BICOL UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

CHEM 1 GENERAL CHEMISTRY

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY

OF CHEMISTRY
Hannah Angelie H. Olivarez, RCh
TABLE OF 01
CONTENTS WHAT IS CHEMISTRY

02
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY

03
IMPORTANCE OF CHEMISTRY

04
HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY
 SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOMES

iMPORTANCE APPLICATION HISTORY

Discuss the role of chemistry
in different areas of human
needs as well as the
interrelationship of
chemistry with medicine and
other fields of science.
Give examples of situations Name some chemists and
(recreational/occupational/ discuss their important
social) where chemistry is contributions to the field
applied. of chemistry.
INTRODUCTION
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED why ice melts
and water evaporates? Why do leaves turn
colors in the fall, and how does a battery
generate electricity? Why does keeping foods
cold slow their spoilage, and how do our
bodies use food to maintain life?
“Chemistry ought not to be for Chemists
alone.”
—Miguel de Unamuno
WHAT IS CHEMISTRY?

Chemistry is the study of properties and

behavior of matter.
Fundamental Principles of Chemistry

The Atomic and Molecular Perspectives of

Chemistry.
Why study Chemistry?
Why Study
Chemistry?

A microscopic view of an
EPROM ((Erasable
Programmable Reac-only
Memory Card) silicon
microchip.
Why Study
Chemistry?

A Young Girl Painting

by Vittore Carpaccio (1472-1526)
Why Study
Chemistry?

A long strand of DNA that

has spilled out of the
damaged cell wall of a
bacterium.
Why Study
Chemistry?

Household Chemicals
 HISTORY
OF
CHEMISTRY
CHEMISTS AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS

ARISTOTLE
(Greece, 4th Century BC)
CHEMISTS AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS

Democritus
(Greece, 4th Century BC)
CHEMISTS AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS

Alchemists
(~300 BC-1650 AD)
CHEMISTS AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS

Galileo Galilei
(Italy 1564 AD)
CHEMISTS AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS

Antoine Lavoisier
(France 1743-1794)
 GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT
Does an iron nail gain mass or lose
mass when it rusts?
CHEMISTS AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS

John Dalton
(England 1766-1844)
CHEMISTS AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS

Amedeo Avogadro
(Italy, 1776-1856)
CHEMISTS AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS

Dmitri Mendeléev
(Russia, 1834-1907)
 GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT
How many elements are there?
What submicroscopic particles are the
building blocks of matter?
 THANKS
Does anyone have any questions?

haholivarez@bicol-u.edu.ph
+63 915 404 5310