Tuesday, June 16, 2009

What is Chemistry?

What is chemistry, what do chemists do?
Chemistry is a science that describes the physical properties, composition, structure and reactions of matter.
To understand this definition more clearly we need to define some terms.
Atom - The smallest building block of matter.*
Molecule - Groups of atoms held together in a specific connectivity and shape
Matter - Anything that has mass and occupies space.

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