Wednesday, April 1, 2020
What Is Wet Chemistry?
What Is Wet Chemistry?If you are familiar with organic chemistry, then you will have an idea of what wet chemistry is. This is a branch of chemistry that deals with reactions that take place between different substances. One such substance is water.The dry side of things, the sciences of pure chemistry or pure physics, deals with atoms and molecules. The wet side of things deals with moisture. Moisture is one of the hardest substances in the world to move around in, thus making the concept of hydrodynamics necessary.With all this in mind, what is wet chemistry? There are two things that this science deals with. The first is reactions between substances of different densities. There are two important types of such reactions; molecular and volumetric.Molecular reactions occur when two substances are combined, including the materials that they were initially combined from. Water molecules are very small, so combining water with other substances such as oil, grease, or asphalt is not a p roblem. The two types of molecular reactions that are involved in these types of substances are covalent and ionic. Covalent reactions are more common, involving water with other substances, while ionic reactions are rarer, usually involving other liquids such as oils, metals, or acids.Volumetric reactions are another group of things that are different between dry chemistry and wet chemistry. As the name suggests, they deal with volumes. The term volumetric stands for the amount of volume that a substance has. A volumetric reaction is when a material is able to absorb or dissolve another material.Volumetric reactions can be anything, but it is commonly related to the reaction of two materials when they are in a liquid state. For example, hotpotatoes may be hot because the material they are made from is in a liquid state, but if you place the potato in an ice cube tray, it becomes cold. Volumetric reactions include: melting, boiling, vaporizing, etc.Volumetric reactions are an import ant ingredient of any practical chemical process and are particularly important in making synthetic products. They are also important to the weather, where most elements are liquids. Volumetric reactions are also used in medicine, where they help determine the dosage of a medicine, but they are also used to calculate the volumes of gas, as well as the volume of fluids (like water), inside your body.Another aspect of wet chemistry is the affect that humidity has on many substances. When you see a bar in Florida, then it is likely that they are using dry chemistry, although this doesn't mean that there are no wet reactions taking place. Once again, the dry chemistry is most prominent in this case.
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