Chemistry

Chemistry is the study of the basic atomic building blocks of nature and how they combine to form the solids, liquids, and gases that make up most forms of matter. For the many different chemical elements and compounds, see:

• The Periodic table
• List of compounds
• Inorganic chemistry, including solid state chemistry, which studies the basic principles that are applied in mineralogy and materials science
• Organic chemistry, which underlies biochemistry and polymer chemistry
• Physical chemistry, which includes computational chemistry, quantum chemistry and surface chemistry
• Analytical chemistry, the basis of environmental chemistry[?]

Basics

• Scientific method
• SI base unit
• Significant figures
• The Atom
• Orbitals
• Periodic Table of Chemical elements
• Isomerism
• Allotropes
• Isotopes
• Ion
• Electron configuration
• Periodic Trends
  • Electronegativity
  • Atomic radius, Ionic radius[?]
  • Ionization energy
  • Electron affinity
• Elemental Groups: S-block, D-block, F-block, P-block

Chemicals and Interactions

• Systematic names
• Chemical formula
  • Empirical formula
  • Molecular formula
• Chemical bonding
• Chemical polarity[?]
• Chemical equation
• Chemical reaction

Quantitative Chemistry

• The mole
• Stoichiometry
• Thermochemistry
• Hess's Law
• Calorimetry

States of Matter

• Kinetic theory of gases
• Ideal gas
• Condensed matter physics
• Solutions
• Concentration of solutions
• Colligative properties[?]
• Chemical equilibrium
• Le Chatelier's principle
• Solubility
• Precipitates[?]
• Common-ion effect[?]

Acids and Bases

• Acid-base reaction theories
• Strong acids
• Weak acids
• pH and the strength of acids
• Systematic naming of acids and bases
• Self-ionization of water[?]
• Buffers
• Acid-Base titration
• Redox reactions
• Electrochemistry

Kinetics and Thermodynamics

• Chemical kinetics[?]
• Reaction rates
• Spontaneous processes[?]
• Enthalpy
• Entropy
• Gibbs free energy
• Nuclear chemistry
• Biochemistry

History of Chemistry

• Alchemy
• Discovery of the chemical elements
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry

See also

• Chemistry basic topics,
• Chemist,
• List of chemists
• International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

External links

• IUPAC Nomenclature Home Page (http://www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/iupac/), see especially the "Gold Book" containing definitions of standard chemical terms
• DMOZ category: Science/Chemistry (http://dmoz.org/Science/Chemistry/)