Analytical Chemistry Division (V)

Commission on Separation Methods (V.3)

 

It was originally created as a Limited Life Time Commission (LLTC) at the IUPAC General Assembly in 1989 following a reorganisation of the Commissions of the Analytical Division. From January 1994 it was reconstituted as the Commission on Separation Methods in Analytical Chemistry (V.3)

Aims and Objectives:

To consider separation techniques used in analytical chemistry for qualitative and quantitative determinations and for sample preparation including chromatographic methods, electromigration separations, phase partitioning and related techniques.

Terms of Reference:

1. To compile and recommend terms, definitions and nomenclature for chromatographic and related separation techniques used in analytical chemistry.
2. To co-operate with other international and standardisation bodies to harmonise techniques and methods for the standardisation and regulation of analytical separation techniques.
3. To co-operate with other IUPAC bodies in currently relevant and important areas which employ analytical chromatographic and separation methods.

How do IUPAC Commissions work ?

Members of the Commission or outside organisations propose topics for study. These are considered by the Commission in the light of the objectives of IUPAC and are proposed to the Division for adoption. They are then assigned to a member of the Commission or an external expert is contacted. The author prepares a draft paper which is discussed by the Commission and a revised version is prepared. This is circulated to interested parties, including Editors of Journals in the field, and to representatives of IUPAC affiliated organisations around the world and other standardisation bodies such as ASTM. It is also made available for review by the analytical community at large by advertisements in the press and journals and on the Internet. After further revisions and consideration by IUPAC Committees including an inter-Divisional Nomenclature committee, the final Recommendations are published in Pure and Applied Chemistry.

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