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Molecular Model Sets; Fisher; Basic: Organic; Advanced: Organic, Inorganic, and Molecular | 
| Brand: Christensen Educational Materials
Category: BISS
Buy New: $30.00
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 382
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.5 x 1.5
MPN: S44052
ASIN: B0015T45HY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Molecular Model Sets; Demo concepts of chemical change/nature of compounds; Basic set: organic structure; Advanced set: organic, inorganic, and molecular structure; visualize 3-D nature of a molecule
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| Customer Reviews:
Decent, but not Amazing November 10, 2008
I bought this kit for a college Organic Chemistry class. Although the kit is expensive relative to other college-level model kits, the wooden molecule parts (colored balls and pegs) are sturdier than the plastic bits my colleagues' kits have.
I ran into some trouble trying to construct haloalkanes. The wooden pegs that represent bonds only allow you to make ~110 degree bond angles, so you're forced to use springs to create anything smaller than a hexane. Unfortunately, these springs are pretty floppy and so it's hard to see the single ring and fused ring structures in your finished molecule.
It seems that this kit is most appropriate for a classroom setting where it would be handled a lot and would need to stand up to a lot of punishment. Apart from that, it's easier to just visualize the molecule than to try to jam the pegs into the holes drilled into the Carbon atoms. The variety of molecules would be good for someone who plans on taking Inorganic as well as Organic chemistry.
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