单词 | chemical physics |
释义 | > as lemmaschemical physics chemical physics n. (originally) the branch of chemistry concerned with the physical properties of chemical substances; physical chemistry; (in later use usually) spec. the branch of science which applies techniques and concepts derived from physics (such as spectroscopy, quantum mechanics, etc.) to investigate chemical phenomena. ΚΠ 1829 London Lit. Gaz. 28 Feb. 1/1 The author..has very happily applied his skill in chemical physics to explain the crisis of our climates in those antediluvian eras. 1882 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1880–81 19 21 All the principles..should be applicable also to the discovery of similar relations of molecular mass and density, and to a consequent extension of our knowledge of chemical physics. 1926 Science 11 June 595/1 Dr. Wheeler P. Davey..will have charge of instruction in physical chemistry and chemical physics. 1982 Isis 73 228 Colloid chemists..feared..that if the Journal of Physical Chemistry were to be displaced by a journal of chemical physics, they would have no American outlet for their papers. 2002 J. S. Fruton Methods Devel. Chem. Foreword p. xviii During the twentieth century, with the application of quantum theory and wave mechanics to problems of chemical structure, some physicists preferred the term ‘chemical physics’. < as lemmas |
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