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Basics of Chemistry Chemistry, a branch of physical science, is the study of the composition, properties and behavior of matter. As it is a fundamental component of matter, the atom is the basic unit of chemistry. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, with particular focus on the properties of the chemical bonds formed between species. Chemistry is also concerned with the interactions between atoms or molecules and various forms of energy (e.g. photochemical reactions, oxidation-reduction reactions, changes in phases of matter, separation of mixtures, properties of polymers, etc.). Chemistry is sometimes called "the central science" because it bridges other natural sciences like physics, geology and biology with each other.Chemistry is a branch of physical science but distinct from physics.the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and various elementary forms of matter.

History
Chemistry is a branch of science that has been around for a long time. In fact, chemistry is known to date back to as far as the prehistoric times. Due to the amount of time chemistry takes up on the timeline, the science is split into four general chronological categories. The four categories are: prehistoric times - beginning of the Christian era (black magic), beginning of the Christian era - end of 17th century (alchemy), end of 17th century - mid 19th century (traditional chemistry) and mid 19th century - present (modern chemistry).

Unit for length(meter)
The meter is the SI unit of length. The meter is defined by the length of the path light travels in a vacuum during 1/299 792 458 of a second.Chemists tend to work mostly in the moderately-small part of the distance range. Those who live in the lilliputian world of crystal- and molecular structures and atomic radii find the picometer a convenient currency, but one still sees the older non-SI unit called the Ångstrom used in this context; 1Å = 10–10 m = 100pm. Nanotechnology, the rage of the present era, also resides in this realm. The largest polymeric molecules and colloids define the top end of the particulate range; beyond that, in the normal world of doing things in the lab, the centimeter and occasionally the millimeter commonly rule.

Unit for mass(kilogram)
f = m a = m g

where g is the acceleration of gravity. While the nominal value of the latter quantity is 9.80 m s–2 at the Earth’s surface, its exact value varies locally. Because it is a force, the SI unit of weight is properly the newton, but it is common practice (except in physics classes!) to use the terms "weight" and "mass" interchangeably, so the units kilograms and grams are acceptable in almost all ordinary laboratory contexts.The kilogram is the SI unit of mass. It is the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram.There is a standard platinum/iridium 1 kg mass housed near Paris at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM).

Unit for time(second)
Time is one of the seven fundamental physical quantities in the International System of Units. Time is used to define other quantities — such as velocity — so defining time in terms of such quantities would result in circularity of definition. An operational definition of time, wherein one says that observing a certain number of repetitions of one or another standard cyclical event (such as the passage of a free-swinging pendulum) constitutes one standard unit such as the second, is highly useful in the conduct of both advanced experiments and everyday affairs of life. The operational definition leaves aside the question whether there is something called time, apart from the counting activity just mentioned, that flows and that can be measured. Investigations of a single continuum called spacetime bring questions about space into questions about time, questions that have their roots in the works of early students of natural philosophy.[]The basic unit of time is the second. The second is defined to be the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the cesium-133 atomic ground state.

Unit for temperature(C°,F°,K)
Temperature, the measure of thermal intensity, spans the narrowest range of any of the base units of the chemist’s measure. The reason for this is tied into temperature’s meaning as a measure of the intensity of thermal kinetic energy. Chemical change occurs when atoms are jostled into new arrangements, and the weakness of these motions brings most chemistry to a halt as absolute zero is approached. At the upper end of the scale, thermal motions become sufficiently vigorous to shake molecules into atoms, and eventually, as in stars, strip off the electrons, leaving an essentially reaction-less gaseous fluid, or plasma, of bare nuclei (ions) and electrons.

Unit for amount of a substance(mole)
Mole is a unit of measurement used in chemistry to express amounts of a chemical substance, defined as the amount of any substance that contains as many elementary entities (e.g., atoms, molecules, ions, electrons) as there are atoms in 12 grams of pure carbon-12 (12C), the isotope of carbon with relative atomic mass 12.[]When the mole unit is used, the entities must be specified. For example, the entities may be atoms, molecules, ions, electrons, cows, houses, or anything else.

Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan
Also known as Gebr or Tusi, Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan was born in Tus, Persia in C.721 and died in Kufa, Iraq in C.815. Primarily regarded as the first practical chemist, he was an ambidextrous scholar and is also known as a physician, astronomer, and pharmacist.he invented a kind of paper that resisted fire and an ink that could be read at night. He invented an additive which, when applied to an iron surface, inhibited rust and when applied to a textile, would make it water repellent.

Dmitri Mendeleev
Born at Toboslk, Siberia in 1834, DimitriMendeleev, died in St. Petersburg on February 2, 1907.Known as a “Chemist of Genius,” he researched in many fields including: meteorology, geology, physics, and industrial chemistry. His greatest achievement is devising periodic law and development of the Periodic Table.He invented the effective Periodic Table in 1869. Menedeleev’s laws including Mendeleev’s “Law of Periodicity” and Mendeleev’s “Law of Octaves” were named after him.

