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28 No. 6
November-December 2006
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Chemical
Terminology at Your Fingertips
by Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, and Bedrich Kosata
The
IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, commonly known as
the Gold Book, is one of IUPACs major
contributions to communication among chemists. It collects
terms and definitions from primary specifications and provides
single-point access to
them. With more than 6500 entries, it is a real treasure for
every chemist...
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full text + outside back cover (pdf-153KB)
http://goldbook.iupac.org
The
IUPAC Gold Book is now available in an all-new format, making
this key resource computer and Net friendly. The new version
takes full advantage of new technologies based on eXtensible
Markup Language (XML)and provides efficient ways of browsing,
searching, and simply using this reference. The XML Gold Book
is a milestone in chemical referencing. See full text above
for a detailed presentation of the new format and features.
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see also this issue editorial
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