Description
In 2016, the Inorganic Chemistry Division held its off-year Division Meeting in Brest, France. The Division saw a number of new members introduced to IUPAC work in general and the Division in particular. In this respect, the Division committee was lucky to have IUPAC Secretary General Richard Hartshorn also attending part of the meeting. The Division discussed the reports on “Standard Atomic Weights of Elements 2013” and “Isotope Compositions of the Elements 2013” from the CIAAW submitted by Juris Meija. Another important item was the four new elements and their names and symbols were discussed at some length. Jan Reedijk also reported from the Nobel Symposium on Chemistry and Physics of Heavy and Superheavy Elements, Lund, Sweden, June, 2016.

Subcommittees and Commissions
Current Projects
- 2021-027-2-600 - The global scenario and challenges of radioactive waste in the marine environment
- 2021-016-1-024 - Standardized reporting of gas adsorption isotherms
- 2020-022-1-200 - Gold Book Update of Terms for Inorganic Chemistry
- 2020-016-3-020 - The Gender Gap in Chemistry – Building on the ISC Gender Gap Project
- 2020-013-1-200 - Assessment of absolute isotope ratios for the international isotope delta measurement standards
- 2019-020-2-024 - Machine-Accessible Periodic Table
- 2019-024-1-200 - Statistical Models and Data Reductions to Estimate Standard Atomic Weights and Isotopic Ratios for the Elements, and to Evaluate the Associated Uncertainties
- 2019-016-3-800 - Nomenclature and Associated Terminology for Inorganic Nanoscale Particles
- 2018-030-2-200 - Toward a comprehensive definition of valence
- 2017-023-2-200 - Collection, compilation and evaluation of elemental and isotopic data of calcium carbonate and hydroxyapatite materials
- 2017-039-2-800 - Graphical Representation of Polymer Structures
- 2017-036-2-800 - Graphical Representation Standards for Chemical Reaction Diagrams
- 2017-030-2-041 - Metrics for Green Syntheses
- 2017-017-2-200 - Evaluated Published Isotope Ratio Data (2013-2018)
- 2015-053-1-200 - Survey of Definitions and Use of Common Solid-State Chemistry Terminology
- 2015-037-2-200 - IUPAC Molecular Weight Calculator
- 2014-016-2-200 - Compilation of the variation of the isotopic composition of the elements via crowdsourcing
- 2014-002-1-200 - Assessment of Stable Isotopic Reference Materials
- 2014-001-2-200 - Terminology guidelines and database issues for topology representations in coordination networks, metal-organic frameworks and other crystalline materials
- 2012-036-2-200 - Recommendations for Isotope Data in the Geosciences-II
- 2013-037-1-200 - Creating Educational Website for Materials Chemistry
- 2011-035-1-800 - Terminology and Nomenclature of Inorganic and Coordination Polymers
- 2009-046-2-200 - Terminology and definition of quantities related to the isotope distribution in elements with more than two stable isotopes
Meeting Minutes
Activity Reports
- Report 2020-2021 (prepared for Council virtual meeting August 2021) by Prof. Lars R. Öhrström (pdf 335 KB)
- Report 2016 (prepared for Bureau in Montreal) by Prof. Jan Reedijk (pdf 81 KB)
- Report 2014-2015 (prepared for Council in Busan) by Prof. Jan Reedijk (pdf 79 KB)
- Water report from IYC 2011, by Javier Garcia Martinez (pdf file – 1.88MB)
- Roundups from Glasgow (See article: Reiners, C., ” IUPAC In Glasgow, Scotland: Division Roundups Part II,” Chemistry International, Vol 32, No. 1, 2010 PDF)
Division Newsletter:
- Dec 2018 Newsletter (PDF)
- Dec 2017 Newsletter (PDF)
- Dec 2016 Newsletter (PDF)
- Dec 2015 Newsletter (PDF)
- Dec 2014 Newsletter (PDF)
- Dec 2013 Newsletter (PDF)
- May 2013 Newsletter (PDF)
- Oct 2012 Newsletter (PDF)
- Jan 2012 Newsletter (PDF)
- Aug 2011 Newsletter (PDF)
- Dec 2010 Newsletter (PDF)
- May 2010 Newsletter (PDF)
- October 2009 Newsletter (PDF)
- April 2009 Newsletter (PDF)