does good scans, but they only have half the volumes...the rest of the volumes at archive.org are in color...I prefer b/w. Direct downloads in whatever format at archive:

https://archive.org/details/texts?and[]=A+Comprehensive+Treatise+on+Inorganic+and+Theoretical+Chemistry&sin=

What's this old shit about then? This was the right thing at the right time by the right person in the right language. At publication, reviewers used words like stupendous. I suggest starting with volume 1.

If one finds difficulties in some reference sections, it should be remembered that this was made by one (1) singularly gifted dude in his final years. The later extensive and dry supplement volumes are not included here.

The author wrote several books before this, notable among them the concise version Modern Inorganic Chemistry (I own a 1927 edition, smaller in every way at 5x7.5"), and A Treatise on Quantitative Inorganic Analysis with special reference to the analysis of clays, silicates, and related minerals.

NigelF30 - 7-7-2019 at 01:03

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A web site (www.chemtextbook.com) has been developed to complement the book and is crammed full of free useful resources for both staff and students. We aim to create a supportive community for all those teaching or studying chemistry across the world. The learning resources provide an easy to understand introduction to the fundamental concepts of chemistry and simple step-by-step guides to solving chemical calculations. Each type of calculation is introduced in a very gentle way, making no great assumptions about your chemistry knowledge or maths ability. There are then lots of worked examples, gradually getting more difficult and showing as many variations on a calculation as possible. Self teach videos are also available to further enhance your learning and understanding.
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Fundamentals of how to think about chemistry

franklyn - 19-1-2020 at 09:05

In case you don't know , click on the gear at the upper right hand and select Download PDF

Qualitative Organic Analysis 1922

https://books.google.com/books?id=sqMhAQAAMAAJ

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Housane - 18-6-2020 at 08:47

For anyone in the UK the google book titles need a US proxy this one works well https://hide.me/en/

j_sum1 - 17-1-2021 at 18:15

I stumbled across this compendium of assorted textbooks.
https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves

The general section has some 23 texts.

Many (perhaps all) are downloadable. I counted 64 titles related to Chemistry. The few I have browsed so far look excellent.

I hope that someone finds this helpful.