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Chemistry is concerned with the interconversion of substances, and explaining how compounds react with each other.1 Two hundred years or so of chemical research has been devoted to, firstly, determining how and why substances react, and secondly, using the knowledge gained to make new substances and materials, for example, pharmaceuticals, agrichemicals, fuels, fibres and coatings, and so improve the quality of life of mankind. Traditional chemical research has focused on gaining an understanding of the properties and behaviour of single substances, e.g., common salt, sucrose (table sugar), cholesterol, vitamin C etc.2
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Reiss, J.A. (1994). Comparative Thermodynamics in Chemistry and Economics. In: Burley, P., Foster, J. (eds) Economics and Thermodynamics. Recent Economic Thought Series, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8269-8_6
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