《物理化学》涵盖了物理化学的主要发展，并着重于实验研究。它是反应动力学和光谱学、表面研究和电化学、热力学和物质在各种条件下的结构分析的结合。
Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie covers the main developments in physical chemistry with emphasis on experimental research. It represents a combination of reaction kinetics and spectroscopy, surface research and electrochemistry, thermodynamics and structure analysis of matter in its various conditions.