Fredrick Sanger
Fredrick Sanger was born in Rendcombe, England on August 13, 1918.He earned his doctorate from St.John’s College in 1943. For the first time, in 1958, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of insulin. The second time he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1980 for his research relating to the sequencing of DNA. 

Antoine Lavoisier
Showed that air is a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen. Disproved the old Theory of phlogiston and determined the nature of combustion. Lavoisier wrote the first modern book on chemistry and explained the law of conservation of matter.

Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1883 and died of a stroke on December 10, 1896. He invented many things like: synthetic rubber, artificial silk, and leather. By 1896 he had 355 patents. His prime invention was the controlled form of trinitroglycerine, an explosive which was invented three years earlier but was not controllable or usable as it exploded during the preparatory stages.

Marie Curie
Marie Cure was a Polish chemist who coined the term radioactivity. She also discovered the elements polonium and radium. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and won the award twice, once for physics in 1903 and again for chemistry in 1911. The unit for measuring radioactivity, the Curie, is named after her and her husband Pierre.

Analytical balance
An analytical balance measures masses to within 0.0001 g. Use these balances when you need this high degree of precision.

Beaker
Used to hold and heat liquids. Multipurpose and essential in the lab.

Bottle
Bottles can be ued for storage, for mixing and for displaying.

Bunsen burner
Bunsen burners are used for heating and exposing items to flame. They have many more uses than a hot plate, but do not replace a hot plate.

Buret
The buret is used in titrations to measure precisely how much liquid is used.

Centrifuge
A centrifuge is a piece of equipment, generally driven by an electric motor (some older models were spun by hand), that puts an object in rotation around a fixed axis, applying a force perpendicular to the axis.[]

Condenser
Condenser is used to cool hot vapors or liquids. A condenser usually consists of a large glass tube containing a smaller glass tube running its entire length, within which the hot fluids pass.

Crucible
Crucibles are used to heat small quantities to very high temperatures.

Dessicator
Desiccators is a short glass jar fitted with an air-tight cover, and containing some desiccating agent, as sulphuric acid or calcium chloride, above which is suspended the material to be dried, or preserved from moisture

Dropper
Dropper is ideal for simplistic liquid handling for pharmaceutical, laboratory chemical, cosmetic, aroma therapy and herbal uses.

Erlenmeyer flask
The Erlenmeyer Flask is used to heat and store liquids. The advantage to the Erlenmeyer Flask is that the bottom is wider than the top so it will heat quicker because of the greater surface area exposed to the heat.

Evaporation dish
The Evaporating Dish is used to heat and evaporate liquids.

Florence flask
The Florence Flask is used for heating subtances that need to be heated evenly. The bulbed bottom allows the heat to distribute through the liquid more evenly. The Florence Flask is mostly used in distillation experiments.

Funnel
The Funnel is a piece of eqipment that is used in the lab but is not confined to the lab. The funnel can be used to target liguids into any container so they will not be lost or spilled.

Gas jar
Gas jar is a container used for collecting gas from experiments. It looks like a tube with a broad base and a broad opening.

Graduated cylinder
A graduated cylinder, measuring cylinder or mixing cylinder is a piece of laboratory equipment used to measure the volume of a liquid. Graduated cylinders are generally more accurate and precise than laboratory flasks and beakers.[]

Kipp's apparatus
Kipp's Apparatus is a laboratory apparatus for producing a gas by the action of a liquid on a solid without heating.

Microspatula
The Microspatula, commonly called a spatula, is used for moving small amounts of solid from place to place.

Mortar and Pestle
The Mortar and Pestle are used to crush solids into powders for experiments, usually to better dissolve the solids.

Pipet
The pipet is used for moving small amounts of liquid from place to place. They are usually made of plastic and are disposable

Ring stand
Ring stands are used to hold items being heated. Clamps or rings can be used so that items may be placed above the lab table for heating by bunsen burners or other items.

Stir rod
The stir rods are used to stir things. They are usually made of glass. Stir Rods are very useful in the lab setting.

Stopper
Stoppers come in many different sizes. The sizes are from 0 to 8. Stoppers can have holes for thermometers and for other probes that may be used.

Test tube brush
The test tube brush is used to easily clean the inside of a test tube.

Test tube holder
The holder is used to hold test tubes when they are hot and untouchable.

Test tube rack
The test tube rack is used to hold testtubes while reactions happen in them or while they are not needed.

Thermometer
The thermometer is used to take temperature of solids, liquids, and gases. They are usually in C°, but can also be in F°

Tongs
Tongs are used to hold many different things such as flasks, crucibles, and evaporating dishes when they are hot.

Triangle
The triangle is used to hold crucibles when they are being heated. They usually sit on a ring stand

Volumetric flask
The Volumetric flask is used to measure one specific volume. They are mostly used in mixing solutions where a one liter or one half a liter is needed.

Watch glass
The watch glass is used to hold solids when being weighed or transported. They should never be heated.