Alchemy and chemistry in the medieval Islamic world
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Alchemy and chemistry in Islam refers to the study of both traditional alchemy and early practical chemistry (the early chemical investigation of nature in general) by scholars in the medieval Islamic world. The word alchemy was derived from the Persian word كيمياء or kīmiyāʾ.
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