what's the difference between all these chemistry's?

pathway33 · 08-03-2009 07:47PM #1

what's the difference between organic, inorganic, physical, biochemistry and just ordinary chemistry?

-Els- · 08-03-2009 11:01PM

Organic chemistry is to do with molecules that have Carbon-hydrogen bonds.
Inorganic chemistry is to do with molecules that dont have C-H bonds
Physical chemistry is chemistry that overlaps with physics. Like the stuff on radiation- alpha, beta and gama radiation etc...
biochemistry is chemistry is the chemistry in living things, it deal with cells, proteins, biomolecules.

I dont really know what you mean by ordinary chemistry. All of the above are chemistry, they all work together, like different departments of the same company...

dfx- · 09-03-2009 03:34AM

Organic is usually C-H bonds, but not necessarily C-H, may be C-N or C-O

All the groups then subdivide down further (Electrochemistry, spectroscopy, photochemistry, analytical chemistry etc etc) under the total umbrella of Chemistry

pathway33 · 09-03-2009 01:33PM

-Els- wrote: »

biochemistry is chemistry is the chemistry in living things, it deal with cells, proteins, biomolecules.
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so biochemistry is photosynthesis, respiration, the chemistry of digestion?

IrishKnight · 09-03-2009 02:37PM

pathway33 wrote: »

so biochemistry is photosynthesis, respiration, the chemistry of digestion?

Sort of, biochemistry is more to do with the chemistry behind biomolecules, such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids.

So some genetics would be biochemistry. How proteins or lipids are make would also be biochemistry...

what's the difference between all these chemistry's?

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