Chemistry ch 1

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  1. What is chemistry used for?
    produce new products or improve existing ones
  2. Chemistry
    Study of the composition, ctructure, and properties of matter and the changes it undergoes
  3. 3 branches of Chemistry
    • inorganic
    • organic
    • biochemistry
  4. inorganic chemistry
    compounds which mostly don't have carbon
  5. organic chemistry
    carbon-containing compounds
  6. biochemistry
    chemistry of living things
  7. potential energy
    position relative to a reference point
  8. kinetic
    motion of an object
  9. radiant
    transmitted bby electromagnetic waves
  10. law of conservation of mass
    total amount of matter in the universe stays constant
  11. law of conservation of energy
    total amount of energy in the universe is constant
  12. law of conservation of mass-energy
    • total sum of all matter and energy is constant
    • -E=mc²

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 Chemistry ch 1
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2011-01-08 15:51:43
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