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25/03/04 A Flash animation showing the dissolving of NaCl ions in water. Note that if you cannot play this you will need to install the Flash player, free download from http://www.macromedia.com/ The simulation comes from a collection of works by Tom Greenbowe, Han-Chin Liu, and Rohini Vanchisawran, Chemical Education Research Group, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA. They have kindly given permission for this to be used by teachers with their students. No editing of the animation is permitted. More of their Macromedia activities may be found at www.chem.iastate.edu/group/Greenbowe/sections/projectfolder/animationsindex.htm