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2013
Jul-Aug 2013	\|	Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
	\|	Atomic Weights of the Elements 2011*
	\|	Glossary of Terms Relating to Thermal and Thermomechanical Properties of Polymers

May-June 2013	\|	Methods of Measurement and Evaluation of Natural Antioxidant Capacity/Activity
	\|	Impact of Scientific Developments on the Chemical Weapons Convention
	\|	Electroanalytical Chemistry for the Analysis of Solids: Characterization and Classification
	\|	Fluorescence Anisotropy Measurements in Solution: Methods and Reference Materials
	\|	Terminology for Aggregation and Self-Assembly in Polymer Science
	\|	Rules for Abbreviation of Protecting Groups

Mar-Apr 2013	\|	Evaluation of Measurement Data: The Role of Measurement Uncertainty in Conformity Assessment by D. Brynn Hibbert

Jan-Feb 2013	\|	Terminology and Nomenclature for Macromolecular Rotaxanes and Pseudorotaxanes
	\|	JCAMP-DX for Circular Dichroism Spectra and Metadata

2012
Nov-Dec 2012	\|	Guidelines for Reporting of Phase Equilibrium Measurements
	\|	Characterization of Photoluminescence Measuring Systems
	\|	IUPAC/CITAC Guide: Investigating Out of Specification Test Results of Chemical Composition
	\|	A Brief Guide to Polymer Nomenclature
	\|	IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series—Recent Volumes

Sep-Oct 2012	\|	IUPAC Glossary of Terms Used in Immunotoxicology
	\|	Names and Symbols of the Elements with Atomic Numbers 114 and 116
	\|	Analogue-Based Drug Discovery: Contributions to Medicinal Chemistry Principles and Drug Design Strategies. Microtubule Stabilizers as a Case in Point

Jul-Aug 2012	\|	Chlorine-Free Synthesis for Green Chemistry

May-Jun 2012	\|	Liquid Intrusion and Alternative Methods for the Characterization of Macroporous Materials
	\|	Properties and Units in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences
	\|	Remote Sensing in Coastal Water Monitoring: Applications in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
	\|	Terminology for Biorelated Polymers and Applications

Nov-Dec 2011	\|	Morphology Development of Polytetrafluoroethylene in a Polypropylene Melt
	\|	Definitions of Terms Relating to Crystalline Polymers
	\|	Standards for Photoluminescence Quantum Yield Measurements in Solution
	\|	Extension of ThermoML: The IUPAC Standard for Thermodynamic Data Communications
	\|	Terminology of Polymers and Polymerization Processes in Dispersed Systems
	\|	Letters About the IUPAC-IUGS Common Definition and Convention on the Use of the Year as a Derived Unit of Time

Sep-Oct 2011	\|	Soils Contaminated with Explosives: Environmental Fate and Evaluation of State-of-the-Art Remediation Processes
	\|	Discovery of the Elements with Atomic Numbers Greater than or Equal to 113
	\|	- Defining the Hydrogen Bond: An Account - Definition of the Hydrogen Bond
	\|	Polyaniline: The Infrared Spectroscopy of Conducting Polymer Nanotubes
	\|	Metrological Traceability of Measurement Results in Chemistry
	\|	Volatile Organic Compounds in Pesticide Formulations

Jul-Aug 2011	\|	Glossary of Terms Used in Biomolecular Screening
	\|	IUPAC-IUGS Common Definition and Convention on the Use of the Year as a Derived Unit of Time
	\|	Chemical Speciation of Environmentally Significant Metals with Inorganic Ligands. Part 4: The Cd2+ + OH–, Cl–, CO32–, SO42–, and PO43– Systems
	\|	Mechanisms of Chemical Generation of Volatile Hydrides for Trace Element Determination
	\|	IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series—recent volumes

May-Jun 2011	\|	Traditional Plants as Source of Functional Foods: A Review
	\|	Glossary of Terms Used in Biomolecular Screening
	\|	State Diagrams for Improving Processing and Storage of Foods, Biological Materials, and Pharmaceuticals
	\|	Glossary of Terms Used in Photocatalysis and Radiation Catalysis
	\|	Mechanisms of Chemical Generation of Volatile Hydrides for Trace Element Determination

