An Excel 4.0 Add-In Function to Calculate Molecular Masses

• Christian Hauck ^[1]
  1. [1] Sandoz Pharm Ltd, Switzerland
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 73, Nº 5 (May), 1996, págs. 433-434
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The use of spreadsheets for chemistry purposes is hindered by their inability to handle the atomic symbols and molecular formulas, the basis of the chemists' language. In this paper, a Microsoft Excel 4.0 add-in function is presented, which consists of a parser to interpret molecular formulas and a database containing three values for the atomic masses for every element: the mass number of the most abundant isotope, the mass of the most abundant isotope, and the atomic weight.