Updated in January 2022
Here are five great periodic table apps to use with your students in class. Tables summarize properties and provide more information related to each chemical element. These apps are especially helpful for teachers of sciences and engineering. They are also great references for students to use when working on their homework. Check them out and share with us your feedback in our Facebook page.
1- Chemistry and Periodic table
‘The Chemistry lets you find chemical reactions and to solve the chemical equations with one or multiple unknown variables. You’ll always have Mendeleev’s Periodic Table and Solubility table handy. And even the calculator of molar masses! The app can find the equations of chemical reactions even if the right or left part is unknown, it helps you with organic and inorganic chemistry. The discovered reactions will be displayed in a usual and ionic form. Organic chemistry formulas are drawn as images by the app.’
2- Mild EleMints: Free Periodic Table
‘Mild EleMints is an interactive Periodic Table for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It is the free version of EleMints, which not only offers a Periodic Table, but also a Plot Graph, Element listing, Electron Diagram and a wealth of information on every element.’
3- The Elements by Theodore Gray
‘The Elements: A Visual Exploration is not just a reference app, it is a rich and engaging love story of the periodic table, told in words and pictures, and allowing you to experience the beauty and fascination of the building blocks of our universe in a way you’ve never seen before.’
4- K12 Periodic Table of the Elements
‘K12 Periodic Table of the Elements lets you explore the elements and their key attributes in a simple, easy-to-use way. It’s a perfect reference for working through homework problems for Science courses.’
