Commission
on Thermodynamics (I.2)
Summary
of Minutes of Commission Meeting at IUPAC General Assembly, Berlin,
Germany, 8-10 August 1999
Twenty-one members of the Commission on Thermodynamics (I.2), including
national representatives and observers, met for three days of discussions
during the 40th IUPAC General Assembly in Berlin. Two new Titular
Members, Manuel Ribeiro da Silva and Eckhard Vogel, were elected,
and R. Span (Bochum) was appointed to the Subcommittee on Thermodynamic
Data.
Commission
on Chemical Kinetics (I.4)
Summary
of Minutes of Commission Meeting at IUPAC General Assembly, Berlin,
Germany, 8-9 August 1999
The Chairman outlined the new structure and mission of IUPAC that
would be put in place following the next General Assembly. The key
elements, such as the move to a project-based structure and the reduction
in costs of the General Assembly, were discussed in some detail; the
general consensus of the members was that the new structure could
lead to a more vigorous and accountable organization.
Commission on
Biophysical Chemistry (I.7)
Summary
of Minutes of Commission Meeting at IUPAC General Assembly, Berlin,
Germany, 8-9 August 1999
"Recommendations for the presentation of NMR structures of proteins
and nucleic acids" by J. L. Markley, A. Bax, Y. Arata, C. W. Hilbers,
R. Kaptein, B. D. Sykes, P. E. Wright, and K. Wüthrich has
been published in Pure and Applied Chemistry (Vol. 70, No.
1, pp. 117-142, 1998).
Commission
on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundances (II.1)
Summary
of Minutes of Commission Meeting at IUPAC General Assembly, Berlin,
Germany, 8-10 August 1999
The Commission on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundances (II.1) met
for three days of discussions under the chairmanship of Prof. Ludolf
Schultz during the 40th IUPAC General Assembly in Berlin.
Commission on
Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry (II.2)
Summary
of Minutes of Commission Meeting at IUPAC General Assembly, Berlin,
Germany, 9-11 August 1999
Commission II.2 (CNIC) reviewed two documents that had been completed
in August of 1998 but were found not ready at that time for forwarding
to Pure and Applied Chemistry. There were some questions concerning
the use of "ido"and "ato" in the inorganic radical document by Prof.
Wim Koppenol.
Commission on
Photochemistry (III.3)
Summary
of Minutes of Commission Meeting at IUPAC General Assembly, Berlin,
Germany, 7-11 August 1999
Six members of the Commission on Photochemistry (III.3), including
one observer, met for five days of discussions during the 40th IUPAC
General Assembly in Berlin.
Commission on
Microchemical Techniques and Trace Analysis (V.2)
Summary
of Minutes of Commission Meeting at IUPAC General Assembly, Berlin,
Germany, 8-9 August 1999
The Commission meeting was attended by seven of the Commissionís
sixteen members. Three members had resigned since the last meeting,
among them the former chairman. Dr. Ryszard Lobinski was elected Titular
Member and new Chairman of the Commission. A new National Representative
from Korea had been suggested by the Korean NAO, and Prof. Heon Kang
was accepted as a new member of the Commission.
Commission
on Atmospheric Chemistry (VI.2)
Summary
of Minutes of Commission Meeting at IUPAC General Assembly, Berlin,
Germany, 9 August 1999
Eleven members of Commission VI.2, including Observers and National
Representatives, met during the 40th IUPAC General Assembly in Berlin.
It was the first meeting of Commission VI.2 since the one held during
the successful IUPAC Conference on Degradation Processes in the Environment
organized in May 1998 in Dubrovnik, Croatia together with the Commission
on Water and Soil Chemistry (VI.3).
Commission on
Soil and Water Chemistry (VI.3)
Summary
of Minutes of Commission Meeting at IUPAC General Assembly, Berlin,
Germany, 8-10 August 1999
In addition to the regular meeting of Commission VI.3, joint meetings
with representatives from Commissions VI.1, VI.2, and VI.4 were organized.