[chimicalforums_nikita]

Hi there,

How can one educated themselves and gain some competence based on everyday products and chemical labelling...descriptions.

I am interested in simply picking up a label or product description which says "uPVC" lets say and learning as best as I can what really defines those letters in terms of structure...visual elements and their positioning in the periodic table... etc.

Is there such a database I can easily search in to display some representation of an actual thing. Then on continue into learning more about chemistry itself ...perhaps sketch a few things.
There are all sorts of "thin film" and flex PCB and I interested in what is the stuff this sheeting is actually made of?? That as well as how its made...

please guide me on this matter as I feel a simple blob of elements(the periodic table) lacks a lot or is a step to far to make a smooth connection with the products or things I am often curious about...

Advise please.

"Lithium Polymer Battery" - what does it actually mean in terms of structures etc... the closest I can get to knowing what this really is/means.

Here is a sample link too :
http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/cata...mah-p-157.html


I am shooting in all directions to get a footstep or clues

[sophotect]

"Competence" covers a lot of territory. I like your idea, but it seems like your understanding of chemistry is a bit skewed. PVC is a polymer, a repeated lattice of different atoms. Only unique elements are described on the period table.

I'd suggest organize the things you are interested in lists. Then search for them on google & wikipedia, trying to find similarities & differences. The vast majority of materials available to the nonspecialist/consumer and pharmaceuticals have an article on Wikipedia. 

You could start with packaged foods at the grocery store, which are required by law to list their ingredients. From these, you can grow familiar with recognizing the nomenclature of acids, bases, salts. For example, sodium glutamate (MSG) is the salt formed from sodium hydroxide reacting with glutamic acid. That reaction would also create one molecule of water.

There are databases one can search for materials & molecules, but one needs to know chemical nomenclature. Many resources on that exist on the web. I'd wait on that until you can describe molecules systematically.