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Category: Recent Releases

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IUPAC Periodic Table of Elements – updated release

The latest release of the Periodic Table (dated 8 Jan 2016) includes the recently added elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 with their temporary names and symbols (see related News), the standard atomic...

Discovery and Assignment of Elements with Atomic Numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118

IUPAC announces the verification of the discoveries of four new chemical elements: The 7th period of the periodic table of elements is complete.

eTOC Alert ‘Pure and Applied Chemistry’ – Dec 2015

A new issue of Pure and Applied Chemistry is now available on De Gruyter Online.

ICSU Publications on Climate Change

On the eve of COP21 in Paris, ICSU releases two new publications on climate change. One is a history of ICSU's involvement in climate change research, and the other is...

eTOC Alert ‘Chemistry International’ – Sep-Dec 2015

A new issue of Chemistry International is now available on De Gruyter Online. Please click on the following links to view the articles: Chemistry International Volume 37, Issue 5-6 Masthead...

Standard Atomic Weight of Ytterbium Revised

24 AUGUST 2015 – The IUPAC Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (II.1) met under the chairmanship of Dr. Juris Meija, at the University of Natural Resources and Life...