Methane Symmetry Elements

William F. Coleman
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481

This VRML application allows you to examine the symmetry elements of methane (CH₄) in 3-D. Any one of the complete set of point symmetry operations for methane can be chosen. Appropriate axes of rotation and/or reflection planes are shown along with the molecule; the whole can be rotated arbitrarily along any of the three cartesian axes at the viewer's discretion for clearer viewing.

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