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Fundamentally, chemistry is the study of matter and change. The way that chemists study matter and change and the types of systems that are studied varies dramatically. Traditionally, chemistry has been broken into five main subdisciplines: Organic, Analytical, Physical, Inorganic, and Biochemistry. Over the last several years, additional concentrations have begun to emerge, including Nuclear chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Biophysical chemistry, Bioinorganic chemistry, Environmental chemistry, etceteras. All of these areas of chemistry are addressed in our classes here at UWL to some extent, and by the research interests of our faculty in the Chemistry Department. The following descriptions of the five major subdisciplines were written by several of our faculty members in their field of expertise.
ᴄʜᴇᴍɪsᴛʀʏ, ᴛʜᴇ sᴄɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴇᴀʟs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴘᴇʀᴛɪᴇs, ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴀɴᴅ sᴛʀᴜᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴏғ sᴜʙsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇs (ᴅᴇғɪɴᴇᴅ ᴀs ᴇʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛs ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴏᴜɴᴅs), ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴀɴsғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀɢᴏ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ʀᴇʟᴇᴀsᴇᴅ ᴏʀ ᴀʙsᴏʀʙᴇᴅ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇssᴇs.
Chemistry has been broken into five main subdisciplines:
- Organic
- Analytical
- Physical
- Inorganic
- Biochemistry