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Definition of Physical chemistry

1. Noun. The branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances.

Definition of Physical chemistry

1. Noun. (context: chemistry physics) The science that uses theories and techniques from physics to study chemical systems. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Physical Chemistry

Literary usage of Physical chemistry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... Marston T. Bogert, for the section of organic chemistry; WR Whitney, for the section of physical chemistry; John H. Long, for the section of sanitary, ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"space than is at my disposal, so that a review of these advances as well •as those very important ones resulting from the application 0f physical chemistry ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"The aim of physical chemistry will have been accomplished when it has ... Notwithstanding all that physical chemistry can do with this material at present ..."

4. Recent Advances in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1920)
"After thirty years' incessant work, physical chemistry of the old-fashioned school has left us still devoid of any general theory of solution. ..."

5. The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher (1921)
"CHAPTER XVI THE physical chemistry OF PROTOPLASM THUS far, we have considered the chemical nature of the various groups of compounds which are found in the ..."

6. Recent Advances in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1912)
"In this year the modern theory of solutions was founded by Arrhenius and van't Hoff, and from this basis the science of physical chemistry began to rise ..."

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