Information about the career choice

Information about the career choice

Everything in the environment, whether naturally occurring or of human design, is composed of chemicals. A chemist is a scientist trained in the science of chemistry. Chemists helps to search for and use new knowledge about chemicals and find ways in which to make chemicals useful to us They also also develop processes such as improved oil refining or even petrol through chemical processing. They also help in saving energy and reducing pollution. Also, they try to improve things that people use daily, such as paint, medicine, and cosmetics, as well as discovery and development of new and improved synthetic fibers, paints, adhesives, drugs, cosmetics, electronic components, lubricants, and thousands of other products. Most chemists work in research and development in in which they search for new chemicals in nature.Their research on living things helps doctors, farmers, and food preparers do their jobs better. It is also chemist's job is to search for new facts about chemicals. Some chemists watch what happens when they mix two or more chemicals together. They explain what they might see, smell, or feel. They then record it down on data-logs and computers for future references. Others work in production and quality control in chemical manufacturing plants. Chemists specialize in areas such as analytical, organic, inorganic, physical and theoretical, macromolecular, medical, and materials chemistry. Thus, Chemists use the knowledge of chemistry to learn the composition, and properties of unfamiliar substances, as well as to reproduce and synthesize large quantities of useful naturally occurring substances and create new artificial substances and useful processes thus making things in life better for us.

References
http://www.bls.gov/k12/science01.htm
http://careerplanning.about.com/od/occupations/p/chemist.htm
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/1999-01/916465774.Ch.r.html