Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4/Physical sciences

Level 4 Sublists

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Total 1,100 articles.

Class #Articles
FA 75
GA 114
FFA 31
DGA 46

Physical sciences

This section contains 1100 articles.

Basics

This section contains 11 articles.

Measurement

This section contains 69 articles.

This section contains units of measurement and articles on metrology. For the measured quantities, see Science and Mathematics sections. For timekeeping and navigation, see Everyday Life and Technology. For measurement errors, see Statistics section in Mathematics.

Units of measurement

This section contains 59 articles.

Astronomy

This section contains 195 articles.

For astronomical instruments, see Technology: Optical Technology.

Astronomical objects

This section contains 61 articles.

Celestial mechanics and astrometry

This section contains 38 articles.

Galactic astronomy and extragalactic astronomy

This section contains 27 articles.

Physical cosmology

This section contains 16 articles.

Planetary science

This section contains 14 articles.

Stellar astronomy

This section contains 31 articles.

Chemistry

This section contains 272 articles.

For biochemistry and chemical biology, see: Biology and health sciences; for chemical industry, see: Technology.

Chemical substances

This section contains 220 articles.

Chemical elements

This section contains 117 articles.

Chemical compounds

This section contains 85 articles.

Chemical compounds: General

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Chemical compound
    1. Inorganic compound
    2. Organic compound
Inorganic compounds

This section contains 22 articles.

Organic compounds

This section contains 6 articles.

Chemical mixtures

This section contains 18 articles.

Chemical mixtures: General

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Alloy
  2. Mixture
  3. Aerosol
  4. Amalgam
  5. Colloid
  6. Dispersion
  7. Emulsion
  8. Foam
  9. Gel
  10. Solution
  11. Suspension
  12. Syngas
Specific alloys

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Brass
  2. Bronze
  3. Cast iron
  4. Steel (Level 3)
    1. Stainless steel
  5. Wrought iron

Earth science

This section contains 261 articles.

For specific geographical places, see: Geography.

Basics

This section contains 2 articles.

Natural disasters

This section contains 8 articles.

Earth

This section contains 163 articles.

Air

This section contains 59 articles.

Water

This section contains 29 articles.

Physics

This section contains 292 articles.

Atomic, molecular and optical physics

This section contains 23 articles.

Color

This section contains 17 articles.

Condensed matter physics

This section contains 25 articles.

Electromagnetism

This section contains 45 articles.

Mechanics

This section contains 76 articles.

Nuclear physics

This section contains 8 articles.

Particle physics

This section contains 35 articles.

Theory of relativity

This section contains 8 articles.

Thermodynamics

This section contains 15 articles.

Waves

This section contains 17 articles.