What do physical chemists even do?

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Anonymous 2016-04-30 03:48:37 Post No. 8040034 [Report]

What do physical chemists even do?

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Anonymous 2016-04-30 04:22:16 Post No.8040062
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Anonymous 2016-04-30 04:22:16 Post No.8040062 [Report]

>>8040034
physical chemistry

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Anonymous 2016-04-30 05:08:26 Post No.8040125
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Anonymous 2016-04-30 05:08:26 Post No.8040125 [Report]

>>8040034

just off the top of my head:
chemical kinetics
modelling various chemical systems
reaction mechanisms

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Anonymous 2016-04-30 05:43:44 Post No.8040165
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Anonymous 2016-04-30 05:43:44 Post No.8040165 [Report]

>>8040125
>chemical kinetics
explosives, then?

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Anonymous 2016-04-30 05:56:37 Post No.8040176
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Anonymous 2016-04-30 05:56:37 Post No.8040176 [Report]

>>8040165
are you serious right now? no.

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Anonymous 2016-04-30 06:07:17 Post No.8040187
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Anonymous 2016-04-30 06:07:17 Post No.8040187 [Report]

Mostly I type in initial conditions into Gaussian and then play pinball for a few hours. Then I format the results a bit and send them to someone.

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Anonymous 2016-04-30 06:32:53 Post No.8040210
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Anonymous 2016-04-30 06:32:53 Post No.8040210 [Report]

>>8040187
Windows XP pinball?

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Anonymous 2016-04-30 06:40:06 Post No.8040218
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Anonymous 2016-04-30 06:40:06 Post No.8040218 [Report]

>>8040034
program computers

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Anonymous 2016-04-30 07:38:25 Post No.8040293
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Anonymous 2016-04-30 07:38:25 Post No.8040293 [Report]

>>8040125
>>8040187
>>8040218

These are all correct.

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Anonymous 2016-04-30 09:13:47 Post No.8040427
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Anonymous 2016-04-30 09:13:47 Post No.8040427 [Report]

So are they actual chemists

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Anonymous 2016-04-30 09:15:13 Post No.8040430
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Anonymous 2016-04-30 09:15:13 Post No.8040430 [Report]

Molecular stimulation

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>>8040165

No.

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Anonymous 2016-04-30 13:56:42 Post No.8040743
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Anonymous 2016-04-30 13:56:42 Post No.8040743 [Report]

Mostly I spend a couple of hours a day (OK, let's be honest, a couple of hours a week) having battles with Python trying to process my Advisor's data, and then fap and play video games the rest of the week.