2010
Jul-Aug 2010	\|	IUPAC/CITAC Guide: Selection and Use of Proficiency Testing Schemes for a Limited Number of Participants—Chemical Analytical Laboratories
	\|	Empirical and Theoretical Models of Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Transition Temperatures of Supplemented Phase Diagrams in Aqueous Systems
	\|	The IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series: A Guide to Preparation and Use of Compilations and Evaluations
	\|	Electrochemical Nucleic Acid–Based Biosensors: Concepts, Terms, and Methodology

May-Jun 2010	\|	Chemical Speciation of Environmentally Significant Metals with Inorganic Ligands
	\|	Terminology for Reversible-Deactivation Radical Polymerization
	\|	Metallomics: Guidelines for Terminology and Critical Evaluation of Analytical Chemistry Approaches
	\|	Explanatory Dictionary of Key Terms in Toxicology: Part II
	\|	Name and Symbol of the Element with Atomic Number 112
	\|	Structure and Property of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposite Materials
	\|	Rare Earth Metal Chlorides in Water and Aqueous Systems

2009
Jul-Aug 2009	\|	Thermodynamic and Thermophysical Properties of the Reference Ionic Liquid: 1-Hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]amide
	\|	Glossary of Terms Used in Ecotoxicology
	\|	Glossary of Terms Related to Pharmaceutics
	\|	Reference Matrices: An Essential Tool for Testing Extrinsic Substance Properties
	\|	Comprehensive Inter-Laboratory Calibration of Reference Materials for δ18O Versus VSMOW Using Various On-Line High-Temperature Conversion Techniques

May-Jun 2009	\|	Immunological Effects of Mercury
	\|	Teaching High-Temperature Materials Chemistry at University
	\|	Guidelines for Rheological Characterization of Polyamide Melts
	\|	Dispersity in Polymer Science
	\|	Countercurrent Chromatography in Analytical Chemistry

Jan-Feb 2009	\|	Glossary of Terms Related to Kinetics, Thermodynamics, and Mechanisms of Polymerization
	\|	Protocols on Safety, Efficacy, Standardization, and Documentation of Herbal Medicine
	\|	Solubility Data Series Volume 85: Transition and 12–14 Main Group Metals, Lanthanide, Actinide, and Ammonium Halates
	\|	Solubility Data Series Volume 86: Ethers and Ketones with Water

2008
Nov-Dec 2008	\|	Recommendations on Measurement and Analysis of Results Obtained on Biological Substances Using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
	\|	Nomenclature for Rotaxanes and Pseudorotaxanes
	\|	Solubility Data Series

May-Jun 2008	\|	Further Conventions for NMR Shielding and Chemical Shifts
	\|	Transport of Pesticides via Macropores
	\|	Performance Evaluation Criteria of Macro- and Microfabricated Ion-Selective Electrodes
	\|	Chemists and the “Public”: IUPAC’s Role in Achieving Mutual Understanding
	\|	Glossary of Terms Related to Solubility
	\|	Structure-Based Nomenclature for Cyclic Organic Macromolecules
	\|	Impact of Scientific Developments on the Chemical Weapons Convention
	\|	Standards for Chemical Structure Diagrams

Mar-Apr 2008	\|	Acetonitrile: Ternary and Quaternary Systems
	\|	Band Broadening Function in Size Exclusion Chromatography of Polymers

Jan-Feb 2008	\|	Representation of Configuration in Coordination Polyhedra
	\|	Definitions of Terms Relating to the Structure and Processing of Sols, Gels, Networks, and Inorganic Hybrid Materials
	\|	Alcohols with Water

2007
Nov-Dec 2007	\|	Explanatory Dictionary of Key Terms in Toxicology
	\|	Critically Evaluated Rate Coefficients for Free-Radical Polymerization Part 6: Propogation Rate Coefficient of Methacrylic Acid in Aqueous Solution

Sep-Oct 2007	\|	Glossary of Terms Used in Toxicology, 2nd Edition

Jul-Aug 2007	\|	Glossary of Terms Used in Photochemistry, 3rd edition
	\|	Chemical Speciation of Environmentally Significant Metals with Inorganic Ligands
	\|	Properties and Units in Clinical and Environmental Human Toxicology
	\|	Guidelines for Potentiometric Measurements in Suspensions
	\|	PAC is CrossRef Enabled

Jan-Feb 2007	\|	> index - Graphical Representation of Stereochemical Configuration
	\|	- Atomic Weights of the Elements 2005
	\|	- Terminology of Polymers Containing Ionizable or Ionic Groups and of Polymers Containing Ions
	\|	- Cytokine Profiles in Human Exposure to Metals
	\|	- Glossary of Terms Relating to Pesticides
	\|	- Education, Outreach, and Codes of Conduct to Further the Norms and Obligations of the Chemical Weapons Convention

