Brown Ring Experiment in Virtual Reality

TL;DR

This paper presents a virtual reality simulation of the Brown Ring Experiment to enable practical chemistry learning without physical labs, making chemical education more accessible.

Contribution

It introduces a VR-based platform for conducting chemical experiments, eliminating the need for physical chemicals and lab space.

Findings

VR simulation accurately replicates the Brown Ring Experiment

Enables remote and resource-limited students to perform chemical experiments

Potential to expand virtual labs for various chemical processes

Abstract

Brown Ring Experiment is a very popular test to detect the presence of Nitrate in salts commonly performed in chemical laboratories with supplies of required chemicals. Our work clears out the need for a chemical laboratory and chemicals in order to understand the experiment practically. We have used the technology of Virtual Reality to fulfill this requirement. Our research work can be extensively utilized to create virtual environments for conducting other chemical processes in a virtual environment hence, eliminating the need for a chemical laboratory. This can help students in remote areas with minimal resources to fill in the void of practical experiments they have in their learning process due to space constraints.