Chemistry: An

Introduction
Definition of Chemistry and its branches

Uses of Chemistry

Brief history of Chemistry

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❑Is the science that deals with the study of
the structure and composition of matter.
❑It deals with the study of the changes that
matter undergoes and the energy involved
that accompany these changes.
AGRICULTURE: Fertilizers, Pesticides

MEDICINE: Imaging, Drugs, Prosthesis

MILITARY: Guns, gunpowder, vest

COMPUTER
TECHNOLOGY
Computer chip, hardware

SPORTS Equipment, energy drink

EDUCATION Papers, ink pens, other materials

ELECTRONICS: Semiconductors, insulators

COSMETICS: Perfumes, cosmetics

Inorganic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Biochemistry

Physical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

•This branch of chemistry

deals with the study of all
the elements and their
compounds except the
element carbon.
•Compounds that do not
contain carbon.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

•This branch of chemistry

deals with the study of
carbon compounds
specifically hydrocarbons
and their derivatives.
•Carbon based
compounds.
BIOCHEMISTRY

•This branch of chemistry

deals with the study of
compounds present in
living organisms and their
interactions with one
another.
•Chemistry of living
systems.
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

•This branch of chemistry

deals with the study of
the physical processes
in chemical reactions.
•Mechanisms, rates, and
energetics of chemical
reactions.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

• This branch of chemistry

deals with the study of
what and how much
substance or substances is
present in a particular
sample of matter.
• Quality and quantity of
components of substances.
 Greeks and MODERN
Romans: CHEMISTRY:
Alchemy:
Babylonians: Egyptians: Making alloys and (16th century)
Elixir for
philosophy in trying Robert Boyle
immortality and
Brewing wine embalming, to explain the Amedeo
convert ordinary
and extracting cosmetics, and natural world and Avogadro
metal into gold
metal ores. making paper formulate theories Joseph Priestley
using philosopher
from papyrus. about matter and Henry Cavendish
stones.
behavior. Antoine van
Lavoisier
 ROBERT BOYLE:
❑Published his work: Skeptical Chymist.
❑The experimental analytical chemistry
began.
❑Other physical scientitsts contributors in
the field of chemistry with their
experiments mostly on gases involved
precise measurements: Robert Boyle,
He discovered the
relationship of pressure and
Amadeo Avogadro, Joseph Priestley,
volume. Henry Cavendish, and Antoine van
Lavoisier.
Amedeo Avogadro Joseph Priestley
(Discovered oxygen)
 Henry Cavendish Antoine van Lavoisier
(Discovered hydrogen) (who named oxygen and
hydrogen)
 Brief History of Chemistry…..
✓He was considered as the
father of modern chemistry.
✓He also formulate the Law of
Conservation of Mass: matter
cannot be created nor
destroyed. The total mass of
the reactants in a chemical
reaction will be always equal
to the total mass of the ANTOINE LAVOISIER
reactants after the chemical
reaction.
 Brief History of Chemistry…..
✓also doing experiment on
chemical reactions that most of
substances are composed of two
or more elements.
✓He also observed that compounds
also contained the same
percentage of elements
regardless of where these
compounds came from or
whoever prepared it.
JOHN LOUIS PROUST
✓Called the Law of Definite
Proportion
It states that all compounds contain the same
element in definite proportion and in no other
combination.