Chemistry Basics

Journal Entry 1-A

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Vocab

Scientism- a faith in science that's so extreme it becomes religion 

Metallurgy- the science of working w/ metals

Deductive- characterization based on prior knowledge 

Psychiatry- study on the mental illness and other mental issues

Nuclear Chemistry- study of radioactive things and the nucleus

Analytical Chemistry- discover what is in a sample and how much

Alloy- metal made w/ 2+ metallic substances

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Things I learned

1. There are 6 specific types of chemistry and multiple can be applied at once
2. The word chemistry stems from the word ‘chemia’ which was a Greco- Egyptian word

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Question

1. How do you know what category of chemistry you are dealing with

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