Analytical Chemistry Division

Aims

Analytical chemistry is a scientific discipline that develops and applies methods, instruments, and strategies to obtain information on the composition and nature of matter in space and time, as well as on the value of these measurements, i.e., their uncertainty, validation, and/or traceability to fundamental standards.

The Analytical Chemistry Division in the IUPAC catalyzes interactions between the scientific community and users of analytical methodology and data, and beneficiaries of analytical results, such as international organizations (IAEA, OECD, WHO), standard development bodies (ISO, ASTM), metrology organizations (BIPM, OIML) chemical societies, and society.

The interactions are catalyzed by taking input, such as literature data, information about sources, inconsistent nomenclature, newly developed or modified methods and techniques, and scientific misinformation, and performing harmonization of nomenclature, critical evaluation of data and methodology, formulation of guidelines for correct usage of data and methodology, and promotion of analytical chemistry to society in general. Areas of interest include: General aspects of analytical chemistry, separation methods, spectrochemical methods, electrochemical methods, nuclear chemistry methods, applications to human health and the environment.

Terms of Reference

Mission
Division V provides objective scientific expertise and develops essential tools of analytical chemistry that enable IUPAC to accomplish its mission in sustainable development, creating and promoting a common language, providing evaluated data and advocating free scientific exchange. Division V seeks to be inclusive in its membership with outreach to under-represented groups and regions.  As appropriate Division V works in collaboration with other bodies.

Goals

1. Provide the highest level of unbiased analytical chemical science expertise in achieving its mission,
2. Promote and foster the growth of analytical chemistry as a scientific discipline,
3. Ensure the vitality of the Division,
4. Foster multidisciplinary collaboration.

Objectives

1. Provide the highest expertise in line with IUPAC’s mission through:

• Publishing Technical Reports,
• Publishing Recommendations of terminology,
• Evaluating chemical data,
• Making its products available in modern digital forms,
• Contributing to international standards development,
• Providing scientific expertise and advice to relevant international organizations.

2. Promote and foster the growth of analytical chemistry as a scientific discipline through:

• Reinforcing relationships with other IUPAC bodies,
• Organizing / sponsoring international scientific events,
• Contributing to issues related to analytical chemistry education,
• Awarding outstanding contributions toward the division’s vision.

3. Ensure the vitality of the Division through:

• Evaluating divisional outputs and setting associated targets,
• Engaging stakeholder communities that can benefit from and contribute to the work of the division,
• Leveraging external sources to enhance division activities.

4. Foster multidisciplinary collaboration through:

• Pursuing joint activities and projects with other IUPAC bodies,
• Engaging with relevant international organizations.

Subcommittees and Commissions

• Subcommittee on Metrology in Chemistry
• Subcommittee on Solubility and Equilibrium Data
• Subcommittee on pH
• Interdivisional Subcommittee on Critical Evaluation of Data
• Early-Mid Career Scientists Subcommittee

Current Projects

• 2022-002-2-500 - Assessment of Reliability and Uncertainty of Solubility Data
• 2021-036-1-500 - LC-MS quantitative method validation and performance: an exemplified guide
• 2021-032-3-600 - Conceptualization of definition and classification for humic substances
• 2021-028-3-600 - Minimising Environmental Impacts of Tyre and Road Wear Particles
• 2021-016-1-024 - Standardized reporting of gas adsorption isotherms
• 2021-023-1-500 - Solubility of Benzoic Acid and Substituted Benzoic Acids in Both Neat Organic Solvents and Organic Solvent Mixtures (Supplement to Solubility Data Series Volume 99)
• 2021-015-2-500 - Greenness of official standard sample preparation methods
• 2021-017-2-500 - Harmonization of approaches to interlaboratory comparison of qualitative and related property values of a substance or material
• 2021-018-1-500 - Gold Book Update of Terms for Analytical Chemistry
• 2021-009-2-500 - Recommendations for terms relating to materials characterization: Latin and other introduced terms
• 2021-011-1-500 - Gold Book update of terms from the Glossary of Terms Related to Solubility
• 2021-007-1-500 - Solubility of Crystalline Alkanoic Acids, Alkenoic Acids, Alkanedioic Acids and Alkenedioic Acids Dissolved in Neat Organic Solvents, Organic Solvent Mixtures, and Aqueous-Organic Solvent Mixtures
• 2020-025-2-500 - Solubility of CO2 in glycols and glycol ethers
• 2020-016-3-020 - The Gender Gap in Chemistry – Building on the ISC Gender Gap Project
• 2020-018-1-024 - Development of a metadata schema for critically evaluated solubility measurement data
• 2020-013-1-200 - Assessment of absolute isotope ratios for the international isotope delta measurement standards
• 2019-031-1-024 - Development of a Standard for FAIR Data Management of Spectroscopic Data
• 2019-039-3-500 - A review of current status of analytical chemistry education
• 2019-032-1-024 - Development of an IUPAC Recommended Term Management System for Expansion of the Coverage of the IUPAC Compendium on Chemical Terminology
• 2019-026-2-600 - The Environment, Health and Food Safety Impact of Microplastics
• 2019-029-1-600 - Per and polyfluroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the environment: Information for emerging economies on PFASs analyses in environmental media and their impacts on human health
• 2019-028-1-500 - Critical Evaluation of Metal-Sulfate Equilibrium Data
• 2019-012-1-500 - Influence of a mass balance constraint on uncertainty of test results of a substance or material and risks in its conformity assessment
• 2018-025-1-500 - Critical evaluation of homogeneous equilibrium and solubility constants of gadolinium in environmental and biological-relevant conditions
• 2018-009-2-500 - Guidance for the Compilation, Critical Evaluation and Dissemination of Chemical Data
• 2017-022-1-500 - Mutual Solubility Halogenated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons C1-C14 with Water
• 2017-025-1-500 - Solubility in Systems with Potassium Nitrate (Part 3 of Volume 89 of the Solubility Data Series)
• 2018-010-2-500 - Microwave Induced Combustion (Critical Evaluation and New Applications)
• 2017-005-3-500 - Analytical chemistry of nanomaterials -- critical evaluation
• 2017-017-2-200 - Evaluated Published Isotope Ratio Data (2013-2018)
• 2015-020-2-500 - Critical compilation of acid pKa values in polar aprotic solvents
• 2015-044-2-500 - Critical evaluation of data on solubility and liquid-liquid equilibria in binary mixtures of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium based ionic liquid and molecular solvent
• 2016-003-1-500 - Critical evaluation of equilibrium constants of 4f-metal mixed complexes with acidic chelate and organophosphorus O-donor ligands
• 2016-005-1-500 - Calcium sulfate in water
• 2015-024-2-500 - Metrology and Measurement Uncertainty Brochure
• 2015-008-2-500 - Critical Evaluation and Vocabulary of Chemo-sensing and Determination Methods for Explosive Residues On-Site and in the Field
• 2014-026-3-600 - Chemical Speciation of Anthropogenic Nanoparticles
• 2014-016-2-200 - Compilation of the variation of the isotopic composition of the elements via crowdsourcing
• 2013-025-2-500 - Methods for the SI Value Assignment of the Purity of Organic Compounds for use as Primary Reference Materials and Calibrators
• 2012-036-2-200 - Recommendations for Isotope Data in the Geosciences-II
• 2013-034-1-500 - Mutual Solubility of Rare Earth Metal (Sc, Y, Lanthanides) Bromides in Molten Alkali Bromides
• 2013-040-1-300 - Measurement of Photoluminescence Quantum Yields
• 2012-005-1-500 - Vocabulary of Concepts and Terms in Analytical Chemistry - the revised Orange Book (4th edition)
• 2009-006-1-500 - Experimental Requirements for Single-Laboratory Validation

