Chemistry

Chemistry (in Greek: χημεία) is the science of matter that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of substances and with the transformations that they undergo. In the study of matter, chemistry also investigates its interactions with energy and itself (see physics, biology). Because of the diversity of matter, which is mostly in the form of atoms, chemists often study how atoms of different chemical elements interact to form molecules and how molecules interact with each other.

History of chemistry

• Alchemy
• Discovery of the chemical elements
• History of chemistry
• Nobel Prize in chemistry
• Timeline of chemical element discovery

Etymology

Old French: alkemie; Arab al-kimia: the art of transformation. See also: alchemy

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