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Branches of Chemistry

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Today's topic is "Branches of Chemistry"

We are living in the world of chemicals. We all depend upon different living organisms which requires water,  oxygen or carbon dioxide for their survival. Chemistry had a wide scope in all aspects of life and is serving the humanity day and night. 

The five main branches of chemistry are organic, inorganic, analytical, physical, and biochemistry.

Now we will discuss about each branch. 

Organic Chemistry:

It is the study of  compounds of carbon and hydrogen and their derivatives. Organic compounds occur naturally and are also synthesized in the laboratory. It has applications in petroleum, petrochemicals and pharmaceutical industries. 


Inorganic Chemistry:

It deals with the study of all the elements and their compounds except those of compounds of carbon and hydrogen and their derivatives. It has applications in every aspect of chemical industry such an glass, cement, ceramic and metallurgy. 

Analytical Chemistry:

It is the branch of chemistry that deals with separation and analysis of a sample to identify it's compounds. It may be a qualitative analysis or quantitative analysis

Physical Chemistry:

It is the branch that deals with the relationship between composition and physical properties of matter. It also deals with the changes of matter. For example;behavior of solids, liquids and gases, structure of atom, effect of temperature or radiation on matter etc. 

Biochemistry:

It is the branch of chemistry in which we study about structure, composition and chemical reactions of substances found in living organisms. Biochemistry is the study of chemical reactions that occur in living organisms.The field focuses on nucleic acids, lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins.

These are main field of chemistry which I discussed today. In my next blog we will discuss more branches of chemistry. 

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