Meeting Minutes

• Combined Minutes of Remote Division Committee Meetings, 2021 (pdf – 295kb)
• Combined Minutes of Remote Division Committee Meetings, 2020 (pdf – 254kb)
• Minutes of the Division Committee Meeting, Paris, France, 6-7 July 2019 (pdf – 396kb)
• Minutes of the Division Committee meeting, Nara, Japan, 25-26 Apr 2018 (pdf – 138kb)
• Minutes of the Division Committee meeting, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 8-9 Jul 2017 (pdf – 270kb)
• Minutes of the Division Committee meeting, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2016
• Minutes of the Division Committee meeting, Busan, Korea, 8-9 Aug 2015 (pdf – 615kb)
• Minutes of the Division Committee meeting, Pecs, Hungary, 27-28 Mar 2014 (pdf – 519kb)
• Minutes of the Division Committee meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, 9-10 Aug 2013 (pdf – 155kb)
• Minutes of the Division Committee meeting, Antwerp, Belgium, 5-7 Feb 2012 (pdf – 214kb)
• Minutes of the Division Committee meeting, Aveiro, Portugal, 8-9 Feb 2010 (pdf – 212kb) and Annexes (zip file – 2.81mb)
• Minutes of the Division V Executive Officers’ Meeting, Aveiro, Portugal, 7 Feb 2010 (pdf – 212kb)

Activity Reports

• Report 2020-2021 (prepared for Council virtual meeting August 2021) by Prof. Zoltán Mester (pdf – 346kb)
• Report 2020 (prepared for Bureau) by Prof. Zoltán Mester (pdf – 375kb)
• Report 2017 (prepared for Bureau) by Prof. Jan Labuda (pdf – 73kb)
• Report 2016 (prepared for Bureau in Montreal) by Prof. Jan Labuda (pdf – 136kb)
• Report 2014-2015 (prepared for Council in Busan) by Prof. Brynn Hibbert (pdf – 613kb)
• Report to Council 2008 – 2009 (pdf – 158kb)

Publications

‘TEAMWORK’ the Analytical  Chemistry Division Newsletter

• Teamwork  2018 (pdf – 116kb)
• Teamwork  2017 (pdf – 710kb)
• Teamwork  2015 (pdf – 897kb)
• Teamwork  2013 (pdf – 613kb)
• Teamwork  2012 (pdf – 253kb)
• Teamwork  2009 (pdf – 110kb)
• Teamwork  2008 (pdf – 93kb)
• Teamwork  2007 (pdf – 60kb)
• Teamwork  2006 (pdf – 49kb)
• Teamwork  2005 Dec (pdf – 49kb)
• Teamwork  2005 Jul (pdf – 53kb)
• Teamwork  2004 Nov (pdf – 47kb)
• Teamwork  2004 Jul (pdf – 51kb)
• Teamwork  2004 Feb (pdf – 62kb)
• Teamwork  2003 Nov (pdf – 77kb)
• Teamwork  2003 Jul (pdf – 413kb)
• Teamwork  2003 Feb (pdf – 65kb)
• Teamwork  2002 Oct (pdf – 63kb)
• Teamwork  2002 Jul (pdf – 52kb)
• Teamwork  2002 March (pdf – 41kb)

Moore, D., “Analytical Chemistry – A Discipline at the Heart of IUPAC,”  Chemistry International, Vol. 24, No. 4, p. 17, July 2002. (PDF)

Electronic Resources

“Orange Book” online
IUPAC Stability Constants Database
IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database v1.1