Increased comfort, pleasure, and luxuries
Due to advances in science and discoveries in chemistry, we live more comfortable lives today. You may ask how? Let’s see below.
Synthetic fibers: These are more attractive, comfortable and durable. These include terylene, nylon and rayon. They are easy to wash, dry quickly and do not require ironing. Chemistry provides a large number of synthetic dyes that provide bright and vibrant colors to fabrics.
Building materials: By supplying steel and cement, chemistry helps build safe houses and multi-storage buildings. It also helps in building long lasting and durable dams and bridges.
Supply of metals: Gold, silver, copper, iron, aluminum, zinc and a large number of alloys are used to make various items. These include jewellery, pottery, coins and many industrial and agricultural implements.
Household Articles: Chemistry has made our homes more comfortable by providing a large number of household articles. Examples include detergents, oils and greases, sugar, paper, glass, plastics, paints, cosmetics, perfumes, cooking gases, etc. We are able to beat the heat in summer by using refrigerants like ammonia, liquid sulfur dioxide, and Freon.
Entertainment: Cinema, video cameras, simple cameras use films made from celluloid and coated with suitable chemicals. The fireworks that entertain us at festivals and weddings are chemical products. Can you imagine how boring life would be if you couldn’t take all those cute selfies?
Transport and Communication: All means of transport use either petrol or diesel or coal which are all chemical products.
Nuclear Energy: Chemistry has come to the rescue by providing an alternative source of energy which is nuclear energy.
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