PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS

Project Data

 Project Name

Periodic Table of the Elements
URL: http://www.ktf-split.hr/periodni/en/

 Financing

Ministry of Science and Technology
Strossmayerov trg 4, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
URL: http://www.mzt.hr/

 Institution

Faculty of Chemical Technology
University of Split
Teslina 10/V, 21000 Split, Croatia
URL: http://www.ktf-split.hr/en/

 Project Leader

Eni Generalic
URL: http://www.ktf-split.hr/~eni/
E-mail: eni@ktf-split.hr

 Collaborators

Dr. sc. Marija Bralic
Drago Radic
Mr. sc. Aditya Vardhan Vutturi
Mr. sc. Michel Ditria

 Duration

Start at September 1, 1998
Financed by Croatian Ministry for Science and Technology from November 5, 2001 to November 5, 2002

 Project Goals:

One of project goals is to incorporate periodic table of elements as the most compact survey of information about chemical elements, with web technology. Adding glossary of chemical terms and interactive educational materials enables fast and simple gathering of information and knowledge. This useful database shall be translated on main world languages.

Periodic table of the elements contains a lot of useful chemistry materials arranged in several sections. The most important are:

• Periodic table,
• Glossary of chemical terms,
• Software for chemist.

Periodic table of elements contains basic facts about elements in five languages. The periodic table of elements is also available in PostScript and PDF formats.

Glossary of chemical terms is added in order to help users to find relevant information more efficiently. It is organized in three parts:

• Dictionary of chemical terms,
• Detailed described articles,
• Tables with data and constants.

Software for chemists contains Visual Basic programs and interactive JavaScript calculators that contain many advanced calculator functions. Visual Basic programs were developed independently. The software is included in the Periodic table set because it proved useful for chemists (and not just for chemists!).

Despite the fact that a Periodic table contains comprehensive material the navigation is simple and intuitive thanks to a small JavaScript remote control.

Guiding idea for creation of Periodic table set is to help students of the Faculty of Chemical Technology and similar faculties. With its development and by adding glossary and software programs, the circle of potential users is widely enlarged. Possible users are pupils, students as well as scientists. Multi-language support makes this set interesting for translators.