Molecular Model - Retinol (Vitamin A) - atomic scale model

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Just a nice water-tight, manifold, 3d-friendly STL molecular model or Retinol (Vitamin A). See my profile for others. Some I have printed and some I haven't gotten to yet. I do take molecule requests but I'm not necessarily fast about it :) I use these to teach my kids about chemistry. The vitamins are useful for discussion because we can talk about the things our body can't make that we have to get elsewhere and why it means we need to eat things like vegetables. For FDM these will need lots of supports and careful planning. I look forward to seeing some SLM versions, which should be easier. The images are from various points in the modeling process. All molecules are subject to computational atomic bond optimization and simulation to get the correct bond angles. The atomic "ball" is scaled linearly with atomic radius, although the absolute radius shown is still just for modeling and ease of representation. The models should have enough triangles for very large fabrication. All images and models are originals by me.