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Organic Chemistry |
the study of most carbon containing compounds |
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Inorganic Chemistry |
the study of non organic substances, many of which have organic fragments bonded to metals |
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Physical Chemistry |
the study of the properties and changes of matter and their relation to energy |
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Analytical Chemistry |
the identification of the components and composition of materials |
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Biochemistry |
the study of substances and processes occuring in living things |
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Theoretical Chemistry |
the use of math and computers to understand the principles being observed and chemical behavior |
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Atom |
the basic unit of a chemical element |
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Element |
any material that cannot be broken down into more fundamental substances |
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Compound |
a thing composed of two or more separare elements |
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Extensive Property |
depend on the amount of matter that is present |
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Intensive Property |
does not depend on the amount of matter present |
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Physical Property |
a characteristic that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the substance |
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Chemical Property |
relates to a substance's ability to undergo changes that transform into different substances |
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Solid |
definite volume and definite shape |
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Liquid |
definite volume but indefinite shape |
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Gas |
neither definite volume or shape |
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Plasma |
high-temperature physical state of matter in which atoms lose most of their electrons, particles that make up atoms |
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Heterogeneous |
not uniform throughout |
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Homogeneous |
uniform in composition |
