Naming
the Elements
'Naming of new elements' is the subject of a recent
recommendation published in Pure
Appl. Chem.
74(5), pp. 787-791, 2002 [doi:10.1351/pac200274050787]
For a brief review on the synthesis and naming of elements 110 and
beyond, by H. Kaesz ; see Chem.
Int.
2002, 24(2), p. 7
The latest reports and recommendations related to the
naming of elements are:
- Name and symbol of element of atomic number 110, Pure
Appl. Chem. 75(10),
1613-1615, 2003 [doi:10.1351/pac200375101613]
See press release
and Q&A about Ds
- Name and symbol of the element with atomic number 111, Pure
Appl. Chem.
76(12), 2101-2103, 2004 [doi:10.1351/pac200476122101]
See press release
- Name and symbol of the element with atomic number 112 (IUPAC Recommendations 2010), Pure Appl. Chem. 82(3), 753-755, 2010 [doi:10.1351/PAC-REC-09-08-20]
Other recent documents include:
- Discovery of the element with atomic number 112, Pure Appl. Chem. 81(7), 1331-1343, 2009 [doi:10.1351/PAC-REP-08-03-05]
- On the claims for discovery of elements 110, 111, 112, 114, 116,
and 118, Pure
Appl. Chem. 75(10),
1601-1611, 2003 [doi:10.1351/pac200375101601]
- On the discovery of the elements 110-112, Pure Appl. Chem. 73(6), pp. 959-967, 2001 [doi:10.1351/pac200173060959]
- Names and symbols of transfermium elements, Pure
Appl. Chem.
69(12), pp. 2471-2473, 1997 [doi:10.1351/pac199769122471]
(This document presents the revised recommendations for the names and
symbols of the transfermium elements (atomic numbers 101-109), along
with the reasons for proposing them);
- Criteria that must be satified for the discovery of the new chemical
element to be recognized, Pure
Appl. Chem., 63(6),
pp. 879-886, 1991 [doi:10.1351/pac199163060879]
> List
of names and symbols
Review
of Atomic Weights
One project of the IUPAC Inorganic Chemistry Division
is to undertake a regular review and publication of the most recent
atomic weights of the elements > view
project
The most recent reviews:
- Atomic weights of the elements 2009
Pure Appl. Chem., ASAP online 2010-12-12 [doi:10.1351/PAC-REP-10-09-14]
> see
release (13 Dec 2010)
- Atomic weights of the elements 2007 is published in Pure Appl. Chem. 81(11), 2131-2156, 2009 [doi:10.1351/PAC-REP-09-08-03]
> see
release (24 Aug 2007)
- Atomic weights of the elements 2005 is published in Pure
Appl. Chem.
78(11), 2051-2066, 2006 [doi:10.1351/pac200678112051]
> see
release (19 Oct 2005)
- Atomic weights of the elements 2001 is published in Pure
Appl. Chem.
75(8), 1107-1122, 2003 [doi:10.1351/pac200375081107]
- The 2000 review of the atomic weights of the elements was published
in Pure
Appl. Chem.
75(6), 683-799, 2003 [doi:10.1351/pac200375060683]
- The History of the recommended atomic-weight values from 1882 to 1997
were published in Pure
Appl. Chem.
70(1), pp. 237-257, 1998 [doi:10.1351/pac199870010237]
> LINK to Commission
on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights <www.ciaaw.org>
> For A brief historicall review of the International Committee,
see Chem.
Int.
2004, Jan , p. 4
Isotopic
Composition
Isotopic Compositions of the Elements are regularly reviewed
and published in Pure and Applied Chemistry > search PAC
Periodic
Table
> the
IUPAC table in a printable (letter size) format; for a brief review,
see Chem.
Int.
2004, Jan , p. 8
> with a snap-shot of the
time of discovery
> including
link to atomic weight table, compiled by Dr. GP Moss
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