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Volume 36 Issue 2

Issue of Chemistry International

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Journal Overview

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Masthead - Full issue pdf

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From the Editor

Fabienne Meyers

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It is difficult to remember a time when one asked a question and wondered how to even find the answer. Now, obviously, we have the World Wide Web and whatever your question, it is likely that Wikipedia will help you find exactly what you’re looking for. In just a few years, Wikipedia has changed our ability to search.

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Chemistry International March-April 2014 Volume 36 No. 2

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Features

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013

The Alliance of Newton’s Apple and Schrödinger’s Cat

Jean-Marie André

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On Wednesday, 9 October 2013, which was the scheduled date of the official announcement of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Professor Staffan Normark announced that the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was to be awarded jointly to Martin Karplus (Harvard and Strasbourg), Michael Levitt (Stanford), and Arieh Warshel (University of Southern California at Los Angeles) for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems.

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IUPAC Glossaries in Toxicology

Doug Templeton

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Increasingly, chemists, whether in industry, academia, or other settings need to understand the basics of toxicology to meet current legal, safety, and regulatory requirements. As has always been appreciated by IUPAC, understanding starts with good terminology. The core work on a “Glossary for chemists of terms used in toxicology” was published by John Duffus 20 years ago 1 and a fully revised and updated version appeared in 2007. 2 It contains about 1200 terms, and has been adopted by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and, in particular, by the ToxLearn modules on ToxNet. ToxGloss is also found at http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/iupacglossary/frontmatter.html. The revised version is included in the “Encyclopedia of Toxicology, 3rd Edition” to be published shortly.

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IUPAC Symposia on Photochemistry

A Brief History¹

Silvia E. Braslavsky

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The IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry was started in 1964 by the initiative of George Hammond, and held in Strasbourg, France. 2 It was then called International Symposium on Organic Photochemistry. Since 1967, its name is IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry and it is regularly held in even years, usually at the end of July. 3 This Symposium was only once held outside Europe in 2006, in Kyoto, Japan (see table) and is planned to be in Japan again in 2016. The number of Japanese participants in the Symposia has been very large for many years.

IUPAC Wire

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2014 ACA Wood Award to Dan Rabinovich

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The American Crystallographic Association (ACA) has selected Dan Rabinovich as the 2014 Elizabeth A. Wood Science Writing Award winner. This award is given by the ACA every few years to people who have “written books and articles that bring science to the attention of a wider audience.” Cheryl Stevens, ACA President, said that Dan’s regular column, “Stamps International,” in IUPAC’s Chemistry International is noteworthy.

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IYCr 2014: Launch at UNESCO

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International Agreement to Improve Quality in Laboratory Medicine Nomenclature, Properties and Units (NPU) Terminology

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Stamps International

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Quasicrystals: Chance Favors the Prepared Mind

Daniel Rabinovich

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In Memoriam

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The Project Place

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Synchronizing Polymer Definitions and Terminology with Wikipedia

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Management of Maritime Pollutants in Shipping and Commercial European Ports Based on Relevant Physical and Biogeochemical Environmental Parameters

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Medicinal Chemistry India

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Unveiling the Mysteries of Ionic Liquids in Prague

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NOTeS

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The Units ppm, ppb, and ppt

Ian Mills

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Dimensionless quantities, which are also sometimes called quantities of dimension one, are generally defined as the ratio of two quantities of the same kind. Examples are refractive index n (defined as the ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to the speed in a medium, n = c 0 /c ); and mole fraction x i – more properly called amount of substance fraction (defined as the ratio of the amount of a particular substance i in a mixture to the total amount of substance x i = n i / Σ j n j ). Thus the value of a dimensionless quantity is simply a number, and it would seem that no unit is required. The International System of units, the SI, includes no units for dimensionless quantities as it is at present defined.

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A new series prepared by ICTNS

Ron Weir

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Conference Call

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Novel Materials and Their Synthesis

Yuping Wu, Guoxiu Wang, Shiyou Guan

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Euroanalysis

Maciej Jarosz

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Environmental Best Practices

Janusz Gołaszewski

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Research in Chemistry Education

Jan Apotheker, John Bradley

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Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis

Kiyotaka Asakura

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Brazilian Symposium on Biorefineries

Sílvio Vaz Jr.

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Where 2B & Y

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Trace Elements in Food

6-9 May 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Crystallising Ideas

23-27 June 2014, in Mauritius

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Solubility Phenomena

21- 25 July 2014, Karlsruhe, Germany

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Nature Inspires, Chemistry Engineers

15-17 October 2014, Nice, France

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Gas Kinetics and Related Phenomena

20-25 July 2014, Sezged, Hungary

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Balticum Organicum Syntheticum

20-25 July 2014, Sezged, Hungary

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Mark Your Calendar

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About this journal

Chemistry International (CI) is the newsmagazine of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). News about IUPAC, its chemists, publications, recommendations, conferences and the work of its Divisions and Committees along with special feature articles is published quarterly in CI.

From 2022 onwards, CI is an online only publication and is freely accessible to all readers. The print edition has been discontinued.

In recognition of IUPAC’s Centenary in 2019, a new initiative, the Top 10 Emerging Technologies in Chemistry, was launched. The purpose of the initiative is to showcase the value of Chemistry and chemists and to inform the general public on how the chemical sciences contribute to the well-being of society and the sustainability of planet Earth. An article about The Top 10 Emerging Technologies in Chemistry is published annually in CI. For further information go to: https://iupac.org/what-we-do/top-ten/

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Volume 36 Issue 2

Issue of Chemistry International

Masthead - Full issue pdf

From the Editor

Abstract

Contents

Chemistry International March-April 2014 Volume 36 No. 2

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013

The Alliance of Newton’s Apple and Schrödinger’s Cat

Abstract

IUPAC Glossaries in Toxicology

Abstract

IUPAC Symposia on Photochemistry

A Brief History1

Abstract

2014 ACA Wood Award to Dan Rabinovich

Abstract

IYCr 2014: Launch at UNESCO

International Agreement to Improve Quality in Laboratory Medicine Nomenclature, Properties and Units (NPU) Terminology

Quasicrystals: Chance Favors the Prepared Mind

In Memoriam

Synchronizing Polymer Definitions and Terminology with Wikipedia

Management of Maritime Pollutants in Shipping and Commercial European Ports Based on Relevant Physical and Biogeochemical Environmental Parameters

Medicinal Chemistry India

Unveiling the Mysteries of Ionic Liquids in Prague

The Units ppm, ppb, and ppt

Abstract

A new series prepared by ICTNS

Novel Materials and Their Synthesis

Euroanalysis

Environmental Best Practices

Research in Chemistry Education

Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis

Brazilian Symposium on Biorefineries

Trace Elements in Food

6-9 May 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark

Crystallising Ideas

23-27 June 2014, in Mauritius

Solubility Phenomena

21- 25 July 2014, Karlsruhe, Germany

Nature Inspires, Chemistry Engineers

15-17 October 2014, Nice, France

Gas Kinetics and Related Phenomena

20-25 July 2014, Sezged, Hungary

Balticum Organicum Syntheticum

20-25 July 2014, Sezged, Hungary

Mark Your Calendar

10.1515/ci.2014.36.2.bm

A Brief History¹