Portal:Chemistry
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The Chemistry Portal
Chemistry is the branch of science concerned with the composition, properties, and structure of matter, and how different substances react together. It is the study of the changes that matter undergoes to either gain knowledge, as in 'pure chemistry', or to apply it to a specific goal, as in 'applied chemistry'. Chemistry is a science which seeks to discover what substances are made and learn how the properties of substances are related to their compositions. There are five traditional areas of study in chemistry. They include organic, inorganic, biochemistry, analytical, and physical. There are a number of Creation scientists involved in each of the different areas of study. One of the founding fathers of chemistry was creationist Robert Boyle to whom modern chemistry owes enormous gratitude for his work, writings, and research. Boyle loved God’s truth, which helped him see the grand errors of alchemical theory that were hindering the development of what is now scientific chemistry.
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Radiometric dating
Radiometric dating utilizes the decay rates of certain radioactive atoms to date rocks or artifacts. Uniformitarian geologists consider this form of dating strong evidence that the Earth is billions of years old. But new research by creationists has revealed a large number of problems with radiometric dating. In some cases such as Carbon-14 dating, radioactive dating actually gives strong evidence for a young Earth. Other methods such as Potassium-argon dating and Isochron dating are based on faulty assumptions and so unreliable as to be useless.
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Robert Boyle (1627-1691) was a devout Bible-believing Christian who is considered to be the father of modern chemistry. He was born in County Waterford in Ireland on January 25, 1627. In Boyle's day, alchemy was more popular than true chemistry, being a medieval chemical philosophy looking to change common metals into gold, find a panacea (something that can cure every illness), and make an elixir that gave long life and everlasting youth. Chemistry is more the study of what substances are made of and their properties.
Although Robert Boyle believed in the possibility of the transmutation of metals, he made great contributions towards science, and through his work he advocated the scientific experimental method.
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An honest man, armed with all the knowledge available to us now, could only state that, in some sense, the origin of life appears at the moment to be almost a miracle. - Francis Crick (Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology and Medicine), Life Itself, Its Origin and Nature (1981), p. 88.
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Acid
• Actinides
• Alkali metals
• Alkaline earth metals
• Biochemistry
• Biotechnology
• Chemical nomenclature
• Chemical series
• Compound
• Electron Shells
• Elements
• Halogens
• Isotope
• Lanthanides
• Metalloids
• Mineral
• Noble gases
• Nonmetals
• Organic compound
• Periodic Table
• Physical science
• Poor metals
• Reaction
• Salt
• Transition metals
• Unit of measure
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A,
Accelerated decay,
Acetic acid,
Acetone peroxide,
Actinide,
Actinium,
Adenine,
Adenosine triphosphate,
Alkali metal,
Alkaline earth metal,
Aluminum hydroxide,
Americium,
Amine,
Amino acid,
Ammonia,
Argon,
Ascorbic acid,
Aspirin,
Astatine,
Atom,
Atomic mass,
Atomic name,
Atomic number,
Atomic orbital,
Atomic symbol,
ATP synthase,
B,
Bacillus thuringiensis,
Barium,
Benzene,
Berkelium,
Beryllium.
Biochemistry,
Biotechnology,
Bismuth,
Blood clotting,
Boiling point,
Bromine,
C,
Caesium,
Calcium,
Calcium carbonate,
Californium,
CAS registry number,
Carbon,
Carbon-14 dating,
Carboxylic acid,
Cellular respiration,
Cellulose,
Chemical compound,
Chemical element,
Chemical series,
Chemistry,
Chirality,
Chlorine,
Chlorophyll,
Chromosome,
Citric Acid,
Cloning,
Complex specified information,
Concordance of dates,
Concordia dating,
Covalent bond,
Curium,
D,
Decay product,
Dioxin,
DNA,
DNA polymerase,
DNA repair,
DNA replication,
DNA transcription,
Drug,
E,
Einsteinium,
Electron,
Electron configuration,
Electron microscope,
Enzyme,
Erbium,
Ethanol,
Evaporite,
F,
Fermium,
Fission-track dating,
Fluorine,
Formic acid,
Francium,
G,
Gel electrophoresis,
Gene,
Gene expression,
Genetic engineering,
Genome,
Glucose,
Gold,
Gypsum,
H,
Halogen,
Helium,
Hemoglobin,
Hydrochloric acid,
Hydrogen,
Hydrogen sulfide,
I,
Iodine,
Ion,
Iron,
Iron oxide,
Isochron dating,
Isomer,
Isotope,
K,
Krypton,
L,
Lanthanide,
Lawrencium,
Lead,
Lithium,
Lysergic acid diethylamide,
M,
Magnesium,
Matter,
Mendelevium,
Messenger RNA,
Metabolism,
Metalloid,
Metric system,
Microbiology,
Microscopy,
Mineral,
Monosaccharide,
N,
Neon,
Neptunium,
Neutron,
Nitric acid,
Nobelium,
Noble gas,
Non-correlating and inconsistent dates,
Nonmetal,
Nucleotide,
O,
Organic compound,
Oxygen,
P,
Periodic table,
Periodic table block,
Phenol,
Photosynthesis,
Plutonium,
Polymerase chain reaction,
Poor metal,
Potassium,
Protactinium,
Protein,
Proton,
Pure substance,
R,
RNA,
RNA translation,
Radioactive decay,
Radiometric dating,
Radiometric dating problems,
Radium,
Redox,
Resonance structure,
Ribonucleic acid,
Ribose,
Ribosome,
Rubidium,
S,
Salicylic acid,
Sodium,
Sodium hydroxide,
Strontium,
Sucrose,
Sulfuric acid,
Synthetic element,
T,
Temperature,
Thallium,
Thorium,
Transition metal,
U,
Ununseptium,
Ununtrium,
Uranium,
W,
Water,
Y,
Ytterbium,
Z,
Zircon,
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