22 March, 2009
Chemical Physics vs Physical Chemistry
At one of the last conferences I've attended, we've got a nice informal discussion about a usual subject "what is the difference between physical chemistry and chemical physics". We concluded that there might be a following way to distinguish between those. If you measure/calculate the reaction cross section, you are definitely a chemical physicist. But, if you multiply the cross section by the velocity, and therefore measure/calculate the reaction rate, you belong to the physical chemistry community. What is your opinion on that?
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3 comments:
chemical physicists are not only calculating cross sections
The point actually was, how to distinguish between physical chemists and chemical physicists, working in reactive scattering business. :-)
You should just watch for the behaviour of the definite sample, being let into the room with undefined samples, it will make contacts with its own species.
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