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Chemistry is the study of the basic atomic building-blocks of nature and how they combine to form the solids, liquids, and gases that make up most forms of matter. For the many different chemical elements and compounds, see:

• The Periodic table
• Inorganic chemistry, including solid state chemistry, which studies the basic principles that are applied in mineralogy and materials science
• Organic chemistry, which underlies biochemistry and polymer chemistry
• Physical chemistry, which includes computational chemistry, quantum chemistry and surface chemistry
• Analytical chemistry, the basis of environmental chemistry

For some basic concepts see:

• Orbitals
• Kinetics
• Thermochemistry
• Electrochemistry
• Chemical bonding
• Isomerism

History of Chemistry:

• Alchemy
• Discovery of the chemical elements
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

IUPAC Nomenclature Home Page

DMOZ category: Science/Chemistry

See also: Chemistry basic topics, Chemist