List of basic chemistry topics

Main article: History of chemistry

• 1661 – The Sceptical Chymist, by Robert Boyle. Chemistry is born, by being defined distinct from alchemy.

          Periodic table (standard)

• Apparatus : Bunsen burner — Calorimeter — Colorimeter — Burette — Thermometer
• Atomic structure : Atom — Ion — Electron — Proton — Neutron — Atomic orbital — Molecular orbital — Chemical element — Valence — Atomic nucleus — Isotope
• Bonding : Chemical bond — Ionic bond — Covalent bond — Metallic bond — Hydrogen bond — Intermolecular force — Dipole
• Chemical reaction — Chemical formula — Structural formula — Mole — Stoichiometry — Chemical nomenclature — Chemical equilibrium — Reversible reaction — Electrophile — Nucleophile — Redox
• Chemical techniques : Titration — Distillation — Chromatography — Reflux — Buffer solution — Filtration — Hydrolysis — Condensation reaction
• Important Chemical substances: Matter — Water — Ammonia — Benzene — Phenol
• Mixtures and Solutions: Concentration — Vapour pressure — Raoult’s law — Partial pressure — solvation
• Periodic table : Periodicity — Group 1 elements — Group 2 elements — Transition metal — Group 5 elements — Group 6 elements — Halogen — Noble gas — s block — d block — p block — f block
• Properties : pH — electronegativity
• Structure : Gas — Liquid — Molecule — Solid — Isomer — Allotropy — Crystal — Complex (chemistry) — Ligand — Chemical compound — Stereochemistry

• Analytical chemistry :
  • Electrochemistry : Electrochemical cell — Oxidation — Reduction — Electrode potential — Oxidation number — Electrolysis — Electrolytic cell — Electrolyte — Nernst equation
  • Spectroscopy : atomic absorption spectroscopy — Auger electron spectroscopy — electromagnetic spectroscopy — fluorescence spectroscopy — infrared spectroscopy — mass spectrometer — Mossbauer spectroscopy — nuclear magnetic resonance — neutron activation analysis — Raman spectroscopy — UV/Vis spectrophotometry — X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy —
• Inorganic chemistry : Alkali — Acid — Base — Metals — Nonmetals — Salt — pH

• • Solid state chemistry
• Organic chemistry : Functional group — Hydrocarbon — Alkane — Alkene — Halogenoalkane – Alcohol — Ether — Aldehyde — Ketone – Carboxylic acid — Ester — Alicyclic compound — Amine — Amide — Amino acid — Polymer — Polymerization — Organic nomenclature — Arene — Phenol — Peptide
  • Stereochemistry : Optical isomerism — Chirality
• Physical chemistry :
  • Kinetics: Catalyst — Enzyme — Arrhenius equation
  • Thermochemistry : Enthalpy — Activation energy — Entropy
  • Computational chemistry : Molecular modeling — Molecular dynamics — Molecular mechanics — Quantum methods — Combinatorial chemistry — Cheminformatics — Bioinformatics
  • Quantum chemistry : Slater determinant – Self-consistent field — Hartree-Fock — Moller-Plesset – Electron correlation – Semiempirical methods
• Biochemistry : Protein — Carbohydrate — Fat — Nucleic Acid

For more chemists, see: Nobel Prize in Chemistry and List of chemists

Main article: List of chemistry topics

• List of basic physics topics

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• International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• IUPAC Nomenclature Home Page, see especially the “Gold Book” containing definitions of standard chemical terms
• Interactive Mind Map of Chemistry
• / Chemical energetics

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