Intro to Genchem

• Chemistry - Study of the composition, structure and properties of matter and of the reactions by which one form of matter may be produced from or converted into other forms
• Chemical - a substance tat always as the same composition and properties wherever it is found
• Scientific Method - a process that scientist use to make observations in nature , gather data, and explain natural phenomena.
• Hypothesis - a possible explanation of an observation or a law
• Experiment - Determines if a hypothesis is true or false
• Organic Chemistry - The study of the compounds of carbon
• Inorganic chemistry - study of chemical elements and their compounds wit the exception of carbon compounds
• Biochemistry - deals with the matter in living organisms
• Analytical chemistry - collection of techniques that allows exact laboratory determination of the composition of a given sample of material
• Qualitative analysis - all the atoms and molecules present are identified, with particular attention to trace elements