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Types of Chemistry
Term | Definition |
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Organic Chemistry | The Study of Most Carbon containing compounds. EX. Carbon Dioxide |
Inorganic Chemistry | The study of non - organic substances many of which have organic fragments bonded to metals. EX. Sodium Chloride to form table salt |
Physical Chemistry | the study of the properties and changes of matter and their relation to energy. EX. Nitric Acid eating through wood |
Analytical chemistry | the identification of the components and composition of materials. |
Biochemistry | The study of substances and processes occurring in living things EX. Study of a cells metabolism |
Theoretical Chemistry | The use of mathematics and computers to understand the principles behind observed chemical behavior and to design and predict the properties of new compounds. |
Basic Research | Carried out for the sake of increasing KNOWLEDGE |
Applied Research | Carried out to SOLVE A PROBLEM |
Technological Development | Involves the production of products that IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE |
Mixture | Combination of two or more substances that are not chemically combined EX. Salt Water |
Compound | a substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds. EX. Water |