Chemistry What’s it all about????

1. Chemistry What’s it all about????

2. Chemistry is a branch of science concerned with the structure and composition of materials and the changing of one substance into another

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4. Chemistry is that area of science which is responsible for the production of the huge variety of modern materials we see around us!!!! Could you imagine life without modern medicines, synthetic clothes, plastics, petrol, soaps etc.????? Without realising it chemistry influences our lives more than any other single technology.

5. Careers in Chemistry • Agricultural Chemists: • Forensic Chemists: Agricultural chemistry focuses on chemical compositions and changes involved in the production, protection, and use of crops and livestock. It seeks to control and understand the processes by which humans obtain food and fiber for them-selves and feed for their animals. Agricultural chemists work with food producers to increase yields, improve quality, and reduce costs. A forensic chemist is a professional chemist who analyzes evidence that is brought in from crime scenes and reaches a conclusion based on tests run on that piece of evidence. A forensic chemist's job is to identify and characterize the evidence as part of the larger process of solving a crime. Forensic chemists rarely conduct any investigative work; they handle the evidence collected from the crime scene.

6. Textile Chemists: • Other areas include: • Water Chemistry • Medicinal Chemistry • Consumer Product Chemistry • Biotechnology etc. Textile chemistry is primarily an applied form of chemistry. It is a highly specialized field that applies the principles of the basic fields of chemistry to the understanding of textile materials and to their functional and esthetic modification into useful and desirable items. Textile materials are used in clothing, carpet, tire yarn, sewing thread, upholstery, and air bags, to name a few examples.

7. The Leaving Cert Chemistry Course The syllabus can be divided into three main components: - Pure Chemistry - Applications of chemistry - Social, Political and Economic aspects of chemistry We must study : - 24 chapters as outlined in your book - one option question (can be found in workbook) - 28 Mandatory experiments (HL) - 18 teacher demonstrations

8. What you need??? • Chemistry Live Book & Workbook • Notes copy – A4 Hardback • Homework copy • Experiment Copy – A4 Hardback or A4 science copy • Folder • What you can expect!!! • Pop quiz – every Friday • Test – end of each topic/section • Exam questions – end of each topic/section • All notes will be available at msos.pbworks.com

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