What's it About?

The chemist’s world embraces all that is around us. These materials are what we call matter and this, be it animal, vegetable or mineral, is composed of chemical elements.

Chemistry is involved with the understanding of the properties of the elements, how they interact with each other to construct the human form, to produce power from the sun, produce minerals and nurture our environment.

Life has evolved systems that depend on carbon as a fundamental element and several others are particularly important in biological systems. A true understanding of such systems must be based upon a full knowledge of the structures, properties and reactivities of the molecular components of life; this knowledge comes from the study of Chemistry.

Chemistry plays a pivotal role in the natural sciences. It supplies the essential knowledge for the applied sciences, such as astronomy, materials science, engineering, agriculture, medical sciences, pharmacology, and forensic science.