2006
Nov-Dec 2006	\|	> index Standards, Calibration, and Guidelines in Microcalorimetry. Part 2. Calibration Standards for Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Sep-Oct 2006		-
Jul-Aug 2006		-
May-Jun 2006	\|	The International Harmonized Protocol for the Proficiency Testing of Analytical Chemistry Laboratories
	\|	Reference Data for the Density and Viscosity of Liquid Aluminum and Liquid Iron
	\|	How to Access Structure and Dynamics of Solutions:The Capabilities of Computational Methods
	\|	XML-Based IUPAC Standard for Experimental, Predicted, and Critically Evaluated Thermodynamic Property Data Storage and Capture
	\|	JCAMP-DX for Electron Magnetic Resonance
	\|	Uncertainty Estimation and Figures of Merit for Multivariate Calibration
	\|	Guidelines for NMR Measurements for Determination of High and Low pKa Values
	\|	Guidelines for Terminology for Microtechnology in Clinical Laboratories

Mar-Apr 2006	\|	Nonspecific Sensor Arrays (“electronic tongue ”) for Chemical Analysis of Liquids
	\|	Atomic Force Microscopy and Direct Surface Force Measurements
	\|	Supramolecular Assemblies With DNA

Jan-Feb 2006	\|	Postgenomic Chemistry
	\|	Measurement and Interpretation of Electrokinetic Phenomena
	\|	Evaluated Kinetic Data for Combustion Modeling

2005
Nov-Dec 2005	\|	Stability Constants of Metal Complexes of Complexones for Biomedical and Environmental Applications
	\|	Round Robin Test on the Molecular Characterization of Epoxy Resins by Liquid Chromatography

Sep-Oct 2005	\|	Chemical Structure and Physical Properties of Cyclic Olefin Copolymers
	\|	Polyaniline: Thin Films and Colloidal Dispersions
	\|	Terminology in Soil Sampling
	\|	Numbering of Fullerenes

Jul-Aug 2005	\|	High-Temperature Mass Spectometry: Instrumental Techniques, Ionization Cross-Sections, Pressure Measurements, and Thermodynamic Data
	\|	Chemical Speciation of Environmentally Significant Heavy Metals with Inorganic Ligands

May-Jun 2005	\|	Practical Guide for Measurement and Interpretation of Magnetic Properties

Mar-Apr 2005	\|	Definition of Terms Related to Polymer Blends
	\|	Characterization of Polyamides 6, 11, and 12
	\|	Rheological Properties of Aromatic Polycondensates
	\|	Name and Symbol of the Element with Atomic Number 111
	\|	Chemical Actinometry
	\|	Electrochemistry at the Interface
	\|	New Online Submission and Peer Review System for PAC
	\|	IUPAC Empfehlungen

Jan-Feb 2005	\|	Properties and Units in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences
	\|	Compilation of k_o and Related Data for Neutron-Activation Analysis

2004
Nov-Dec 2004	\|	Quantities, Terminology, and Symbols in Photothermal and Related Spectroscopies
	\|	Electrochemical Detection in Liquid Flow Analytical Techniques: Characterization and Classification
	\|	Piezoelectric Chemical Sensors
	\|	Guidelines for Callibration in Analytical Chemistry. Part 2: Multicomponent Calibration
	\|	Analysis of Light Elements in Thin Films Demonstrated Using the Examples of SiO_XN_Y and AIO_XN_Y Films
	\|	Mechanisms of Immunosensitization to Metals

Sep-Oct 2004	\|	Definitions of Terms Relating to Reactions of Polymers and to Functional Polymeric Materials
	\|	Glossary of Terms Used in Toxicokinetics

May-Jun 2004	\|	Rheological and Mechanical Properties of Poly (α-Methylstyrene-co-acrylonitrile)/Poly (Methylacrylate-co-methyl methacrylate) Blends
	\|	- Determination of Trace Elements Bound to Soils and Sediment Fractions
	\|	- Terminology for Analytical Capillary Electromigration

Jan-Feb 2004	\|	Properties and Units for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology
	\|	Implications of Endocrine Active Substances for Humans and Wildlife

