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What Chemistry Studies

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Chemistry is the study of matter — anything that occupies space and has mass — and the changes matter undergoes.

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Ice melting into liquid water is a change chemistry studies: the same substance, a different physical state.

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Students often picture chemistry as only dramatic lab reactions; the field equally covers ordinary changes like rusting, cooking, and dissolving.

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