Introducing the Molecular Weight
Calculator for Windows

Availability and Screen Shots

You can download the program without the VBRUN300.Dll and without an install programhere (Version 3.2, January 1, 1997; 143 kb).

Once you have downloaded the mwt3_2.zip file, create a directory for the program (eg. C:\MWTWIN), move the file to the directory, unzip the file, delete the mwt3_2.zip file, and move the Grid.Vbx file to your \Windows\System directory. Remember, you must have VBRUN300.dll on your computer to use this file.

Click here to see a 7 Kb gif of the Windows version of the program. Note the notation used to enter a molecular formula and note how the program can display up to seven formulas simultaneously. This picture also shows one of the three possible ways that standard deviations of results can be shown. At the bottom of the picture you can see one of the many possible 'caution' messages displayable by the program. (These messages can be toggled on and off)

Click here to see a 5 Kb gif of how the Windows version of the program displays percent compositions. This picture shows a second way that standard deviations may be shown.

Click here to see a 5 Kb gif of the results of the percent solver feature. The user had entered a target of 1% for oxygen and 64% for chlorine, and the program calculated the best x to get the actual percent compositions as close to the target values as possible.

 

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Features of Molecular Weight Calculator for Windows, version 3.2
(January 1997)

 
Multi-Line Display
Display of up to seven formulas with their molecular weights simultaneously.

 

Percent Composition
Percent composition of up to seven formulas.

 

Parentheses Are Allowed
For example, (CH3)3CH2CH3. The program handles up to four layers of embedded parentheses.

 

Hydrates or other addended compounds are allowed
For example, FeCl3-6H2O is iron(III) chloride hexahydrate.

 

User-definable abbreviations for common parts of compounds. Default abbreviations are included as examples.
For example PhCl is C6H5Cl and HOac is CH3COOH

 

Edit and save abbreviations
You can edit and save the abbreviations and the elemental values during program operation.

 

Smart Case Conversion
The program will automatically convert lowercase letters to uppercase where appropriate for ease of entering a formula. Exact case matching and non-conversion are available too.

 

Isotopes are recognized
For example, ^13C means Carbon-13 and C6H5^18OH is heavy-oxygen (Oxygen-18) labeled phenol

 

Feature of weighting parts of a compound relative to the other parts.
For example: [.2Na]Cl would have a weight of 0.2*22.989768+35.4527=40.0507 or NaCl-[.5H2O] would have a weight of 22.989768+35.4527+0.5*(2*1.00794+15.9994)=67.4501

 

Percent Solver mode
Useful for finding the value of "x" in a compound that satisfies user-specified percent composition requirements.

 

Accuracy of the final digit of the molecular weight and percent composition
Capability to set optional features at the command line when starting the program and to save and automatically load them during program operation.

 

Mole/Mass converter for easily translating moles to mass (kg, g, mg, pounds, ounces) and back.

 

Formula Finder for finding possible compound empirical formulas for a given molecular weight for a given set of percent composition data.

 

Capability of printing results.

 

Extensive online help and error checking.

 

Finally, it's Freeware and can be copied freely in its fully functional form.

 

As an overview of the program and to allow for easier printing, a text-only version of the program's hypertext help is available here.

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