Online+Periodic+Tables

The Periodic Table of the Elements //ONLINE//
Many periodic tables can be found on the internet. The ten tables linked below were chosen because they are outstanding examples.

ISK chemistry students, you can find many sources and ideas for your element reports through these websites. However, please do not list any of these sites as a source. Instead, use the information here to guide you to other sources.


 * 1) Ptable - This is the best interactive online periodic table. It was created by Michael Dayah, a talented young American web designer and businessman. A huge amount of information is available through an interesting interface. You can spend a long time exploring! This table has been reviewed by Eric Scerri (see below), one of the world's foremost authorities on the periodic table. Ptable also draws its data from Wolfram|Alpha, the company founded by Theodore Gray (see the Photographic Periodic Table below).
 * 2) RSC Visual Elements Periodic Table - The Royal Society for Chemistry is "the largest organization in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences." Their periodic table includes some of the functions found at Ptable along with nice pictures, videos, and podcasts about the elements.
 * 3) Webelements - the original online periodic table, it contains twenty or more pages of accurate data for each element. This site was created in 1993 by Mark Winter, a professor at the University of Scheffield.
 * 4) The Photographic Periodic Table of the Elements - this site contains more visual information than you can digest in 100 visits! It is the project of three professional science writers and photographers who supply images for all sorts of companies and TV shows.
 * 5) The Wooden Periodic Table Table - from the author Theodore Gray, this site documents the building of an actual wooden table shaped like the periodic table of the elements. If you click on the box for an element, you see many images of that element. The images are the same ones found at the photographic periodic table of the elements because this author is the leader of that project.
 * 6) Chemicool - A more simple periodic table, this one contains very nice stories and links to articles about each element. It was created by a professor at MIT.
 * 7) Chemical Elements.com - This is also a fairly simple online periodic table with some great links. The unique feature of this site is its creation. Yinon Bentor created the site as his 8th grade science project in 1996, and the site is still around and growing! When you aim to exceed people's expectations, the sky is the limit!
 * 8) Los Alamos National Lab's online table - One of the most famous science institutions offers this simple but elegant version of the periodic table. The summary of each element is well-written and should inspire anyone who is writing an element report. This site is also one of the oldest online periodic tables, created in 1992.
 * 9) Lenntech's Periodic Table - One more table that is not too elaborate, yet it offers very good information about the health and environmental effects of each element. This table is a public service of Lenntech, a water treatment company in the Netherlands.
 * 10) About.com's Periodic Table - Rich in information, this periodic table offers a short article about each element followed by links to several more sources of information. The element introductions are written by Dr. Anne Helmenstine, one the many free-lance writers working for About.com.

You will notice that each of these sites contains easy-to-locate information about the creator of the website. There is even a way to contact the person who made the website. This type of information lets you know that you have found a valid source of information on the Internet.

I'd also like to point out a chemistry professor who has written many books and articles about the Periodic Table. Eric Scerri is a philosopher of science at UCLA. His web page is full of interesting information, and his book about the Periodic Table is a classic.

If you find other online periodic tables and would like to recommend them for this list, let me know. I'd love to check them out! chemistrobinson@gmail.com