physical chemistry

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What does physical chemistry mean?

The science that uses theories and techniques from physics to study chemical systems.

Where does physical chemistry come from?

Calque of Russian физи́ческая хи́мия (fizíčeskaja xímija). Coined by polymath Mikhail Lomonosov in 1752.

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