Records of the Commission on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundances of IUPAC

Collection

Identifier: 89-21

Staff Only

Scope and Content

For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1071974~S6

This is fairly comprehensive collection and includes series devoted to reports, commission meetings, published articles and correspondence.

Dates

Creation: 1827-2007
Creation: Majority of material found within 1920-1995

Creator

Clarke, Frank Wigglesworth, 1847-1931 (Person)
Baxter, Gregory Paul, 1876-1953 (Person)
Wichers, Edward, 1892-1984 (Person)
Nier, Alfred O. (Alfred Otto), 1911-1994 (Person)
Coplen, Tyler B. (Person)
Peiser, H. Steffen (Herbert Steffen), 1917- (Person)
Holden, N. E. (Person)

Language of Materials

Text in English, French, and German.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

See archival staff for access..

Biographical sketch

Although the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) was not founded until 1919, individual national chemistry societies were tabulating data on atomic weights of elements and their isotopes. Reports generated by an American Chemical Society Committee on Atomic Weights began appearing in 1892. IUPAC's Commission on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundances began submitting reports as early as 1920 and continues to issue them. The commission is now known as the Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights.

Extent

9.24 Linear Feet (20 boxes)

Additional Description

Abstract

This is a collection of published reports, draft manuscripts correspondence files and reprints of published articles, all generated by the Commission on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundances of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. The material has been left as received.

Arrangement

Organized into sixteen series. Series 1. A.C.S. Commitee & Commission Reports and Published Tables 1893-1992; Series 2. Conferences & Meetings, 1954-1993; Series 3. Reports, Minutes, Press Releases, 1922-1993; Series 4. Articles, 1936-1998; Series 5. Theoretical Writings, 1951-1997; Series 6-10. Relative Uncertainities, Footnotes and Tables of Data, 1969-1993; Series 11. Mononuclidic Elements; Series 12. Membership Lists & Biographies of Members; Series 13. Files on Individual Elements; Series 14. General Papers; Series 15. History & Background (General) Series 16. CAWIA Chronlogical Files.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Commission on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundances. Method of acquisition--Gift;; Date of acquisition--1989-.

Digitized Materials

Selected items from this collection have been digitized and are available online in our Digital Collections: https://digital.sciencehistory.org/collections/g445cd18p