Chemistry HW help?
When chemists work with solid materials, we simply weigh out amounts of solid reagents and calculate mole amounts when thinking about stoichiometry. However, when we dissolve a solid (also known as a solute) in a solvent to form a solution, the solute becomes evenly distributed throughout the solution and we need to know how many moles of solute are present in a particular volume of solution. 1.) A solution is created by dissolving 10.5 grams of ammonium chloride in enough water to make 335 mL of solution. How many moles of ammonium chloride are present in the resulting solution? 2.) When thinking about the amount of solute present in a solution, chemists report the concentration or molarity of the solution. Molarity is calculated as moles of solute per liter of solution. What is the molarity of the solution described above? 3.) To carry out a particular reaction, you determine that you need 0.0500 moles of ammonium chloride. What volume of the solution described above will you need to complete the reaction without any leftover NH4Cl?
Could the chemical engineer work as a pharmacist if he got a medical degree (doctor)?
The role of the pharmacist is generally controlled by law, and requires specific qualification or approval by a professional body. The pharmacist has to know more than a medical doctor in certain ways, mainly a vast amount of information about drugs (which is changing), their effects, and their possible interaction, plus understanding of conditions which they may help or harm. The dispensing pharmacist is the last line of defence against a mistake by the prescribing physician. For example the doctor may accidentally specify too high or too low a dose, or may forget or not be aware that the patient is taking another drug.There are other practical skills in preparing medicines and knowing the law (which again changes) especially with regard to controlled substances and their users. (When I was studying chemistry, two of my best friends were taking pharmacy degrees, and we discussed our courses.)A chemical engineer wishing to be a pharmacist would be best advised to take a pharmacy degree. (In the same way that I as a chemist took the necessary study and examinations to become qualified as a chemical engineer.) Don’t be afraid of shifting fields. In the USA it is not uncommon for chemical engineers to become medical doctors, as two of my chemical engineering graduates did.However, a chemical engineer can find interesting (and challenging and well paid) work in the pharmaceutical industry.
Why is Google hiring organic chemists?
They have a life sciences division, and they are hiring organic chemists to synthesize potential drugs, materials and probes.
Does Google hire chemical engineers?
Chemical engineering is a very broad field of work. Within the discipline you can work as a process engineer, a process control engineer, process safety engineer, project engineer, etc. It gets further specialized by the industry you work in, e.g. being a process engineer at a biotech site is pretty different from being a process engineer at an oil refinery. Google hires engineers from every discipline except maybe civil, aerospace, and nuclear, although it’s possible people with those degrees work there.If you are looking to work at Google with a chemical engineering degree I’d suggest working in automation or safety specifically. Chemical engineers work as process control engineers, distributed control system (DCS) engineer, safety instrumented system (SIS) engineers and all of those involve automation. Working in process safety as a health, safety, and environment (HSE) capacity or process safety management (PSM) would be your best bets. I know I’ve seen job listings for engineers with safety or automation backgrounds with chemical engineering degrees at Google. Good luck to you!
How does a chemistry student get a job in ONGC?
As of now, ONGC employs chemistry students only through GATE for Officer Grade posts called Chemists, so you need a very good score in GATE to apply.Otherwise, local level staff level posts are also available for Chemistry M.Sc’s which are advertised locally (within a work centre)For both posts keep tracking the ONGC India webiste Oil and Natural Gas Corporation LimitedFor roles and responsibilities of a chemist kindly refer to my previous answer hereDipankar Bhattacharya's answer to What is the role and duties of a chemist in ONGC? What are the places (offshore and onshore) of posting?
If I'm a chemistry major who wants to go into software engineering in Seattle, should I also get a degree in CS?
Depends on you luck. I've been a professional software developer for over 30 years, and I can tell you that of the top 10 colleagues I've had the pleasure of working with, two did not have CS or CE degrees. One had a degree in philosophy, and the other had no degree at all. I can think of two other colleagues, both respected but not in my top 10; one had a physics degree and the other also had no degree.The thing these people all had in common is that they had a passion for software, and they interviewed at small start-up companies that did not have thousands of applicants. That is not to say that small companies have a lower standard, just that they have a motivation to look past the standard profile and look for the diamonds in the rough.However, I'll also say that you will need to bring something special to the table. If software is just something that you are pretty good at and is rather interesting, then you'll probably need that CS degree to make a career out of it. But if you have a passion for software, and you're willing to put up with the disadvantages of working for a startup (long hours, relatively low pay, relatively high risk of business failure), then you don't need the degree.
I am pursuing a PhD in chemistry (in the U.S.). What areas of research will make me most competitive in the job market?
You need to understand a few things.There are too many PhD chemists in the US for the amount of jobs available utilizing their chemistry skillsThe world needs a huge amount of skilled cheap labor to conduct basic research for next to nothing so there are plenty of openings for a new PhD students25–30% of your classmates will likely not finish their PhDThe major jobs for PhD holders in chemistry will be in R&D positions for companies that deal with polymers or pharmaceuticalsR&D budgets are shrinking, but workload is increasing—only the efficient surviveYou need to beat out all of the unemployed experienced chemists to get a job and you need to beat out all of your peers and you need to be willing to relocate to some weird placesYou need to be exceptional.Still want to keep pursuing your PhD? If so then my advice is relatively simple for being competitive:Do phenomenal work in polymer chemistry and materials science and gain as much application experience as you can (coatings, composites, adhesives, elastomers, etc)Do phenomenal work in drug delivery of existing drugs (typically will involve polymer chemistry) or formulation of existing drugs to become more potentDo phenomenal work in energy storage or materials that can generate energy (somewhere between chemsitry, materials science, and physics).Publish early, publish often, and give yourself 6–8 months to find a job before you defend your thesis, which means all of your work needs to be done in about 2–3 years (don’t stay longer than 5 years).If you can squeeze in enough work for two PhDs (i.e. the skills of two disciplines that would be great).I have a classmate who was the same year as me and he managed to learn two computer languages and then got a job at Google… while doing his PhD. He successfully defended his PhD in chemistry as well (not related to programming). If he continues on his path successfully then his quality of life will likely be quite good, likely better than mine if I stay in chemicals.When I meet PhD chemists outside of work functions they are often not working in chemistry. The labor market is scary for PhD chemists and it will only get more difficult with commoditization and reduced margins of all products including pharmaceuticals year over year.Forget about academia as a path forward. You’ll be 35, broke, and desperately applying to professor positions as either a super post-doc or lecturer.