Periodic Table v3.

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odic Table. (Please scroll down for version history)
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Paul
[December 18th 2008]
(A *very* big thank you to Rick Bailey and everyone else who has emailed me with
suggestions and feedback)
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** Not all changes are available in the mini-version **
Revision History:
3.8B (December 18th 2008)
~ Bug fixed with box notation display
~ Element pages "menu" updated for all pages
~ Plus couple of other minor fixes
3.8 (December 14th 2008)
~ Added "map" tab
See what each country produces/mines
~ Added "on this day..."
Shows important scientific events that
happened in history
~ Added full text index
~ Improved search
~ Some bug fixes and data updates
3.7 (August 24th 2008)
~ Added the ability to copy from the data
window
~ Added "orbital" images to electron config
window
~ Added reduction potentials to reactions page
~ Added new properties;
 Ground state
Triple covalent atomic radius
Metallic atomic radius
Critical temperature
Superconducting temperature
~ Added 29 new images of minerals and ores
(total is now 201)
~ Added Mass atomic attenuation page
~ Added Atomic reference data pages
~ Lots of minor fixes
3.6
~ Added element information box
For the highlighted element, shows;
Name and symbol
Atomic number and mass
Magnetic ordering
Melting and boiling point
Density and electronegativity
~ Added new "gradients" for use with display mode
right mouse button to select
~ Added many new properties to graph selection
~ Added graph information
(shows the values of the graph under the
mouse cursor)
~ Added; click graph to open element's data page
~ Added logarithmic mode (base 10)
~ Added much improved graph selection method
~ Added graph options;
Alter the graph colours
Print and save the current graph
~ Added many more properties to "element property
search" section
~ Added; save data from "element property search"
to a CSV file
~ Added: units of the selected property will appear
as a tooltip above the parameter name and its
corresponding value box
~ Added new tab; toolbox
Find constants, equations and chemical formulae
(330 constants, over 6400 formulae)
~ Added images to biography pages
~ Added many more element tables
~ Moved the atomic radii tab
(now in the atomic structure tab)
~ Fixes to the text and minor GUI improvements
3.5
~ Added isotope abundance graph
~ Added full electron configuration
to box notation display
~ Added a few of new images
~ Text is now much more IUPAC convention
compliant
~ Tidied up all data pages and added improved
navigation links for other pages
~ Some bug fixes and GUI logic improvements
3.4
~ Added group data; click on the group headings for
 1,2,17,18,Lanthanoids and Actinoids to show
important properties of only the elements in
the selected group.
~ Added some more data to "more info" pages;
electrochemical equivalent
electron work funtion
valence electron potential
ionization potential
incompatibilties
~ Added "box notation" to atomic structure tab
~ Added the following to a new "state" tab
available via the "dynamic" button;
occurence
block
Goldschmidt classification
~ Minor bug fixes, typos and errors corrected.
3.3
~ Added "discovery date" to display mode
~ Added new element lists;
atomic volume
discovery location
enthalpy of fusion
~ Improved some glossary items
~ Minor text improvements
~ Added a few new images
~ Added absorbtion/emission spectra display
3.2
~ New "Periodic Table" design
~ Added;
History data
Production/Occurrence pages
~ Added "default page" selection
Select the page that opens when any
element from the periodic table is
clicked
~ Added flags to "alternative name" pages.
~ Added Unicode support
3.1
~ Added exotic isotopes for;
Hydrogen and Helium
~ Added crystal diagrams on more info pages
~ Added valence diagram on main page
~ Improved searching
3.0.2
~ Minor fix.
3.0.1
~ Fixed; erroneous "display types" as some
data was being loaded incorrectly
~ Added to "more info" pages;
Enthalpy of Atomization
3.0.0
~ Added new graphs;
Electrical conductivity
Electronegativity
~ Added new "element list" pages
Electrican Conductivity
Electronegativity
Thermal Conductivity
Symbol
~ Added "vapour pressure" to More Info page
~ Added "optical properties" to More Info
~ Added "Reactions" page, detailing how
each element reactions with water, air,
acids, bases and the halogens
~ Added page for each element listing its
name in different languages
~ Resizing vertically now implemented
~ Tidied Glossary and Biography indexes
~ Organised "More Info" pages
2.9.0
~ Added new features;
Full size charts; X-ray fluorescence energy level charts
~ Added the following to "More Info" pages;
x-ray fluorescence energy data
Abundance information
crystal structure
electrical conductivity
~ Added more 'source' information
~ Seperated 'hazard' information from notes
~ Added new pages; atomic spectroscopic data
~ Added brand new help system, click the 'Help' button
~ Added Document tab;
Abundance of the Elements in the Solar System
Chemical makeup of the human body
The Alkali (Group 1) Metals
The Alkaline Earth Metals (Group 2)
The Halogens (Group 17)
The Noble Gases (Group 18)
The Transition Metals (Groups 3 to 12)
2.8.0
~ Added new graphs;
Heat Capacity
Thermal Conductivity
Thermal Expansion
~ Added graph display modes;
bar, area and line.
~ Added new graph display; custom, you choose which elements
to add to the display
~ Added "element property search" to search tab
~ Added important compounds for each element
~ Added new data to more info page
2.7.1
~ Fixed bug with standard version only, error
when opening application.
~ Fixed bug with extra version causing imaages
after Thorium not to be displayed.
~ Fixed element lists (name, date, etc.) for users
of IE7.
2.7.0
~ Added Electronegativity to the More Info pages
~ Added electron structure to More info pages
~ Added 'Media' section with 157 new larger images
and descriptions.
~ Improved navigation from isotope to other to
allotrope pages.
~ Improvement to search performance
~ Added Search History
2.6.0
~ Allotrope pages added for relevant elements
~ Added three extra graphs;
Enthalpy of Fusion
Enthalpy of Vapourisation
Ionisation Energies (for each element)
~ Added More Info pages with link to graph
of Ionisation energies
~ Added more content for each element
2.5.1
~ Added Czech language
~ Fixed a couple of minor Mini GUI things
~ Fixed a bug where the application might fail
on systems where opening a file in read/write
mode is not allowed
2.5.0 (May 21st, no change in version number)
~ Re-released with spelling/grammar corrections
2.5.0
~ Added notable isotopes for each element (1000+)
~ Added new display modes for the main display
~ Improved search, you can now search for more
than one term at a time
~ Tidied up the GUI
~ Can now be resized
~ Created a "mini" version for 800x600 desktops
~ Check for updates via the welcome page
2.4.0
~ Added group and period labels
~ Added some more biographies.
~ Improved the GUI a bit
~ Some minor language changes
~ Added a new display: Atomic Radius
~ Added graphs or Melting Point, Boiling Point and Atomic Radius
~ Added help files
~ Changed the element page colour scheme (hope you like it!)
2.3.2
~ Removed some erroneous data from the search index
~ Increased the size of the window, and dynamic temperate section.
2.3.1
~ Revised Italian language text
~ Fixed a bug on PCs that use comma (,) as the decimal seperator