Hi MVP Readers,

This is a review/tutorial/intro video of KINTECH software tools:  Chemical Workbench - for modeling reactive flow processes, KinteckDB- database for storing species and reaction and chemical mechanism info, and KHIMERA - tool for calculating reaction rate parameters.

The video is in 4 parts.  It gives a good overview of what you might expect from KINTECH tools.  You can request a free trial version of the software by visiting: http://www.kintechlab.com, creating a login name and clicking on the “downloads” link.

DISCLAIMER: I am using the free trial version of this software. This is my personal, unbiased opinion. I am not paid, or in anyway compensated by to do a review of this software.

(I realize you can’t fast forward on these videos, sorry about that! I am using screentoaster.com, guess the fast forward capability is not available)

Part1: Chemical Workbench Overview

(Sorry about the lame background screen during the first 5 mins -  my webcam is lagging behind the screen video just in this first video! Bear with me - the other 3 videos uploaded just fine.)

Part2: Running an example

Part3: KintechDB (database tool) Overview (LOOOOOOOOOOOVE this tool!)

Part4: KHIMERA (Cool tool for creating your own rxn rate constants)

If you can’t view the video, try this link:

http://www.screentoaster.com/watch/stVEpQQkRIR19WSFxZWlxRXlZd

Please help make this blog better! In comments, let me know

1)What other software reviews you would like to see here?

2) How can I make these reviews better for you?

Cheers!
Masha

Thanks to all of you who responded to my previous post on “How Much is Your Time Worth?” Not only are you keeping this blog alive, you are making it more popular by the minute! Thank you for that.

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