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organic chemistry |
involves carbon containing substances |
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inorganic chemistry |
non carbon containing substances |
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biochemistry |
the chemistry of living systems |
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analytical chemistry |
idenfication / composition of matter |
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phsyical chemistry |
branch of chemistry that studies various properties of the elements |
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states of matter |
solid,liquid,gas,sometimes plasma |
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solids |
-always have a fixed/definite volume/shape -particles are strongly attached |
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liquids |
-have indefinite shape -flows, yet has a fixed volume -particles flow past eachother |
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gas |
-takes both the shape and volume of it's container -moving particles |
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mixture |
physical blend of 2 or more pure substances |
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heterogeneous mixture |
composition is not uniform throughout |
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homogeneous mixture |
composition is uniform throughtout |
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compounds |
can be decomposed into simpler substances by chemical changes, always in a definite ratio |
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element |
cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by chemical changes |
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extensive |
depend on the amount o (volume,mass,etc) |
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physical properties |
odor mp and bp magnetism state @ room temp solubility |
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