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Periodic Table Explorer 1.5
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
May 17th 2008
The PTE is a brand new way of exploring the periodic table. It has the same functions as the original Periodic Table software plus many more, it also has a completely new and innovative user interface that allows an almost unlimited amount of control over the display.
Each display can be opened any number of times, and can show different information. The size, shape and position of each display can be customised too.
You can save your favourite layouts for retrieval at a later date.
 
The Periodic Table Explorer comes in two versions.
Before downloading, please read the following;
Click here for more information on the various versions of the Periodic Table.
Stand-alone installer (recommended)
The full version contains the Periodic Table Explorer application and the latest version of the data files. Download this version if you have either an old set of data or you wish to install for the first time.
Executable Only
The standard install contains the Periodic Table Explorer executable and necessary system files but NO data files, so you MUST have installed the Periodic Table (v3.5.0 or above) first. The original Periodic Table and the Explorer applications will be available to you should you wish to use both. Install this in the same directory as the original application (this is the default). If you want to have access to the Explorer and the original then this is the best option.
Features include:
Detailed information on each element
Details of isotopes and allotropes
Details of important compounds
Details of reactions with water, air, halogens and acids

Images for each element (126 images in total)

including valence and crystal stucture diagrams
Glossary of terms
Graphs of important element properties
Biographies for the important scientists and element discoverers
View the states of the elements at any temperature (from 0 - 6000k)
XP style support
Search through all content
Electron shell diagrams of each element
Atomic width diagram
Element names and the majority of the applications buttons are now available in eight different languages. Unfortunately there is just too much text for me to translate (95000+ words).
If you are using this Periodic Table in a school / college or other institue of learning and would like to add your own content, or customise existing content, then please click here.
Version History
1.5
Added element information box
For the highlighted element, shows;
Name and symbol
Atomic number and mass
Magnetic ordering
Melting and boiling point
Density and electronegativity
Added new "gradients" for use with display mode
right mouse button to select
Added many new properties to graph selection
Added graph information
(shows the values of the graph under the mouse cursor)
Added; click graph to open element's data page
Added logarithmic mode (base 10)
Added much improved graph selection method
Added graph options
Alter the graph colours
Print and save the current graph
Added many more properties to "element property search" section
Added; save data from "element property search" to a CSV file
Added: units of the selected property will appear as a tooltip above the
parameter name and itscorresponding value box
Added new tab; toolbox
Find constants, equations and chemical formulae
(330 constants, over 6400 formulae)
Added images to biography pages
Added many more element tables
Moved the atomic radii tab
(now in the atomic structure tab)
Fixes to the text and minor GUI improvements
1.4.1
Added "logarithmic" mode to graph
Added new tables and improved organisation
Added to other pages;
mass magnetic susceptibility
molar magnetic susceptibility
Improved electron config window
Improved help (thanks Rick!)
Lots of minor improvements
Many bugs fixed including
layouts, notes
1.4.0
Added group data; click on the group headings for
1,2,17,18,Lanthanoids and Actinoids to show
important properties of only the elements inthe selected group.
Added isotope abundance graph
Added "box notation" to atomic structure tab
Added full electron configuration to box notation display
Added some more data to "more info" pages;
electrochemical equivalent
electron work funtion
valence electron potential
ionization potential
incompatibilties
Added the following graphs;
Abundance in Universe
Sun
Earth's Crust
Human (by weight and #atoms)
Added the following to a new "more" tab available via the "dynamic" button;
occurence
block
Goldschmidt classification
Text is now much more IUPAC convention compliant
Tidied up all data pages and added improved navigation links for other pages
Added a few new images
Some bug fixes and GUI logic improvements
1.3.0
Added "discovery date" to display mode
Added new element lists;
atomic volume
discovery location
enthalpy of fusion
enthalpy of vapourisation
heat capacity
thermal expansion
Added a few new images
Added absorbtion/emission spectra images
Added context help
Added Query window
get element properties faster with this console like query window
Added Electron Configuration display
Added new document
how to read electron configuration tables
Improved some glossary items
Minor text improvements
1.2.0
New "Periodic Table" design
Added;
History data
Production/Occurrence pages
Added "default page" selection
Select the page that opens when an element from the periodic table is clicked
Added flags to "alternative name" pages.
Added Unicode support
1.1.0
Added crystal and valence diagrams
Added exotic isotopes for; Hydrogen and Helium
Added Layout browser toolbar
1.0.0
First public release.
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