http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrochemistry -Astrochemistry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_engineering -Chemical Engineering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystallography -Crystallography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemistry -Electrochemistry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrotechnics -Pyrotechnics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_chemistry -Organic Chemistry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inorganic_chemistry -Inorganic Chemistry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics -Quantum Mechanics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_chemistry -Quantum Chemistry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-atomic_particles -Sub-atomic Particles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_physics -Nuclear Physics
I think that "quantum chemistry" is the most interesting because it not only studies how and why our chemistry rules work, but it also studies the exceptions to the the rules, which are often more exciting than the predictable chemistry. The theory is also interesting because it allows you to learn from more than just trial and error labs (not that there is anything wrong with that). The following is a short course description from http://cas.bellarmine.edu/chemistry/chemdept/faculty/Sinski/Pre-Med/chem1.doc: "Microscopic Quantum Mechanics The study of electrons and nuclei that do not obey classical physics. Einstein's type of work. Lots of math and physics." Quantum chemistry can be used to study anything from fields to theoretical chemistry and the schrodinger equation. Much of it seems way over my head and to have a lot of number crunching, but at first glance it is new and intriguing.
It would also be cool to find a new use for chemistry and create something that helps deal with/reverse our worlds harm on nature (alternate, inexpensive, and harmless...if that's even possible).
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Most of your topics definetly seem very complicated, but then again everything is till u learn the basics.
I definitely agree that any type of chemistry where you could study exciting exceptions to certain rules sounds very interesting and makes sense, since there are a lot of things that don't follow "the rules" in this world!
I can understand why you would be so interested in quantum chemistry because you won the quantum leap award in eighth grade. I think astrochemistry would be a great topic to research because many new elements might exist in other solar systems and galaxies.
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