2003
Nov-Dec 2003	\|	Critically Evaluated Propogation Rate Coefficients in Free-Radical Polymerizations: Part III. Methacry-lates with Cyclic Ester Groups
	\|	Minimum Requirements for Reporting Analytical Data for Environmental Samples
	\|	Atomic Weights of the Elements 2001
	\|	Regulatory Limits for Pesticide Residues in Water
	\|	On the Claims for the Discovery of Elements 110, 111, 112,114, 116, and 118 and Name and Symbol of Element 110

Sep-Oct 2003	\|	The Atomic Weights of the Elements: Review 2000
	\|	Critical Review of Analytical Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy Illustrated by Mineralogical and Geological Examples
	\|	Critical Assessment: Use of Supersonic Jet Spectrometry for Complex Mixture Analysis
	\|	Significance of Impurities in the Safety Evaluation of Crop Protection Products

Jul-Aug 2003	\|	Critical Evaluation of Stability Constants for a-Hydroxycarboxylic Acid Complexes with Protons and Metal Ions and the Accompanying Enthalpy Changes. Part II: Aliphatic a-Hydroxycarboxylic Acids
	\|	Endocrine Disruptors in the Environment
	\|	Measurement of pH: Definition, Standards, and Procedures

May-Jun 2003	\|	Measurement of pH. Definition, Standards, and Procedures
	\|	Use of the Term "Recovery" and "Apparent Recovery" in Analytical Procedures
	\|	Impact of Scientific Developments on the Chemical Weapons Convention
	\|	Critical Evaluation of Stability Constants and Thermodynamic Functions of Metal Complexes of Crown Ethers
	\|	Critical Evaluation of the Chemical Properties of the Transactinide Elements

Mar-Apr 2003	\|	Nomenclature of Regular Single-Strand Organic Polymers
	\|	Natural and Synthetic Substances Related to Human Health
	\|	Isotope-Abundance Variations of Selected Elements
	\|	Errata and Translations

Jan-Feb 2003	\|	Concepts and Applications of the Term "Dimensionality" in Analytical Chemistry
	\|	The "Purple Book" in Portuguese: Compêndio de Nomenclatura Macromolecular
	\|	Definitions, Terminology, and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry

2002
Nov-Dec 2002	\|	Definitions Relating to Stereochemically Asymmetric Polymerizations
	\|	Potentiometric Selectivity Coefficients of Ion-Selective Electrodes
Sep-Oct 2002	\|	Information Essential for Characterizing a Flow-Based Analytical System
	\|	Sulfate-Sensing Electrodes: The Lead-Amalgam/Lead-Sulfate Electrode
	\|	Future Requirements in the Characterization of Continuous Fiber Reinforced Polymeric Composites
	\|	Nomenclature for the C₆₀-I_h and C₇₀-D_5h(6) Fullerenes
	\|	Molecular Basis of Biodiversity, Conservation, and Sustained Innovative Utilization
	\|	Naming of New Elements
	\|	"Heavy Metals"–A Meaningless Term?
	\|	Phane Nomenclature
	\|	Harmonized Guidelines for Single-Laboratory Validation of Methods of Analysis
	\|	Polyaniline. Preparation of a Conducting Polymer
	\|	Studies on Biodegradable Poly[hexano-6-lactone] Fibers
Jul-Aug 2002	\|	Critical Evaluation of Proven Chemical Weapon Destruction Technologies
		Definitions of Basic Terms Relating to Polymer Liquid Crystals
May-Jun 2002	\|	Guidelines for the Representation of Pulse Sequences for Solution-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry
	\|	JCAMP-DX. A Standard Format for the Exchange of Ion Mobility Spectrometry Data
	\|	Molality-Based Primary Standards of Electrolytic Conductivity
	\|	NMR Nomenclature. Nuclear Spin Properties and Conventions for Chemical Shifts
Mar-Apr 2002	\|	Generic Source-Based Nomenclature for Polymers
	\|	Quantum Chemical B3LYP/cc-pvqz Computation of Ground-State Structures and Properties of Small Molecules with Atoms of Z £ 18 (Hydrogen to Argon)
	\|	Standards in Isothermal Microcalorimetry
	\|	Critical Evaluation of Stability Constants of Phosphonic Acids
Jan-Feb 2002	\|	Use of Legendre Transforms in Chemical Thermodynamics
	\|	Modeling Lifetime and Degradability of Organic Compounds in Air, Soil, and Water Systems
	\|	Selectivity in Analytical Chemistry