All iupac articles
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OpinionAre we giving chemicals bad names?
Does it matter that we use a mixture of old and systematic names for chemicals?
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News
Ten chemistry innovations that Iupac says could change the world
How chemistry can tackle plastic recycling, climate change and Covid-19 among other challenges
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News
Iupac recognised for promoting peaceful uses of chemistry by chemical weapons body
Chemistry body shares Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons award with two leading experts for work to rid the world of chemical warfare
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Research
Brown ring molecule defies the very definition of oxidation state
Classic nitrate test compound isolated for the first time challenges chemistry governing body’s ideas on oxidation state
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News
Iupac names 10 chemistry innovations that will change the world
Nanopesticides, MOFs and 3D bioprinting among potential breakthrough technologies for a sustainable future
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Opinion
IYPT is good news for chemistry
Brimming with opportunity, IYPT is putting chemistry and chemists centre stage
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News
Rules for element discovery get superheavy revamp
Chemistry and physics federations also define what counts as a ‘beyond superheavy element’
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Careers
How I created an $80 million zeolite company
Javier García-Martínez shares how to mix science, entrepreneurship and art
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News
Noble gas’s days of fixed atomic weight argon
Chemistry’s standardisation body introduces atomic weight interval for argon and updates weights of another 13 elements
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Opinion
What’s in a number?
Redefining the mole is more than just bean-counting – it helps people reconnect with chemistry
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News
Textbooks need an update after mole's definition changed
Although little will change in practice, Iupac’s new definition of a mole has gained support from (almost) all sides
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News
2019 to be the international year of the periodic table
Celebrations throughout next year will aim to boost public awareness of chemistry
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News
Conventions governing polymers' names revised
Polymer nomenclature based on structure of repeating unit aims to iron out inconsistencies
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News
Iupac confirms names for four new elements
Elements that complete seventh row of periodic table will be named nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson
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News
Explainer: How a new element gets its name
Now that the names of the last four elements of the seventh row of the periodic table have been confirmed, we look at the how they got them
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News
Iupac announces proposed new element names
The four new elements confirmed in January are to be named nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson
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Opinion
Weighty decisions
Juris Meija explains why a small change to the atomic weight of an element can make a huge difference to science
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News
Confirmation of four new elements completes seventh row of periodic table
Iupac endorse discovery of elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 by teams in Russia, Japan and the US
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