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What is physical chemistry?
What is physical chemistry?
Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena in chemical systems in terms of the principles, practices, and concepts of physics such as motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics, analytical dynamics and chemical equilibria.
How does physical chemistry differ from chemical physics?
How does physical chemistry differ from chemical physics?
Physical chemistry, in contrast to chemical physics, is predominantly (but not always) a supra-molecular science, as the majority of the principles on which it was founded relate to the bulk rather than the molecular or atomic structure alone.
What are some relationships that physical chemistry strives to resolve?
What are some relationships that physical chemistry strives to resolve?
Some of the relationships that physical chemistry strives to resolve include the effects of intermolecular forces on the physical properties of materials, reaction kinetics on the rate of a reaction, the identity of ions and the electrical conductivity of materials, and surface science and electrochemistry of cell membranes.
Give examples of the effects that intermolecular forces have on the physical properties of materials.
Give examples of the effects that intermolecular forces have on the physical properties of materials.
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What does physical chemistry study in relation to the interaction of cells?
What does physical chemistry study in relation to the interaction of cells?
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