r/chemistry is a subreddit with 3.9M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses chemistry, struggling, looking for a, struggling with, and worst, and they frequently recommend/review scientific calculator, novels, and programming languages.
A community for chemists and those who love chemistry
Popular Themes in r/chemistry
#1
Advice Requests
: "HEEEELLLLPPPP!!!"
17 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "My professor is asking me to search through scientific literature to find melting point ranges of different compounds. I can only find exact melting points through my findings. Is there any website that has literature giving me these ranges that are usually within a 1 degrees C range?"
4 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Hokkaido Univ. student dies after being splashed with hydrofluoric acid"
3 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Recovering Tungsten from WC–Co Scrap Without Grinding It Into Powder — Any Ideas?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/chemistry
#1
Chemistry
: "I am a student in the UK looking at doing a Chemistry degree but have a huge balloon phobia that I'm trying to overcome, will this hinder my lab work?"
63 posts
#2
Struggling
29 posts
#3
Looking For A
14 posts
#4
Struggling With
12 posts
#5
Worst
7 posts
#6
Chemicals
5 posts
#7
Students
5 posts
#8
Looking For
5 posts
#9
Smell
4 posts
#10
Looking For A Book
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/chemistry
Scientific Calculator
25 reviews
#1
Texas Instruments
4.8★ from 20 reviews
#2
HP
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
Casio
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Novels
12 reviews
#1
Bonnie Garmus
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Primo Levi
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Andy Weir
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Programming Languages
5 reviews
#1
RDKit
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Wolfram
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
C++
4.0★ from 1 review
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Last updated: September 11, 2026