International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry


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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

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IUPAC

An organization composed of experts from many countries whose charter is to standardize aspects of the basic science of chemistry, including nomenclature, structural formulae, and so forth.
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Toward ensuring global food safety, this symposium sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPA) addressed the toxicological risks posed to consumers from such products as peanuts, olives, and red wine contaminated with naturally-occurring mycotoxins (e.
Mycotoxins and phycotoxins; advances in determination, toxicology and exposure management; proceedings
Tox-MIAMExpress uses MGED Ontology concepts that point to established controlled vocabularies for toxicological end points: the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (http://www.
Database development in toxicogenomics: issues and efforts
International Bureau of Weights and Measures, International Electrotechnical Commission, International Organization for Standardization, International Organization of Legal Metrology, International Federation of Clinical Chemistry, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.
Influence quantities and uncertainty of measurement
The situation led the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry to conduct a tightly managed round-robin measurement study organized by NIST to attempt to reduce the uncertainties.
REFINED PROCEDURES IMPROVE REFRIGERATION PROPERTIES RESEARCH
Three promising young chemists have received funding to travel to international conferences as part of the Canadian National Committee of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (CNC-IUPAC) travel awards program:
CNC-IUPAC travel awards help young researchers
Following approval by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, atomic weights are based on the carbon-12 nucleus equals 12 scale.
Chemistry by committee
We lead off our news section with a report on how the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry is incorporating into the table new information about the molecular weights of isotopes of some elements.
From the editor
Element 112, a "superheavy" element with an atomic mass of 278, is officially named copernicium, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry announced February 19.
Atomic heavyweight gets a name: element 112 christened 'copernicium' after astronomer
In charge of the events will be International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultura Organization (UNESCO).
U.N. declares 2011 International Year of Chemistry
Getting the entire world to adopt the same, new periodic table will be a challenge, especially because the table will need to garner approval from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
The nature of things: attempts to change the periodic table raise eyebrows
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