Review
This review applies to version 0.9
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If you are a student looking for an easy and original way to learn chemistry, then you should take a look at Avogadro, a simple and powerful program that will let you see and create all kind of chemical compounds. You can manipulate molecules and generate 3D graphics easily and with just a couple of clicks.
This program has many tools that will let you to do many things, for example, you will be able to draw chemical compounds with colorful 3D graphics, allowing you to select the chemical elements and links between them. But if you don't want to create chemical compounds, there's an option called Fragment Library where you will find many items as examples, and you will be able to modify them as you like, but you have to remember the compatibility of the elements.
In addition, this application has many display types that will let you see your chemical compounds in different views. Besides, there are other tools that will help you perform calculations and operations about energy, vibrations and other aspects of the chemical compound that you are analyzing.
To sum up, Avogadro is an excellent program for chemistry lovers, and maybe the best feature is that it's totally free. |
