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Chapter 1 Chemistry Basics


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Chemistry

The Galileo spacecraft was placed in orbit around Jupiter to collect data about the planet and its moons. Chemistry helped scientists to study the geology of distant objects in the solar system.

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Pure and Applied Chemistry

Pure and Applied Chemistry

How are pure and applied chemistry related?

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Chemistry > Pure and Applied Chemistry

Pure chemistry is the pursuit of chemical knowledge for its own sake.

Applied chemistry is research that is directed toward a practical goal or application.

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Pure research can lead directly to an application, but an application can exist before research is done to explain how it works.

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Nylon

In the early 1930’s, Wallace Carothers produced nylon while researching cotton and silk.

A team of scientists and engineers applied Carothers’s research to the commercial production of nylon.

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Aspirin

Long before researchers figured out how aspirin works, people used it to relieve pain, and doctors prescribed it for patients who were at risk for a heart attack.

In 1971, it was discovered that aspirin can block the production of a group of chemicals that cause pain and lead to the formation of blood clots. This is an example of pure research.

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Technology

Technology is the means by which a society provides its members with those things needed and desired.

• Technology allows humans to do some things more quickly or with less effort.

• There are debates about the risks and benefits of technology.

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What Is Chemistry?

What Is Chemistry?

Why is the scope of chemistry so vast?

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>Chemistry What Is Chemistry?

Matter is anything that has mass and occupies space.

Chemistry is the study of the composition of matter and the changes that matter undergoes.

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Chemistry > What Is Chemistry?

Because living and nonliving things are made of matter, chemistry affects all aspects of life and most natural events.

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Areas of Study

Areas of Study

What are five traditional areas of study in chemistry?

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Chemistry > Areas of Study

Five traditional areas of study are

•organic chemistry

•inorganic chemistry

•biochemistry

•analytical chemistry

•physical chemistry

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Organic chemistry is defined as the study of all chemicals containing carbon.

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Inorganic chemistry is the study of chemicals that, in general, do not contain carbon.

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The study of processes that take place in organisms is biochemistry.

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Analytical chemistry is the area of study that focuses on the composition of matter.

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Physical chemistry is the area that deals with the mechanism, the rate, and the energy transfer that occurs when matter undergoes a change.

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Why Study Chemistry?

Why Study Chemistry?

What are three general reasons to study chemistry?

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Chemistry > Why Study Chemistry?

Chemistry can be useful in explaining the natural world, preparing people for career opportunities, and producing informed citizens.

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>Chemistry Why Study Chemistry?

Explaining the Natural World

Chemistry can help you satisfy your natural desire to understand how things work.

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Preparing For a Career

Many careers require knowledge of chemistry. A photographer uses chemical processes to control the development of photographs in a darkroom.

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Being an Informed Citizen

Knowledge of chemistry and other sciences can help you evaluate the data presented, arrive at an informed opinion, and take appropriate action.

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Section Quiz

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1. Which of these traditional areas of study mostly involve compounds containing carbon?

(1) organic chemistry

(2) inorganic chemistry

(3) biochemistry

a. (1) and (2)

b. (1) and (3)

c. (2) and (3)

d. (1), (2), and (3)

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2. Which phrase best describes applied chemistry?

a. the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake

b. research that answers a general question

c. addresses fundamental aspects of a question

d. research directed toward a practical goal

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3. Informed citizens are most likely to

a. provide funds for scientific research.

b. determine which areas of research are valid.

c. decide who is qualified to do research.

d. influence the development of technology.

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Thinking Like a Scientist

In 1928, Alexander Fleming noticed that bacteria he was studying did not grow in the presence of a yellow-green mold. In 1945, Fleming shared a Nobel Prize for Medicine with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, who led the team that isolated penicillin.

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Alchemy

Alchemy

How did alchemy lay the groundwork for chemistry?

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Alchemy

Alchemists developed the tools and techniques for working with chemicals.

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Alchemy

a. Alchemists developed processes for separating mixtures and purifying chemicals. They designed equipment that is still in use today including beakers, flasks, tongs, funnels, and the mortar and pestle.

Mortar and Pestle

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An Experimental Approach to Science


How did Lavoisier help to transform chemistry?

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Lavoisier helped to transform chemistry from a science of observation to the science of measurement that it is today.

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a. Lavoisier designed a balance that could measure mass to the nearest 0.0005 gram. He also showed that oxygen is required for a material to burn.

Reconstruction of Lavoisier’s Laboratory

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The Scientific Method


What are the steps in the scientific method?

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a. The scientific method is a logical, systematic approach to the solution of a scientific problem.

Steps in the scientific method include making observations, testing hypotheses, and developing theories.

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Making Observations

a. When you use your senses to obtain information, you make an observation.

b. Suppose you try to turn on a flashlight and it does not light. An observation can lead to a question: What’s wrong with the flashlight?

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Testing Hypotheses

a. A hypothesis is a proposed explanation for an observation.

b. You guess that the flashlight needs new batteries. You can test your hypothesis by putting new batteries in the flashlight. If the flashlight lights, you can be fairly certain that your hypothesis is true.

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a. An experiment is a procedure that is used to test a hypothesis. When you design experiments, you deal with variables, or factors that can change.

The variable that you change during an experiment is the manipulated variable, or independent variable.

The variable that is observed during the experiment is the responding variable, or dependent variable.

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Developing Theories

a. Once a hypothesis meets the test of repeated experimentation, it may become a theory.

A theory is a well-tested explanation for a broad set of observations.

A theory may need to be changed at some point in the future to explain new observations or experimental results.

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Scientific Laws

a. A scientific law is a concise statement that summarizes the results of many observations and experiments.

b. A scientific law doesn’t try to explain the relationship it describes. That explanation requires a theory.

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Steps in the Scientific Method

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Collaboration and Communication


What role do collaboration and communication play in science?

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a. No matter how talented the players on a team, one player cannot ensure victory for the team. Individuals must collaborate, or work together, for the good of the team.

When scientists collaborate and communicate, they increase the likelihood of a successful outcome.

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Collaboration

a. Scientists choose to collaborate for different reasons.

Some research problems are so complex that no one person could have all of the knowledge, skills, and resources to solve the problem.

Scientists might conduct research for an industry in exchange for equipment and the time to do the research.

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a. Collaboration isn’t always a smooth process. You will likely work on a team in the laboratory. If so, you may face some challenges. But you can also experience the benefits of collaboration.

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Communication

a. Scientists communicate face to face, by e-mail, by phone, and at international conferences.

b. Scientists publish their results in scientific journals. Articles are published only after being reviewed by experts in the author’s field.

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1.3 Section Quiz.

1. Lavoisier is credited with transforming chemistry from a science of observation to a science of

a. speculation.

b. measurement.

c. hypotheses.

d. theories.


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2. A hypothesis is

a. information obtained from an experiment.

b. a proposed explanation for observations.

c. a concise statement that summarizes the results of many of experiments.

d. a thoroughly tested explaination for a broad set of observations.


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1.3 Section Quiz.

3. Why are articles in scientific journals the most reliable source of information about new scientific discoveries?

a. The articles are reviewed by experts in the author's field.

b. Any article that is submitted is published.

c. Everyone has access to the information.

d. The articles are short and easy to read.

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