What is inorganic chemistry? Inorganic chemistry is concerned with the properties and behavior of inorganic compounds, which include metals, minerals, and organometallic compounds.

Inorganic chemistry is fundamental to many practical technologies including catalysis and materials, energy conversion and storage, and electronics. Inorganic compounds are also found in biological systems where they are essential to life processes.

No one person discovered inorganic chemistry. Many important aspects of inorganic chemistry such as metallurgy are prehistoric. Other aspects of inorganic chemistry such as the production of acids and bases date back to the field of alchemy. Alchemists were people who tried to turn base metals into gold.

Inorganic chemistry is the field of science that deals with the property and behavior of inorganic compounds. These include compounds classified as salts, oxides, carbonates, sulfates, halides, and organometallic compounds.