Introduction

The Periodic Table Live! Graphing and Sorting Applet is an interactive utility designed to make comparisons among elemental data quick and easy.

The applet looks and acts like a standard computer program for Mac OS or Windows. It contains windows that can be moved, resized, and hidden as needed.

There are three major components: a periodic table, a graphing component, and a data table that can be used for visual presentation of a variety of data. The periodic table is used to select or deselect the sets of elements included in each comparison. The graphing component is used to view numerical data, such as densities, atomic numbers, and so on. The table component can be used to view both numerical and non–numerical information, such as the uses and sources of an element.