What is inorganic matter?

Answer 1

Traditionally, inorganic compounds are considered to be of a mineral, not biological, origin. Complementarily, most organic compounds are traditionally viewed as being of biological origin. Some examples of inorganic minerals are those found in rocks, such as quartz, gypsum or diamond.

Answer 2

Chemicals based upon the carbon atom are described as organic. There are some minerals such as limestone which also contain carbon, but are considered to be inorganic because limestone or minerals like it are composed of a simple ionic type compound, unlike the complex covalent chemistry of the carbon compounds associated with life. So substances that do not contain carbon, and some that do, are inorganic. The chemistry of life on Earth is carbon based, and that's what the term organic refers to, the connection to life.

Answer 3

Inorganic matter refers to substances that do not contain carbon-hydrogen bonds, such as minerals, metals, and non-living materials. These substances are typically derived from non-living sources and do not involve biological processes in their formation.

Answer 4

Inorganic substances are those substances that contain no carbon. Some examples of inorganic substances would be ammonia, most metals, and all elements except for carbon.

Answer 5

Substances that have never been alive eg rocks and in chemistrt non carbon containing chemicals

Answer 6

Inorganic materials are things that was and is not living. Some examples are:

Rocks, water, dirt etc.

Answer 7

Water, and minerals: e.g. salts of phosphorus, potassium, and sodium; oxides of and nitrogen, Silicon, and sulfur.

Answer 8

Sulphate of ammonia