• Question: what part of science do you specialise in

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      Asked by david to Alex on 6 Mar 2015.
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        Alexander Henderson answered on 6 Mar 2015:


        Broadly speaking there are 3 types of chemistry; inorganic, physical, and organic. I am an organic chemist. Years ago this meant you worked with molecules made from carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen however it’s much more broad now (and some people now define it as synthetic chemistry). In this area we are interested on how to make specific molecules and apply them.

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