Chapter 12 Basics of Chemistry - WPMU DEV

[Pages:45]Chapter 12 Basics of Chemistry

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"We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others

have made of us." ? Jean-Paul Sartre

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Objectives

? Explain the difference between organic and inorganic chemistry.

? Describe oxidation and reduction (redox) reactions. ? Discuss the different forms of matter: elements,

compounds, and mixtures. ? Explain the difference between solutions, suspensions,

and emulsions. ? Explain pH and the pH scale.

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Chemistry

? The science that deals with the composition, structures, and properties of matter and how matter changes under different conditions.

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Organic Chemistry

? The study of substances that contain carbon, which allows them to burn

? All living or formerly alive things contain carbon. ? Organic does not always mean natural or safe.

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Inorganic Chemistry

? The study of substances that do not contain the element carbon but may contain the element hydrogen.

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Matter

? Anything that occupies space; has physical and chemical properties; and exists as either a solid, liquid, or gas

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Elements

? Simplest form of matter ? Cannot be reduced without loss of identity ? At least 90 naturally occurring ? Identified by a letter symbol

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