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Archives: Provisional Recommendations

IUPAC Recommendations published from 2010 to 2015

2015 Glossary of Terms Used in Neurotoxicology (VII) Pure and Applied Chemistry, 87(8), pp. 841-927; https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103 Nomenclature and graphic representations for chemically modified polymers (IV) Pure and Applied Chemistry, 87(3), pp. 307-319; https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2014-0610...

IUPAC Recommendations published from 2005 to 2009

2009 Glossary of class names of polymers based on chemical structure and molecular architecture (IV) Pure Appl. Chem., 2009, Vol. 81, No. 6, pp. 1131-1186; https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-01-30 Glossary of Terms Used in Pharmaceutics (VII)...

IUPAC Recommendations published from 1999 to 2004

2004 Name and symbol of the element with atomic number 111 (II) Pure Appl. Chem., 2004, Vol. 76, No. 12, pp. 2101-2103; https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200476122101 Definitions of terms related to polymer blends, composites...