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A periodic table is a 'must' for Chemistry. There are many periodic tables on the Internet, but this is a collection of the best-of-the-best. Each table I have selected either offers unique information or presents the data particularly well.
Periodic Table of the Elements
This handy table is from your About Guide. Check back often for additional facts and figures.
Printable Periodic Table of the Elements
Download or print these periodic tables to help work chemistry problems or to predict properties of the elements.
Javascript Periodic Table of the Elements
This is an interactive javascript periodic table of the elements. Click on an symbol on the periodic table to get facts about the element.
Periodic Table Study Guide
Learn about the periodic table of the elements. Find out about the history of the periodic table, how the elements are organized, and how to use the periodic table to predict the behavior of unfamiliar elements.
Periodic Table of the Elements for Kids
This table was made with kids and homework in mind. It includes element groups and periods, element symbols, atomic numbers, atomic weights, and links to detailed facts for each element.
Free Periodic Table of the Elements
This is a public domain periodic table of the elements that you can freely use and print.
Mendeleev's Periodic Table of the Elements
This is the English translation of Dmitri Mendeleev's periodic table of the elements.
Mendeleev's Periodic Table of the Elements
See what Dmitri Mendeleev's original periodic table of the elements looked like. Blank spaces predict the existence of elements that hadn't been discovered.
Firework Periodic Table
Use this special periodic table to find out what elements are found in fireworks and how they are used. Just click on an element to learn more.
Groups of Elements - Periodic Table
Elements can be categorized according to their similar properties. Here's a periodic table that organizes the elements according to groups. Click an element symbol and learn about the group to which it belongs.
Periodic Tables
Download and print a periodic table or take a look at other types of periodic tables, including Mendeleev's original periodic table of the elements.
Chemical Elements.com
This in an online interactive periodic table of the elements. Several different viewing options are available.
Chemicool Periodic Table
This is David Hsu's colorful online interactive periodic table.
El Grande Periodic Table of the Elements
Unquestionably big, includes orbital shapes. From Paradise Valley Community College.
Chinese Periodic Table
Each ideogram is letter of an element. This unusual table is from Patrick Han, Ithaca College.
Elements with Biological Roles
Periodic table contains links to metalloenzymes. From the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes.
Interactive Periodic Table
Just point to an element – no clicking required.
IUPAC Periodic Table
Also, see their official naming protocol for new elements. From the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
Japanese Periodic Table
This interactive table is from the Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science.
Mass Spec Tools
Online tools calculate exact masses, isotopic abundances, and perform other mass spectroscopy functions. Includes periodic table with mass spectra of elements. From Scientific Instrument Services.
Minerals by Chemical Composition
Click on an element and access minerals containing that element. From David Barthelmy.
NIST Physics Laboratory Holdings
Atomic weight, ionization energy, radiation dosimetry information. From National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Periodic Table of Radii and Ions
Three-dimensional representations require Chime plug-in. From Scot Wherland, Washington State University.
Periodic Table of the Elements
With explanations of, for example, electr0negativity, crystal structure, and radioactive decay. From Kelley L. Ross.
Periodic Table
Pathikrit Bandyopadhyay provides this table of x-ray properties of elements. The original subroutine used to calculate x-ray cross-sections is also available.
Rutherford - Lexikon der Elemente
Internet edition of the periodic table. Shareware version also available.
Visual Elements Periodic Table
Brief descriptions with more detail available for those with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
WebElements
Dauntingly detailed. From Mark Winter, University of Sheffield.
X-Ray Absorption Edges
Periodic table showing X-ray absorption edge energies and anomalous scattering coefficients. From Ethan A. Merritt, University of Washington.
YOGI'S Behemoth Periodic Table of the Elements
Details of properties and nuclide information. From Ken Barbalace.

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