Chemist

A chemist (from Greek chēm(ía) alchemy; replacing chymist from <a href="/facts/Medieval_Latin/gyLMjaCX">Medieval Latin</a> alchemist) is a graduated <a href="/facts/Scientist/JDvthEFM">scientist</a> trained in the study of <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemistry</a>, or an officially enrolled student in the field. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of <a href="/facts/Molecule/N9ljSfFq">molecules</a> and their component <a href="/facts/Atom/FoQ4kGN5">atoms</a>. Chemists carefully measure substance proportions, <a href="/facts/Chemical_reaction/GpqWlKrz">chemical reaction</a> rates, and other <a href="/facts/Chemical_properties/uMVxKspS">chemical properties</a>. In Commonwealth English, <a href="/facts/Pharmacist/YakY9Lk9">pharmacists</a> are often called chemists.
Chemists use their knowledge to learn the composition and properties of unfamiliar substances, as well as to reproduce and synthesize large quantities of useful naturally occurring substances and create new artificial substances and useful processes. Chemists may specialize in any number of <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">subdisciplines of chemistry</a>. <a href="/facts/Materials_science/N5HrXRYW">Materials scientists</a> and <a href="/facts/Metallurgist/1SANyxX4">metallurgists</a> share much of the same education and skills with chemists. The work of chemists is often related to the work of <a href="/facts/Chemical_engineer/AGPxgpMN">chemical engineers</a>, who are primarily concerned with the proper design, construction and evaluation of the most cost-effective large-scale <a href="/facts/Chemical_plant/swCB2mEH">chemical plants</a> and work closely with industrial chemists on the development of new processes and methods for the commercial-scale manufacture of chemicals and related products.

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