Is chemistry just applied physics at the molecular scale?

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Can all of Chemistry be explained by Physics?

in other words, is chemistry just a specific field of macro level physics?
 
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Ive always assumed so, but I wouldn't call it macro only. P Chem is very micro.
 

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