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1. What does chemistry primarily study?
2. When did modern chemistry take shape in Europe?
3. What was chemistry commonly called in ancient India?
What does chemistry study in material substances?
Preparation, properties, structure, and reactions.
During which years did chemistry develop mainly as Alchemy and Iatrochemistry?
1300–1600 CE.
When did modern chemistry take shape in Europe?
In the eighteenth century.
What were the ancient Indian names for chemistry?
Rasayan Shastra, Rastantra, Ras Kriya, and Rasvidya.
What materials did Harappans produce using metallurgy?
Baked and glazed pottery, faience, and objects from lead, silver, gold, and copper.
How did Harappans increase the hardness of copper?
By adding tin and arsenic.
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