New group: Chemistry

[Tormod]

Tim wanted this group, so let's have it. No bomb recipies...

[Aki]

Awesome, so would things such as quarks go here?

[Tormod]

Hm...wouldn't that be physics? Chemistry deals with the elements, not the subatomic particles, AFAIK. Maybe I'm wrong?

[Aki]

Oh, at school, I remember the subatomic particles stuff was under the chemistry section.

[Freethinker]

Originally posted by: Aki

Awesome, so would things such as quarks go here?

 

Of course there are quarks here. Otherwise we wouldn't have a place to put the thread! :-)

 

But I think Quarks would fit better in Physics. IT would seem that Chemistry would deal more on a molecular level.

 

So perhaps to start, I understand that Chemistry is the legitmate child of Alchemy.

[Tormod]

Indeed! IT was basically the search for the mythic Philosopher's Stone, which would turn lead into gold. Isaac Newton spent a lot of his time pursuing this.

[Tim_Lou]

yes! quarks and such should go under chemistry!

look! pions atoms! being called "Pionium"

 

http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/8/10/2/1

well, although pioniums have been discovered b4, but this time scientists made a large amount of it...

 

wow!!!

pions atoms reactions (coming soon...)!! muhahahah!

 

{pionium oxide+ sodium --> sodium peroxide + pionium}!!! wot!

[Tormod]

Hm. Why is that chemistry and not physics? Just asking!

[Uncle Martin]

It is my opinion that subatomic particles be discussed in the physics category. This just makes sense.

[Bo]

in my opinion sub-molocular particles all belong to physics;

Chemestry realy deals with the macro-world; redox-reactions; plastics, biochemestry all that stuff.

 

Bo

[Tim_Lou]

come on, chemistry is suppose to deal with fundanmental particles....

 

it was the atomic theory that creates chemistry... (alone with alchemy )

 

its just that nowadays people figure out new fundanmnetal particles...

positive pion + negative pion = "pionium"

 

doesnt that sound like chemistry?

 

also, chemistry reaction means that new substances are form, while physical reaction is about change in state....

 

although particles "reactions" arent like those in chemical.... but the concepts are about the same...

and, nuclear chemistry is very similar to subatomic particle decay and reactions...

[Tormod]

Sub-atomic reactions are not the same as chemical reactions. Chemistry is the interaction of atoms and molecules. They may ionise and swap electrons and whatnot, but turning funcamental particles into other particles is physics.

 

But...Tim, if you *think* something fits in the chemistry category - post it here!

[Aki]

Well I think the structure of the atom and stuff like that should go under Chemistry section.

And then the interactions between the particles should go under Physics..

 

 

Well what does it matter anyways? We'll all be reading the forums.

[Tormod]

Aki, good point. But we need to distinguish between these because we are getting new group moderators for each of the groups. But until then I'll accept that if a poster thinks something fits here, it fits here unless it is obviously in the wrong category. Fair enough?

[Aki]

We can always move the posts to where they belong.

[Tim_Lou]

i feel silence and cold in this chemistry category...

[Aki]

lol, then let's start talking about some chemistry!