BRANCHES OF CHEMISTRY

Chemistry is…

a type of science that includes the knowledge of the composition, structure, and properties of matter and the changes it undergoes

~6 branches of chemistry

ORGANICORGANIC

Known as carbon chemistry

Food chemistry

Fossil Fuels

INORGANICINORGANIC

Involves all elements

Metals/Materials chemistry

Chemical Reactions

PHYSICALPHYSICAL

Reaction kinetics

Exothermic, Heating/FreezingNuclear chemistry

Involves matter and energy

Plasticity, of copper under a spherical nanoindenter. (All particles in ideal lattice positions are omitted and the color

code refers to the stress field.)

BIOCHEMISTRYBIOCHEMISTRY

“Living” Chemistry; Environmental

Medical research

Proteins, Amino Acids, DNA, food

ANALYTICALANALYTICAL

Identifies, Evaluates, Compares

Uses instruments to find answers

Basis of Chemical Research

THEORECTICALTHEORECTICAL

Prediction Chemistry

Uses mathematics & models

Chemistry foundations

Environmental

Some of these branches seem to connect to other branches. Can we draw the best TREE (macroscopic) that illustrates the connection between the chemistry branches (microscopic)?

CHEMISTRY

INORGANIC ORGANIC

BIOCHEMISTRY

ANALYTICAL

PHYSICAL

THEORECTICAL

Your treemap: Fill out smaller sub-branches on this tree with products, machines, or materials that will fit into each category.

stove

Carsoda

Aspirin

Basic Research (pure) vs Applied Research

http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/research-main.html