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Library of Congress: Subject Call Numbers for Chemistry:

QD1-999        Chemistry

QD1-65          General, including Alchemy

QD71-142      Analytical chemistry
QD146-197    Inorganic chemistry
QD241-441    Organic chemistry
QD415-436    Biochemistry
QD450-801    Physical & Theoretical chemistry
QD625-655    Radiation chemistry
QD701-731    Photochemistry
QD901-999    Crystallography 

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Within the above branches, there are more specialized areas of chemistry.  For example:

astrochemistry

"atmospheric chemistry"

"chemical biology"

"chemical engineering"

cheminformatics/chemoinformatics

"combinatorial chemistry"

electrochemistry

"environmental chemistry"

femtochemistry

food chemistry

geochemistry

"green chemistry" (or "sustainable chemistry")

histochemistry

"hydrogenation chemistry"

"industrial chemistry"

"marine chemistry"

“materials science”

“medicinal chemistry”

molecular biology

nanotechnology

“nuclear chemistry”

petrochemistry

pharmacology

physical chemistry

phytochemistry

"plasma chemistry"

polymer chemistry

radiochemistry

"supramolecular chemistry"

"synthetic chemistry"

thermochemistry

"toxicological chemistry"

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