ANSWERS: 6
  • organic is natural' inorganic,is man made'
  • Inorganic vs organic compounds has become less important, primarily because the majority of known compounds are synthetic and not of natural origin. Thanks Ben http://www.tivamo.com
  • Compounds which contain carbon molecules are called organic compounds. Those which do not have carbon molecules are called inorganic compounds.
  • An organic compound is carbon-based. An inorganic compound is not. Though... that always confused me. Isn't a diamond carbon based? So are diamonds organic? *is confused*
  • 1) "An organic compound is any member of a large class of chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of compounds such as carbonates, simple oxides of carbon and cyanides, as well as the allotropes of carbon, are considered inorganic. The division between "organic" and "inorganic" carbon compounds while "useful in organizing the vast subject of chemistry...is somewhat arbitrary" Organic chemistry is the science concerned with of all aspects of organic compounds. Organic synthesis is the methodology of their preparation." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_compounds 2) "Traditionally, inorganic compounds are considered to be of mineral, not biological, origin. Complementarily, most organic compounds are traditionally viewed as being of biological origin. Over the past century, the precise classification of inorganic vs organic compounds has become less important to scientists, primarily because the majority of known compounds are synthetic and not of natural origin. Furthermore most compounds considered the purview of modern inorganic chemistry contain organic ligands. The fields of organometallic chemistry and bioinorganic chemistry explicitly focus on the areas between the fields of organic, biological, and inorganic chemistry. Inorganic compounds can be formally defined with reference to what they are not—organic compounds. Organic compounds are those which contain carbon, although some carbon-containing compounds are traditionally considered inorganic. When considering inorganic chemistry and life, it is useful to recall that many species in nature are not compounds per se but are ions. Sodium, chloride, and phosphate ions are essential for life, as are some inorganic molecules such as carbonic acid, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, water and oxygen. Aside from these simple ions and molecules, virtually all species covered by bioinorganic chemistry contain carbon and can be considered organic or organometallic." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inorganic_compound
  • Man this question was all me! Dang it I was TOO LATE. :/

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