What is Descriptive Chemistry?

Descriptive chemistry is an essential part of chemistry. A general definition of descriptive chemistry is rather hard to find since it is such a broad subject. However, the following are some general guidelines as to the what descriptive chemistry is:

1. Chemical reactivity and products of chemical reactions
• This is mainly concerning whether a reaction will happen and what the likely products will be. This is very important in chemistry because before you mix chemicals or start a chemical reaction, it is very important to know what will happen and whether the products are dangerous. If you have an understanding of what will happen and what the products are, then you can carry out the reaction with the proper safety precautions
2. Relationships in the periodic table: horizontal, vertical, and diagonal with examples from alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, halogens, and the first series of transition elements
• The relationships mentioned here are very important in chemistry. They can include the electonegativity values of the chemicals and their trends; it includes how they react with different chemicals, for example, how water reacts violently with the Group 1 alkali metals.

Introduction to organic chemistry: hydrocarbons and functional groups (structure, nomenclature, chemical properties). Physical and chemical properties of simple organic compounds should also be included as exemplary material for the study of other areas such as bonding, equilibria involving weak acids, kinetics, colligative properties, and stoichiometric determinations of empirical and molecular formulas. In order to better organize the structure of descriptive chemisty, we have divided it into categories. Topics will be posted into categories shortly.

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