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N.ChandraSekhar Varma
Roll No:133819
II B.Sc[MCCS]
KBN College(Autonomous).
KEYWORDS:
Organic Substances Inorganic Substances
Paper Salt
Pearls Iron
Vitamins Cinnabar
Milk Water
ASA HCl
Butter Sapphire
Coal CO2
Bees Wax Candle Quartz
Urea (natural) Diamond
Urea (synthetic)
Turpentine
INTRODUCTION:
All materials are categorized as either organic or inorganic. Organic materials
are made from (or extracted from) plants or animals. Inorganic materials are
made from rocks and minerals.
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS:
An organic compound is any member of a large class of gaseous, liquid, or solid
chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon.
Ex: proteins, hormones like estrogen, cellular components like T-cell
receptors, various alcohols and sugar alcohols, and many more.
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS:
An inorganic compound is a compound that is not considered "organic".
Inorganic compounds are traditionally viewed as being synthesized by the
agency of geological systems. In contrast, organic compounds are found
in biological systems. Organic chemists traditionally refer to
any molecule containing carbon as an organic compound and by default this
means that inorganic chemistry deals with molecules lacking carbon.
Ex: carbon monoxide, carbon
dioxide, carbonates, cyanides, cyanates, carbides, and thiocyanates.
ORGANIC MATERIALS:
Organic materials include wood, paper, textiles, and animal parts (ivory, bone,
leather). They also include some natural materials that are not obviously
organic (such as coal and fuel oil, which are derived from fossilized plants and
animals) and some synthetic materials (such as plastics, which are made from
chemicals extracted from plant and animal products). All organic materials
deteriorate over time.
INORGANIC MATERIALS:
Inorganic materials include stone, metal, ceramic, and glass, which are all
made from rocks or minerals. Some inorganic materials are found in paper-
based formats: photographs contain metallic particles; some pigments and inks
contain minerals, metals, or metallic oxides; and metal particles are sometimes
found in paper itself. Inorganic materials are generally stable individually, but
they can react with other materials to cause deterioration. Some metals
(particularly iron, copper, and platinum) react with the cellulose in paper. Like
organic materials, inorganic materials can be natural or synthetic (e.g., some
pigments occur naturally as minerals but can also be manufactured from other
inorganic materials).
But this definition is not strictly true because these days organic compounds can be
artificially created by human beings, and moreover organic compounds have been
found in outer space where there are no living beings. A more acceptable difference
pertains to the salt making property of inorganic compounds which is absent in
organic compound. But this definition too is not sacrosanct as both these
compounds are sometimes known to buck the trend when it comes to the presence
or absence of this property.
Some might hold that organic compounds have carbon while inorganic do not. This
too is not strictly one hundred per cent correct. A more tenable explanation is that
organic compounds have carbon-hydrogen bonds, while inorganic do not. This is
largely true and therefore is a real distinguishing characteristic.
Yet another difference is the fact that inorganic compounds contain metal atoms,
whereas organic compounds do not. This too is not one hundred percent true.
Maybe one could just take the word of organic and inorganic chemist on what
constitutes an organic or inorganic compound. Organic compounds are biological
and inorganic are mineral in nature.
Another way of bringing out the difference is to point out that organic compounds
are part of a class of chemical compounds, the molecules of which contain carbon
and hydrogen. By this logic carbide, carbonates, carbon oxides, and elementary
carbon do not qualify to be organic compounds. Inorganic compound come mainly
from mineral sources of non biological origin. The modern view of inorganic
compounds believes that inorganic compounds mostly comprise of metal
containing compounds even if they happen to exist in living organisms.
Thus we see that what constitutes organic or inorganic compounds has changed
over a period of time, and there happen to be no water tight compartments which
will differentiate the two. However one can always differentiate between organic
compounds and inorganic compounds.
CONCLUSION:
1. Organic compounds are the result of activities of living beings while inorganic
compounds are created either due to natural processes unrelated to any life form
organisms.