Lecture -1
Lecture -1
Lecture -1
(Volumetric Analysis)
Biology Department
College of Science
University of Zakho
2024- 2025
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General Chemistry
Outline of lecture
Introduction to chemistry
What is Chemistry?
Composition
Physical properties
Structure
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Reactivity (chemistry), the rate at which a chemical substance tends to
undergo a chemical reaction
Branches of Chemistry
There are many approaches to studying chemistry, but, for convenience, we
traditionally divide it into five fields:
Organic
Inorganic
Physical
Biochemical
Analytical chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
The study of chemicals that do not contain carbon.
Organic Chemistry
The study of chemicals that contain carbon.
Physical Chemistry
The study of the mechanism, the rate, the energy transfer that happens when
matter undergoes change, Study of the interaction between two elements and
Study of properties and changes of matter and energy.
Biochemistry
Study of processes that take place in organisms.
Understand the structure of matter found in the human body and the
chemical changes that occur in cells
Analytical Chemistry: is the branch of chemistry that deals with the
Separation
Identification
Determination of components in a sample.
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Properties of Matter
Physical Properties are the characteristics of matter that can be changed
without changing its composition
Characteristics that are directly observable
Chemical Properties are the characteristics that determine how the
composition of matter changes as a result of contact with other matter or the
influence of energy
Characteristics that describe the behavior of matter
States of Matter
solids: is a state of matter with a fixed shape and volume, where particles are
tightly packed and vibrate in place, making it rigid and incompressible
liquids: is a state of matter with a fixed volume but no fixed shape, taking
the shape of its container. Its particles are loosely packed and can flow past
each other.
In gases: is a state of matter with no fixed shape or volume, expanding to fill
its container. Its particles are widely spaced and move freely.
Changes in Matter
Physical Changes are changes to matter that do not result in a change the
fundamental components that make that substance
State Changes – boiling, melting, condensing
Chemical Changes involve a change in the fundamental components of the
substance
– Produce a new substance
– Chemical reaction
– Reactants Products
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Elements and Compounds
Element: An element is a pure substance made of only one type of atom, and it
cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means.
Compound: Is a substance that is composed of two or more element that
chemically combined.
Mixture: the matter does not have constant composition.
Heterogeneous mixture: is anon uniform mixture containing two or more phases.
Homogeneous mixture: is the throughout and contains only one phase.