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    Inorganic chemistry is the study of the properties and behavior of inorganic compounds, covering all compounds except organic ones. It has several sub-branches including bioinorganic chemistry, geochemistry, nuclear chemistry, organometallic chemistry, and solid-state chemistry. Organic chemistry involves studying the structure, properties, and preparation of compounds containing primarily carbon and hydrogen, with sub-branches such as medicinal chemistry, organometallic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and physical organic chemistry. Analytical chemistry qualitatively and quantitatively determines the components of substances, with sub-branches including forensic chemistry and environmental chemistry. Physical chemistry studies the effect of structure on substance properties, and has sub-branches like photochemistry, surface chemistry,

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    Inorganic chemistry is the study of the properties and behavior of inorganic compounds, covering all compounds except organic ones. It has several sub-branches including bioinorganic chemistry, geochemistry, nuclear chemistry, organometallic chemistry, and solid-state chemistry. Organic chemistry involves studying the structure, properties, and preparation of compounds containing primarily carbon and hydrogen, with sub-branches such as medicinal chemistry, organometallic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and physical organic chemistry. Analytical chemistry qualitatively and quantitatively determines the components of substances, with sub-branches including forensic chemistry and environmental chemistry. Physical chemistry studies the effect of structure on substance properties, and has sub-branches like photochemistry, surface chemistry,

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    Inorganic chemistry is the study of the properties and behavior of inorganic compounds, covering all compounds except organic ones. It has several sub-branches including bioinorganic chemistry, geochemistry, nuclear chemistry, organometallic chemistry, and solid-state chemistry. Organic chemistry involves studying the structure, properties, and preparation of compounds containing primarily carbon and hydrogen, with sub-branches such as medicinal chemistry, organometallic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and physical organic chemistry. Analytical chemistry qualitatively and quantitatively determines the components of substances, with sub-branches including forensic chemistry and environmental chemistry. Physical chemistry studies the effect of structure on substance properties, and has sub-branches like photochemistry, surface chemistry,

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    SCI 104 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

    CHEMISTRY
    Chemia-the art of metal work
    Alchemy- emerged as a science concerned with the transmutation of elements into another.
    Antoine Laurant de Lavoiser- a French chemist, father of modern chemistry,
    Robert Boyle- discovered the relationship between pressure and volume
    Wrote the book ; skeptical chemist (1661)

    The five major branches of chemistry are organic, inorganic, analytical, physical, and biochemistry. These
    divide into many sub-branches.

    Explanation:
    ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    Organic chemistry involves the study of the structure, properties, and preparation of chemical
    compounds that consist primarily of carbon and hydrogen.
    SUB BRANCHES
    Medicinal chemistry —the design, development, and synthesis of medicinal drugs. It overlaps with
    pharmacology (the study of drug action).
    Organometallic chemistry — the study of chemical compounds containing bonds between carbon and
    a metal.
    Polymer chemistry — the study of the chemistry of polymers.
    Physical organic chemistry — the study of the interrelationships between structure and reactivity in
    organic molecules.
    Stereochemistry — the study of the spatial arrangements of atoms in molecules and their effects on
    the chemical and physical properties of substances.

    INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    Inorganic chemistry is the study of the properties and behaviour of inorganic compounds.
    It covers all chemical compounds except organic compounds.
    Inorganic chemists study things such as crystal structures, minerals, metals, catalysts, and most elements
    in the Periodic Table.
    SUB BRANCHES
    Bioinorganic chemistry — the study of the interaction of metal ions with living tissue, mainly through
    their direct effect on enzyme activity.
    Geochemistry — the study of the chemical composition and changes in rocks, minerals, and
    atmosphere of the earth or a celestial body.
    Nuclear chemistry — the study of radioactive substances.
    Organometallic chemistry — the study of chemical compounds containing bonds between carbon and
    a metal.
    Solid-state chemistry — the study of the synthesis, structure, and properties of solid materials.

    ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
    Analytical chemistry involves the qualitative and quantitative determination of the chemical
    components of substances.
    SUB BRANCHES
    Forensic chemistry — the application of chemical principles, techniques, and methods to the
    investigation of crime.
    Environmental chemistry —the study of the chemical and biochemical phenomena that occur in the
    environment.It relies heavily on analytical chemistry and includes atmospheric, aquatic, and soil
    chemistry.
    Bioanalytical Chemistry — the examination of biological materials such as blood, urine, hair, saliva, and
    sweat to detect the presence of specific drugs.

    PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
    Physical Chemistry —the study of the effect of chemical structure on the physical properties of a
    substance.
    Physical chemists typically study the rate of a chemical reaction, the interaction of molecules with
    radiation, and the calculation of structures and properties.
    SUB BRANCHES
    Photochemistry — the study of the chemical changes caused by light.
    Surface chemistry — the study of chemical reactions at surfaces of substances. It includes topics like
    adsorption, heterogeneous catalysis, formation of colloids, corrosion, electrode processes, and
    chromatography.
    Chemical kinetics — the study of the rates of chemical reactions, the factors affecting those rates, and
    the mechanism by which the reactions proceed.
    Quantum chemistry — the mathematical description of the motion and interaction of subatomic
    particles. It incorporates quantization of energy, wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, and
    their relationship to chemical processes.
    Spectroscopy — the use of the absorption, emission, or scattering of electromagnetic radiation by
    matter to study the matter or the chemical processes it undergoes.

    BIOCHEMISTRY

    Biochemistry is the study of chemical reactions that take place in living things. It tries to explain them in
    chemical terms.
    Biochemical research includes cancer and stem cell biology, infectious disease, and cell membrane and
    structural biology.
    It spans molecular biology, genetics, biochemical pharmacology, clinical biochemistry, and agricultural
    biochemistry.

    Molecular biology — the study of the interactions between the various systems of a cell, such as the
    different types of DNA, RNA, and protein biosynthesis.
    Genetics — the study of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms.
    Pharmacology — the study of mechanisms of drug action and the influence of drugs on an organism.
    o Toxicology —a sub-branch of pharmacology that studies the effects of poisons on living organisms.
    Clinical biochemistry — the study of the changes that disease causes in the chemical composition and
    biochemical processes of the body.
    Agricultural biochemistry — the study of the chemistry that occurs in plants, animals, and
    microorganisms.

    Thus, although there are FIVE main branches of chemistry, there are many sub-branches.
    There is a huge overlap between Chemistry and Biology, Medicine, Physics, Geology, and many other
    disciplines.
    Chemistry really is THE CENTRAL SCIENCE

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