Matter and Change

  • Elements and Compounds

    Elements and Compounds

    Recognize this? This is the periodic table, and it’s pretty much the most important table in all of chemistry. All the little boxes on this “table” are elements, the simplest form of matter. You literally can’t break these down further. What’s…

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  • Types of Mixtures

    Types of Mixtures

    The easiest way to explain mixtures in chemistry is to talk about food. Think about mixtures in terms of cooking, and there isn’t much I need to tell you. A salad, like the one pictured above, is a mixture. So…

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  • What Matters?

    What Matters?

    The simplest approach to chemistry is to start basic. Not basic as in acids and bases, ha-ha…sorry, bad chemistry joke. I mean basic as in, what the heck even is chemistry? I admit that I’m better versed in astronomy than…

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