IUPAC

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Project: Dispersity

Number: 2008-022-1-400
Start: 01 May 2008
End: 28 February 2009
Project of
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Objective

Define three terms, viz., molar-mass dispersity, degree-of-polymerization dispersity, and dispersity.

Put the terminology describing dispersions of distributions of properties of polymeric (and non-polymeric) materials on an unambiguous and justifiable footing.

Progress

May 2008 - A draft titled 'Dispersity' is submitted to public review comments until 30 September 2008

Feb 2009 - Project completed - IUPAC Recommendations published in Pure Appl. Chem., 2009, Vol. 81, No. 2, pp. 351-353

The recommendation has been reprinted in Polymer International, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp 23-24; online: 14 Dec 2009; doi:10.1002/PI.2748