The Orbitron
| Url | http://winter.group.shef.ac.uk/orbitron/ |
| Creator | Dr Mark J Winter |
| Contributor | Prof Barry Pickup and Dr Martin Grayson (all at The University of Sheffield), Dr Dave Cook |
| Publisher | University of Sheffield, UK, Sheffield S3 7HF, Department of Chemistry |
| Description | This is the home page of The Orbitron - a gallery of ray-traced atomic orbital and molecular orbital images constructed with POV-Ray. It contains: 1) Electron-cloud and surface representations of atomic, hybrid, and molecular orbitals; 2) 2- and 3-D graphs of the wavefunctions associated with atomic and hybrid orbitals; 3) Animations of the electron density in atomic and hybrid orbitals, showing their inner lobes and nodal structure; 4) Rotatable, zoomable electron-cloud representations of atomic, hybrid, and molecular orbitals; 5) Radial distribution functions for atomic orbitals; 6) The equations for atomic and hybrid orbital wavefunctions; and 7) Animations of the interactions of bonding and antibonding orbitals in hydrogen and nitrogen. |
| Format | HTML |
| Subject | Chemistry |
| Keyword | Chemistry, science, molecular orbital, molecular, chemical, oxygen, Sheffield, wave function, s orbital, ray tracing, radial node, radial distribution, p orbital, orbitron, orbital, node, nodal plane, lobe, image, hydrogen, hybrid orbital, gallery, g orbital, f orbital, equation, electrons, electron density, d orbital, atomic orbital, atomic, POV-Ray |
| Audience | Learner/Student |