Physical chemistry
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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, thermod
Between the flame and the flower is aerogel, whose synthesis has been aided greatly by physical chemistry.
Fragment of M. Lomonosov's manuscript 'Physical Chemistry' (1752)
Electrochemistry
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Electrochemistry is the branch of physical chemistry concerned with the relationship between electrical potential difference and identifiable chemical change. These reactions involve electrons moving
Physical chemistry
…The identity of ions and the electrical conductivity of materials. Surface science and electrochemistry of cell membranes. Interaction of one body with another in terms of quantities of heat and work called thermodynamics…
English chemist John Daniell (left) and physicist Michael Faraday (right), both credited as founders of electrochemistry
Sir Humphry Davy's portrait in the 19th century.
Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius portrait circa 1880s.
German scientist Walther Nernst portrait in the 1910s.