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Everyday Things Made Possible Through 化学
Everyday Things Made Possible Through 化学
Look around you. Nearly everything we use involves chemistry in some capacity. 从服装到电子产品,我们都严重依赖核心科学. 在这篇博客中,我们将探索化学使日常生活成为可能的神奇方式.
Everyday Things Made Possible Through 化学
Thinking about a career in chemistry? 因为化学在我们的日常生活中起着不可或缺的作用, 作为重大创新和基本产品背后的驱动力, it opens countless doors to diverse career opportunities. 继续往下读,你会发现我们日常生活中无数依赖化学的领域.
1. Clean drinking water
你可能从来没有想过水龙头里流出的干净的水. 但这些流动的水证明了化学家和工程师们不懈的努力,他们致力于确保你的健康和幸福. Water drinking systems use a series of treatment steps, to make sure that the water is safe for the public to use.
的 treatment method typically begins with coagulation, where certain types of salts, 铝, and iron are used to neutralize the dirt. 接下来,在絮凝步骤中,水被轻轻混合以产生更重的称为絮凝体的颗粒. 然后, in the sedimentation step, 固体从水中分离出来,絮凝体沉淀到底部. 然后过滤水以去除溶解的颗粒和细菌, 比如灰尘, 化学物质, 寄生虫, 细菌, 和病毒. 最后,用氯或氯胺等化学物质对水进行消毒. In each step, the use of 化学物质 is imperative.
2. Food preservation
化学物质在延长食物的保质期方面起着至关重要的作用, enhancing 食物 safety, and reducing waste. 你橱柜里的罐头汤和冰箱里的冷冻披萨都经历过 chemical processes 既能延长其新鲜度,又能保持其营养价值和口感.
Chemical substances, 如添加剂和防腐剂在食品生产和保存中起着关键作用. 使我们的食物看起来更新鲜、更有活力的颜色和提升味道的调味料都要感谢食品添加剂. 食品也会接触到包装上的化学物质, 存储, or other handling processes. 食品制造商必须遵守FDA的指导方针,并确保所使用的化学物质和与食品接触的化学物质对消费是安全的. 化学使我们能够享受新鲜的食物,安全生产更长的时间.
3. Pharmaceuticals
化学 is the backbone of the pharmaceutical industry. 化学 is at the forefront of research, 发展, 生产拯救生命的药物,拯救了世界各地无数人的生命. 它是我们对抗疾病和改善医疗保健的核心能力.
Pharmaceutical chemistry, or medicinal chemistry, is the multidisciplinary field at the intersection of chemistry, 生物学, and pharmacology. 它专注于设计和优化化合物,以开发安全有效的药物,用于治疗和预防疾病. Medicinal chemists work on discovering and developing new drugs. One way they do this is by isolating medical agents from plants.
Life-saving and preventative medicines for serious illnesses, as well as the painkillers, and cold and flu medicines in your medicine cabinet, 是制药行业化学研究和发展的结果吗.
4. 服装
的 manufacturing process of clothing 可能是我们日常生活中被忽视的另一个方面吗. 但是你抽屉里叠着的牛仔裤和挂在衣橱里的纽扣衬衫实际上也经历了一种特殊的化学过程,使它们更舒适, 耐用, and functional.
Natural resources like wool, 木, 棉花, 茧, 煤炭, 和石油, 都被用来制作织物,因为它们都有共同的化学成分:它们是由聚合物组成的. 聚合物, large molecules that consist of multiples of simpler units, clump together to form strong fibers. 制造商将利用这些天然聚合物,并利用化学反应来制造新的聚合物和制造长纤维. 无论是天然织物还是合成织物,纤维都是绞在一起制成结实的纱线.
5. 电子产品
的 electronic devices we use on a daily basis, including smartphones, 电脑, 电视, and microwaves, also rely on chemical processes to function effectively. 这些产品在制造过程中都使用了不同种类的化学材料.
In order to make your smartphone lightweight and 耐用, chemical materials such as fluoropolymers, plastics with a high resistance to solvents and acids, are used to meet the needs of consumers. 塑料的使用有助于减轻电子设备的重量, makes them strong and 耐用, 并有助于保护设备内部的重要技术组件. 化学在确保这些电子产品的安全方面也起着重要作用. 例如, 阻燃剂包含在设备的塑料外壳中,以防止短路和火灾. 化学仍然是技术的重要组成部分,它有助于提高我们日常电子设备的效率, 可靠的, 和安全.
6. 化妆品
You guessed it. All of your personal care products, from shampoo and lotions to makeup and perfume, 是用化学物质的精确组合来创造完美的质地吗, 颜色, 气味, 当然, 影响, on our hair and skin to help us look and feel our best.
表面活性剂是个人护理产品中常用的化学物质. 这些化合物负责降低水的表面张力,使产品可以与其他液体混合. 表面活性剂是使化妆品有效和易于使用所必需的. 着色剂, long shelf-life, anti-aging compounds, 化妆品和个人护理产品中的pH值控制都要归功于化学的作用. Chemists in this field are responsible for formulating safe and appealing products. 的y focus on smells, 颜色, 以及质地,因为这些产品通常是消费者根据这些特征购买的.
Explore the central science at NJIT
化学 has been deemed the “central science” for a reason. From the water we drink to the technology we use, 化学是我们日常生活背后的英雄. 它与各种STEM学科相互关联,在医学和非医学领域都是必不可少的. 当你想到化学时,你首先想到的可能是用于医学领域的化学. 但如果你对非医学科学和化学事业感兴趣, there are tons of areas you could work in, including clothing, 食物, 电子产品, 和更多的.
不管你决定走什么化学道路,一个研究生学位 化学 在申博太阳城文理学院的学习将帮助你实现这一目标. 马上申请 用化学使日常事物成为可能.