BASIC Programming for Chemists, An Introduction

Teaches the fundamentals of the BASIC programming language by description and example, and presents over 50 chemically oriented BASIC programs that can both teach about the language and be useful in their own right. The first part of the book introduces the reader to programming in the BASIC language. The second part of the book consists of 52 example problems, divided into 44 topics, concerning chemical problems. These problems progress in difficulty in terms of the chemical concepts, mathematical models, and programming operations involved. The reader can work the problems, then copy and run the programs, and compare the results. The given programs can be modified to suit the reader′s needs, or new ones be written using the techniques presented in the text.

PARTIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS:
BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS AND BASIC.
Introduction to Digital Computers.
Computer Logic, Programming, And Flowcharts.
BASIC.
PROGRAMS FOR CHEMISTRY.
Molar Mass of a Hydrocarbon.
Molar Masses of Several Multiple-Element Compounds.
Ideal Gas Law.
Combined Ideal or van der Waals Gas Calculation.
Root-Mean-Square Molecular Speeds.
Inorganic Qualitative Analysis Scheme.
Potentiometric Titration Simulation.
X Ray Diffraction Calculations.
Bisection Method of Root Finding.
Spectrophotometry.
Chemical Kinetics.
Quantitative Analysis of Mixtures by Mass Spectrometry.
Appendixes.
Bibliography.
Index.