List of basic chemistry topics

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Below is a list of basic topics in chemistry -- topics which will help the beginner become familiar with the field of chemistry. For a comprehensive list, see List of chemistry topics.

Structured list :

• Atomic structure : Atom -- Ion (physics) -- Electron -- Proton -- Neutron -- Atomic orbital -- Molecular orbital -- Chemical element -- Valence -- Atomic nucleus -- Isotope
• Chemical reaction -- Chemical formula -- Structural formula -- Mole -- Stoichiometry -- Chemical nomenclature -- Chemical equilibrium -- Reversible reaction -- Electrophile -- Nucleophile -- Redox
• Bonding : Chemical bond -- Ionic bond -- Covalent bond -- Metallic bond -- Hydrogen bond -- Intermolecular force -- Dipole
• Structure : Gas -- Liquid -- Molecule -- Solid -- Isomer -- Allotropy -- Crystal -- Complex (chemistry) -- Ligand -- Chemical compound -- Stereochemistry
• Mixtures and Solutions: Concentration -- Vapour pressure -- Raoult's law -- Partial pressure -- solvation
• Chemical techniques : Titration -- Distillation -- Chromatography -- Reflux -- Buffer solution -- Filtration -- Hydrolysis -- Condensation reaction
• Properties : pH -- electronegativity
• Apparatus : Bunsen burner -- Calorimeter -- Colorimeter -- Burette -- Thermometer
• Branches of chemistry
  • 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 : Acid -- Base (chemistry) -- Alkali -- 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
• 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
• Famous chemists : Marie Curie -- Dmitriy Mendeleyev -- Louis Pasteur -- Karl Ziegler -- Humphry Davy -- Michael Faraday -- John Dalton -- Wilhelm Ostwald -- Linus Pauling -- Joseph Priestley
• Important Chemical substances: Water -- Ammonia -- Benzene -- Phenol

See also

List of chemistry topicszh:化學基本主題列表