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BEST OF THE APPS V.1

For the chemist

Organic Chemistry Essentials

Platform: iPad/iPhone – Cost Free

The Organic Chemistry Essentials App is composed of sections dedicated to determining R versus S stereochemistry, tips for interpretation NMR spectra, and a review of the properties of various organic reagents.

For the mass spectrometrist

MS iCalc

Platform: iPhone – Cost Free

App user begins by entering a chemical formula to display properties of the compound such as mass and the number of rings/double bonds. The App includes a calculator that calculates the mass/charge values for user-specified peptide fragments; a table includes the names, symbols, and masses of the amino acids, and a list of peptide modifications.

For the Gas-chromatographist

PerkinElmer Gas Chromatography Essentials

Platform: iPad – Cost Free

This App is a strictly educational tool.

For the chemist

Buffers

Platform: iPad/iPhone – Cost Free

This App calculates buffer recipes. The user specifies the desired pH, concentration, volume and the temperature at which the solution will be used. The recipe displays how the pH of the buffer will change with temperature.

Chemistry Formulas

Platform: iPad/iPhone – Cost: $ 0,99.

This App includes a very nicely annotated periodic table that displays many properties beyond just the atomic weight of each element.

For the medicine student

Emergency Toxicology

Platform: iPhone – Cost Free

The Emergency Toxicology App is an useful educational resource. Covering many different classes of compounds related to the field of toxicology. Is is also useful for scientists who are interested about the biological mechanisms of medical importance of commonlyemcountered compounds.

For the neurology student

Neuroknowledge

Platform: iPad – Cost Free

Quiz with 90 randomized questions. The questions are divided into 3 categories: nervous system, neurons, drug effects.

For the chemistry teacher

SPRESImobile

Platform: iPad/iPhone – Cost Free

This is an App for people who love chemical reactions. 400.000 chemical reactions are included in the SPRESImobile App by infochem.

For the neurologist

NeuroResponse

Platform: iPad – Cost Free

This App has a specific purpose to test the motor capabilities of patients with movement disorders.