• What is Chemistry?

Greek word “khemeia”

Chemistry is a branch of natural science that deals
principally with the properties of substances, the
changes they undergo, and the energy that is released
or absorbed when they change.
• What is Chemist?

Chemists conduct experiments in labs in order to analyze

substances, develop new products or improve existing
ones. They may specialize in one or more areas, such as
organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry and biochemistry.

Branches of Chemistry
There are 5 Main Branches of Chemistry
 Organic Chemistry – the study of carbons and its
compounds

 Inorganic chemistry-the chemistry of molecules and

compounds that contain very little hydrocarbons and
no hydrocarbon radicals.

 Analytical chemistry- study of chemistry of matter

and the development of chemical methods, and
instrumental methods used to measure properties
of matter.
 Physical chemistry– applies physics to the study of
chemistry.
Thermodynamics, quantum mechanics and nuclear
chem.

 Biochemistry. - the study of chemical processes that

occur inside of living organism

Each Main Branches of

Chemistry Sub-branches

 Inorganic Chemistry
 Bioinorganic Chemistry- study of interaction
of metal ions with the living tissue.

 Geochemistry- Chemical changes in rock

  Solid State chemistry– synthesis and
properties of solid materials
Importance of Chemistry
• Chemistry Explained
• Cooking:
Chemistry explains how food changes as you cook it,
how it rots, how to preserve food, how your body uses
the food you eat, and how ingredients interact to make
food.

• Chemistry Explained
Cleaning:

Part of the importance of chemistry is it explains

how cleaning works.
• Chemistry Explained
• Medicine:
You need to understand basic chemistry so you can
understand how vitamins, supplements, and drugs
can help or harm you.
• Chemistry Explained
• Environmental Issues:
Chemistry is at the heart of environmental issues...

• Chemistry and Physics

Physical chemistry is a branch of chemistry which strives
to study the occurrence of phenomena which links
physics and chemistry.

Example:
In physics, we study how much pressure a certain
element gets while in chemistry, we study how that
element reacts with the pressure.

• Chemistry and Psychology

The relationship between chemistry and psychology is
based majorly on psychiatric drugs.
These drugs utilize the knowledge of chemistry by
manipulating the molecules of the body to react in a
certain different way.

• Chemistry and Biology

Chemistry determines the structure, composition,
reactions, and functions of the cells and tissues of a
living organism (animal and plant).

• Chemistry and Medicine

Chemistry explains the imbalances that occur within our
bodies and how that imbalance makes us sick.
Pharmacology is also a branch within the field of
medicine that relies heavily on chemistry when
manufacturing new medicines that will help us restore
the balance within our bodies.
PPT NOTES:

 Greek word “khemeia” – cast together

transmutation of earth.
 All things in this world are made up of matter
and it always undergo changes.

 In shorter definition, Chemistry is the study of

matter and its transformation from one form to
another.

 Chemical transformation happens all the time,

everywhere.

 There are chemicals in the air we breathe in

purifying the water we drink, in growing cooking
digesting the food we eat, and even in discovery
and production of the medicine to help maintain
life.

 All matter is made up of chemicals…Therefore,

the study of everything.
There are 5 Main Branches of Chemistry
Traditionally, there are five main branches of
chemistry…
1. Carbon is known as Element of life. Always present in
living organism.
Organic Chemistry study the reactions occurring in
living organisms. Examples: organic molecules,
polymers, drugs, or fuels.
2. Include ionic compounds, organometallic compounds,
minerals, cluster compounds, and solid-state
compounds
silicon, steel, and metal oxide ceramics
3. Quantitative and qualitative analysis, separations,
extractions, distillation, spectrometry, and spectroscopy,
chromatography, and electrophoresis. Analytical
chemists develop standards, chemical methods, and
instrumental methods.
4. Chemistry Motion of particles with respect to heat
absorbed or released.
5. Key molecules include proteins, nucleic acids,
carbohydrates, lipids, drugs, and neurotransmitters.
Sometimes this discipline is considered a subdiscipline
of organic chemistry.
Biochemistry is closely related to molecular biology, cell
biology, and genetics.

 Metal: sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and

many metals such as iron, cobalt, nickel and other
less known, i.e., molybdenum, tungsten and
vanadium integrate into life.
 Solid-state compounds silicon, steel, and metal oxide
ceramics