Student Chemist
World of Elements
John Dalton
If you are asked to identify the Father of Chemistry for a homework assignment, your best answer probably is Antoine Lavoisier. Lavoisier wrote the book Elements of Chemistry (1787). He compiled the first complete (at that time) list of elements, discovered and named oxygen and hydrogen, helped develop the metric system, helped revise and standardize chemical nomenclature and discovered that matter retains its mass even when it changes forms.
Analytical Chemistry
Biochemistry
Branches of Chemistry
Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
MY LATEST RESEARCH
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Chemistry is the study of matter and energy and the interactions between them. It is a physical science that is closely related to physics, which often shares the same definition.
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Chemistry traces its roots back to the ancient study of alchemy. Chemistry and alchemy are separate now, though alchemy still is practiced today.
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All matter is made up of the chemical elements, which are distinguished from each other by the numbers of protons they possess.
Chemistry and physics are specializations of physical science. Chemistry tends to focus on the properties of substances and the interactions between different types of matter, particularly reactions that involve electrons.
Physics tends to focus more on the nuclear part of the atom, as well as the subatomic realm.
