International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
President: Sir Harold Thompson, UK Vice-President: R. W. Cairns, USA Secretary General: W. Gallay, Canada Treasurer: O. Horn, German Federal Republic Secretariat: Bank Court Chambers, 2-3 Pound Way, Cowley Centre, Oxford OX4 3YF, UK
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION, IUPAC
Following the elections at the XXVII Conference of IUPAC at Munich, Germany, in 1973, the composition of the Division Committee, responsible for the administration of the Division, is as follows: President: N. Tanaka, Japan Vice-President: W. Kemula, Poland Secretary: R. W. Fennell, Materials Department, Royal Air craft Establishment, Farnborough, Hampshire GUI4 6TD, UK Members: D. N. Hume, USA H. Kaiser, Germany I. M. Kolthoff, USA O. Samuelson, Sweden B. Tremillon, France T. S. West, UK Yu. A. Zolotov, USSR The main work of the Division is performed by its seven Commissions whose projects are listed below. Commission V . 1 . Analytical Reactions and Reagents
Chairman: R. Belcher, UK Secretary: F. Pellerin, Hospital General Emile Roux, F-95600 Eaubonne, France Projects:
1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 1.5. 1.6. 1.7. 1.8.
Methods of analysis of food additives (CEE Contract) Methods for determination of carbonyl Redox indicators Compleximetric indicators Acid-base indicators for nonaqueous titration Methods for polyphenols Primary standards Colorimetric and fluorometric determination of ste roids
Commission V.2. Microchemical Techniques and Trace Analysis
Chairman: O. G. Koch, Germany Secretary: M. Pinta, Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique, Outre-Mer, 70-74 route d'Aulnay, F-93140 Bondy, France Projects:
2.1. Study on accuracy and precision of the determination of metals in organic compounds 2.2. Determination of C, H, and Ν in organometallic com pounds 2.3. Standard reference materials for trace analysis 2.4. Contamination in trace analysis 2.5. Trace analysis of surfaces
2.6. Stability of solutions used as trace analytical stan dards 2.7. Volatility losses of trace elements in destruction of or ganic substances 2.8. Applicability of high-pressure decomposition in the trace analysis of biological materials 2.9. Analysis of organoboron compounds 2.10. Determination of minor impurities in analytical re agents 2.11. Sensitivities of trace analytical methods Commission V.3. Analytical Nomenclature
Chairman: Η. Μ. Ν. Η. Irving, UK Secretary: H. Zettler, Norddeutsche Affinerie, Postfach 67, Alsterterrasse 2, D-2000 Hamburg 36, Germany Projects:
3.1. Nomenclature of scales of working 3.2. List of synonyms and trivial names 3.3. Development and publication of methods of analysis 3.3.1. Spectrophotometric procedures 3.3.2. Gravimetric procedures 3.3.3. Ion selective electrode procedures 3.4. Nomenclature of liquid-liquid extraction 3.5. Nomenclature of kinetic methods of analysis 3.6. Nomenclature of ion selective electrodes 3.7. Selectivity index 3.8. Criteria for sensitivity, detection limits, precision and accuracy 3.9. Nomenclature of data processing 3.10. Compendium of analytical nomenclature 3.11. Nomenclature of sampling 3.12. Information storage and retrieval Commission V.4. Spectrochemical and Other Optical Procedures for Analysis
Chairman: V. A. Fassel, USA Secretary: B. F. Scribner, National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20234 Projects:
4.1. Nomenclature of analytical X-ray spectroscopy 4.2. Systematic classification of spectromechanieal excita tion sources 4.3. Nomenclature of analytical molecular fluorescence spectroscopy Commission V.5. Electroanalytical Chemistry
Chairman: R. G. Bates Secretary: J. F. Coetzee, Department of Chemistry, Univer sity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15260
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Projects:
5.1. Purification of electrolytes 5.2. Half-wave potentials in dimethylformamide 5.3. Symbols and terminology for electroanalytical techniques 5.4. Pretreatment of solid electrodes 5.5. Conditional diffusion coefficients 5.6. Standard potentials in fused salts 5.7. Purification of background electrolytes 5.8. Diffusion coefficients in mercury 5.9. Sign convention for currents 5.10. Conditional equilibrium constants 5.11. Recommendations on reporting of electroanalytical data 5.12. Selectivity of ion selective electrodes 5.13. Indicator and reference electrodes in nonaqueous solvents 5.14. Half-wave potentials in propylene carbonate and hexamethylphosphoramide 5.15. Purification of dimethylformamide 5.16. Application and potentialities of electroanalytical methods in environmental analysis Commission V . 6 . Equilibrium D a t a
Chairman: G. H. Nancollas, USA Secretary: S. Ahrland, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Chemical Center, University of Lund, P.O.B. 740, S-220 07 Lund 7, Sweden Projects:
6.1. 6.2. 6.3. 6.4.
Stability constants Distribution equilibria Critical surveys Ionic media
6.5. Information retrieval (data flagging) 6.6. Symbols for mixed ligand complex constants 6.7. Solubility data Commission V . 7 . Analytical Radiochemistry and Nuclear Materials
Chairman: M. B. A. Crespi, Argentina Secretary: J. C. White, Analytical Chemistry Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O.B. X, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830 Projects:
7.1. Light element analysis 7.2. Trace analysis reference materials for radiochemical analysis 7.3. Reference materials for uranium analysis 7.4. Analysis of nuclear materials 7.5. Nomenclature for radioanalytical chemistry 7.6. Nuclear methods for analysis of key elements in environmental pollution 7.7. Nuclear methods for analysis of fissile and fertile elements 7.8. Nuclear methods for analysis of molecular compounds in environmental pollution 7.9. Critical compilation of radioanalytical data 7.10. Nonnuclear methods of analysis of fissile and fertile elements 7.11. Charged-particle-induced X-ray fluorescence 7.12. Separations in radioanalytical chemistry 7.12.1. Ion exchange 7.12.2. Liquid-liquid extraction 7.12.3. Precipitation and adsorption 7.12.4. Miscellaneous 7.13. State of the art of thorium analysis Submitted by R. J. M. Ratcliffe Assistant Secretary, IUPAC
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