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Crystals:

Introduction:
http://www.cheminst.ca/ncw/crystal/xl.html

http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/xtal/part1.html

Crystal types:
http://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/MiLee/JLab/Crystallography_WWW/intro.htm

http://www.chemistry.co.nz/crystals_shapes.htm

Crystal types and molecular packing:
http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/course/inorganicsolids/

Physical properties of crystals:
http://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/MiLee/JLab/Crystallography_WWW/physical.htm

Color http://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/MiLee/JLab/Crystallography_WWW/color.htm
Birefrigence http://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/MiLee/JLab/Crystallography_WWW/birefringence.htm
Polarization http://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/MiLee/JLab/Crystallography_WWW/polarization.htm
Cleavage http://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/MiLee/JLab/Crystallography_WWW/cleavage.htm
Piezoelectric effect http://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/MiLee/JLab/Crystallography_WWW/piezo.htm

Symmetry:
http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/xtal/part2.html
http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/symmetry/symmetry.htm
http://neon.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/sym/splash.html

Unit cells & symmetry http://www-structure.llnl.gov/xray/tutorial/crystalsys.htm
Point groups http://www-structure.llnl.gov/xray/tutorial/32point.htm
Space groups  http://www-structure.llnl.gov/xray/tutorial/spcgrps.htm
Visualizations: http://www.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/~rammer/surfexp_prod/SXinput.html"Surface Explorer": visualization applet including: sc (simple cubic), fcc (face centered cubic), bcc (body centered cubic), hcp hexagonal close packed, plus diamond, graphite, NaCl, CsCl and ZnS.

Solutions:

Tutorial: http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch15/solutionframe.html

Dissolution: http://www.8ballmediadesign.com/animation_low.html
        http://207.10.97.102/chemzone/lessons/03bonding/dissociate.htm

Growing Crystals /Crystallization: http://cic.chem.wisc.edu/crystal/notes/Crystal%20Growth.html
           http://webphysics.davidson.edu/alumni/MiLee/JLab/Crystallography_WWW/growing.htm
           http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/canopy/2525/crystals/

Colligative properties / Phase Diagrams: http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch15/colligative.html



Greenhouse Gases / Global Warming

Molecules http://chemistry.beloit.edu/Warming/pages/molecule.html
Emissions http://chemistry.beloit.edu/Warming/pages/emissions.html
Temperature http://chemistry.beloit.edu/Warming/pages/temperature.html
Climate Changes http://chemistry.beloit.edu/Warming/pages/climate.html
Global Warming http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/index.html



Nuclear Energy

History: http://nova.nuc.umr.edu/nuclear_facts/history/history.html
The Basics of Nuclear Fusion http://www.jet.efda.org/pages/content/fusion1.html
On-line Fusion course:
http://fusedweb.pppl.gov/CPEP/cpep-menu.html
Inertial Confinement Fusion Tutorial:
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/thyd/icf/IFE.html

Inertial Fusion Energy (downloadable pdf file) http://crystals.llnl.gov/pdf/ife.pdf



Lasers

The invention of the Laser http://www.bell-labs.com/history/laser/
How lasers work http://www.howstuffworks.com/laser.htm/
A Collection of Links related to Lasers, Physics and Optics http://www.phys.umu.se/laser/physlink.htm



Atomic Absorption

Atomic Absorption spectroscopic databases: http://www.phys.umu.se/laser/links15.htm

Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (Flame)
Flash with audio
http://www.shsu.edu/%7Echm_tgc/sounds/flashfiles/AAS.swf
Animated Gif
http://www.shsu.edu/%7Echm_tgc/sounds/pushmovies/AAS.gif



NIF Library:
http://www.llnl.gov/nif/library/index.html


NIF Optics (downloadable pdf file)

http://crystals.llnl.gov/pdf/NIF_Optics_sheet.pdf


Best of the Web (Chemistry):
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