Reviews three organic chemistry computer programs for TRS-80 and Apple microcomputers. Programs include "Introduction to Organic Chemistry,""Qualitative Organic Analysis," and a game called "Chemrain." Indicates that all three produce a readable screen, require exact responses, use graphics in an appealingly and…

A series of programs on organic chemistry written for a 48K Apple computer with Applesoft BASIC and a disk drive are reviewed. Strengths and weaknesses of the package are noted. It is felt the material would be an excellent purchase for any college library or chemistry department. (MP)

Describes a Fortran program that illustrates how the end-to-end distances in randomly coiled polymer molecules is affected by varying the number and lengths of chains and the angles between them. (MLH)

Presented are simple programs in BASIC and FORTRAN to apply the method of least squares. They calculate gradients and intercepts and express errors as standard deviations. An introduction of undergraduate students to such programs in a chemistry class is reviewed, and issues instructors should be aware of are noted. (MP)

Describes simulated chemistry experiments programed into a Wang 360 programable calculator. Gives data on a sample titration simulation. (TS)

This software review focuses on five concept-related packages of programs in the Apple version and are viewed as well-written in terms of both educational sophistication and programing expertise. (MP)

A program written for the Apple II microcomputer that plots the "one-S" orbital of an atom is described. The material is used to move from the Bohr model of the atom to the quantum mechanical description. (MP)

Presents three activities: (1) the investigation of the purity and stability of nicotinamide and flavin coenzymes; (2) desk-computer fitting of a two-exponential function; and (3) an interesting and inexpensive solubility product experiment for introductory chemistry. (RH)

Indicates some of the information that may be obtained from a binary solid-liquid phase equilibria experiment and a method to write a computer program that will plot an ideal phase diagram to which the experimental results may be compared. (Author/CP)

Describes an interactive computer program designed to provide graphical representations of chemistry and engineering experimental data sets and results of data analyses. Extremely flexible, the program requires no reprograming when new models are used. Models are entered into the program as input lines. (JN)

Describes several sources of computer programs for secondary school chemistry. Provides an example of a computer package (RANALD I) on quantitative inorganic analysis suitable for O/A-level pupils as a supplement to laboratory work. (DS)