How do physics and chemistry study matter in different ways?

While physics and chemistry are both fundamental physical sciences, they study matter with different primary focuses and scopes.12

Physics is the science of matter, motion, and energy. Its objective is to formulate a unified set of laws that explain the structure of matter and the interactions between its fundamental constituents, ranging from subatomic particles to the scale of the entire universe. Physicists are generally concerned with the general properties shared by all matter, such as inertia and gravitational attraction.132

Chemistry focuses on the properties, composition, and structure of specific elements and compounds, as well as the transformations they undergo. While physics often examines the behavior of individual atoms and their subatomic components, chemistry deals primarily with the properties of atoms and the laws governing how they combine into molecules.42

The boundary between these fields is often arbitrary, particularly in physical chemistry, which applies the principles of physics to explain the quantitative aspects of chemical reactions and interactions.25