Do-It-Yourself: 3D Models of Hydrogenic Orbitals through 3D Printing

Autor/inn/en	Griffith, Kaitlyn M.; de Cataldo, Riccardo; Fogarty, Keir H.
Titel	Do-It-Yourself: 3D Models of Hydrogenic Orbitals through 3D Printing
Quelle	In: Journal of Chemical Education, 93 (2016) 9, S.1586-1590 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9584
DOI	10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00293
Schlagwörter	Chemistry; Computer Graphics; Models; Undergraduate Students; Inorganic Chemistry; Multimedia Materials; Molecular Structure; Quantum Mechanics; Printed Materials; Printing; Technology Uses in Education; Science Materials; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Chemie; Computergrafik; Analogiemodell; Anorganische Chemie; Quantenmechanik; Buchdruck; Drucken; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen
Abstract	Introductory chemistry students often have difficulty visualizing the 3-dimensional shapes of the hydrogenic electron orbitals without the aid of physical 3D models. Unfortunately, commercially available models can be quite expensive. 3D printing offers a solution for producing models of hydrogenic orbitals. 3D printing technology is widely available, and the cost of 3D printing "inks" is relatively low. Creation of models requires graphing electron orbital probability distributions in spherical coordinates and exporting as stereolithography (.stl) files (a common format for 3D printing). There is both freeware (CalcPlot3D), and license-requiring (Matlab, Mathematica, Maple) software capable of plotting orbital equations and exporting in the required format. The process of creating the orbitals is relatively simple, and the 3D printing methodology is cost-effective. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01