IUPAC Technical Reports and Recommendations
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY DIVISION
Chemical speciation of environmentally significant metals with inorganic ligands. Part 5: The Zn2+ + OH–, Cl–, CO32–, SO42–, and PO43– systems (IUPAC Technical Report)
Determination of the photoluminescence quantum yield of dilute dye solutions (IUPAC Technical Report)
Definitions of terms relating to mass spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)
Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (IUPAC Technical Report)
Methods of measurement and evaluation of natural antioxidant capacity/activity (IUPAC Technical Report)
Electroanalytical chemistry for the analysis of solids: Characterization and classification (IUPAC Technical Report)
Fluorescence anisotropy measurements in solution: Methods and reference materials (IUPAC Technical Report)
IUPAC/CITAC Guide: Investigating out‑of‑specification test results of chemical composition based on metrological concepts (IUPAC Technical Report)
IUPAC/CITAC Guide: Investigating out‑of‑specification test results of chemical composition based on metrological concepts (IUPAC Technical Report)
Characterization of photoluminescence measuring systems (IUPAC Technical Report)
Standards for photoluminescence quantum yield measurements in solution (IUPAC Technical Report)
Countercurrent chromatography in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Technical Report)
Performance evaluation criteria for preparation and measurement of macro- and microfabricated ion-selective electrodes (IUPAC Technical Report)
Chemical speciation of environmentally significant metals with inorganic ligands Part 2: The Cu2+-OH-, Cl-, CO32-, SO42-, and PO43- systems (IUPAC Technical Report)
Guidelines for potentiometric measurements in suspensions Part B. Guidelines for practical pH measurements in soil suspensions (IUPAC Recommendations 2006)
Guidelines for potentiometric measurements in suspensions Part A. The suspension effect (IUPAC Technical Report)
Guidelines for NMR measurements for determination of high and low pKa values (IUPAC Technical Report)
Uncertainty estimation and figures of merit for multivariate calibration (IUPAC Technical Report)
The International Harmonized Protocol for the proficiency testing of analytical chemistry laboratories (IUPAC Technical Report)
Nonspecific sensor arrays ("electronic tongue") for chemical analysis of liquids (IUPAC Technical Report)
Critical evaluation of stability constants of metal complexes of complexones for biomedical and environmental applications* (IUPAC Technical Report)
Terminology in soil sampling (IUPAC Recommendations 2005)
Chemical speciation of environmentally significant heavy metals with inorganic ligands. Part 1: The Hg2+– Cl–, OH–, CO32–, SO42–, and PO43– aqueous systems (IUPAC Technical Report)
Compilation of k0 and related data for NAA in the form of electronic database (IUPAC Technical Report)
Guidelines for calibration in analytical chemistry. Part 2: Multicomponent calibration (IUPAC Technical Report)
Critical evaluation of the state of the art of the analysis of light elements in thin films demonstrated using the examples of SiOXNY and AlOXNY films (IUPAC Technical Report)
Piezoelectric chemical sensors (IUPAC Technical Report)
Electrochemical detection in liquid flow analytical techniques: Characterization and classification (IUPAC Technical Report)
Terminology for analytical capillary electromigration techniques (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)
Determination of trace elements bound to soil and sediment fractions (IUPAC Technical Report)
Critical review of analytical applications of Mössbauer spectroscopy illustrated by mineralogical and geological examples (IUPAC Technical Report)
Measurement of pH. Definition, standards, and procedures (IUPAC Recommendations 2002)
Recommended nomenclature for automatic analysis
Recommended symbols for solution equilibria
Sodium carbonate and sulphamic acid as acid-base primary standards
Recommendations for the presentation of the results of chemical analysis
Recommended nomenclature for titrimetric analysis
Practical measurement of pH in amphiprotic and mixed solvents
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Phosphorus Speciation in Water and Sediments
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Reagents and Reactions for Qualitative Inorganic Analysis (Fifth Report)
COMMISSION ON BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Electrochemical Biosensors: Recommended Definitions and Classification
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Potentiometric coefficients of ion-selective electrodes. Part III. Organic ions (IUPAC Technical Report)
Potentiometric selectivity coefficients of ion-selective electrodes. Part II. Inorganic anions (IUPAC Technical Report)
Sulfate-sensing electrodes. The lead- amalgam/lead-sulfate electrode (IUPAC Technical Report)
Molality-based primary standards of electrolytic conductivity (IUPAC Technical Report)
Microelectrodes. Definitions, characterization, and applications (Technical report)
Electrochemical Biosensors: Recommended Definitions and Classification
A Critical Evaluation of the Redox Properties of Uranium, Neptunium and Plutonium Ions in Acidic Aqueous Solutions
pH measurements
in non-aqueous and mixed solvents: Predicting pH(PS) of potassium hydrogen
phthalate for alcoholwater mixtures (Technical Report)
Analytical
aspects of chemically modified electrodes: Classification, critical
evaluation and recommendations (IUPAC Recommendations 1998)
Consistency of pH standard values with the corresponding thermodynamic acid dissociation constants (Technical Report)
Chemically modified electrodes: Recommended terminology and definitions (IUPAC Recommendations 1997)
Reference value standards and primary standards for pH measurements in D2O and aqueousorganic solvent mixtures: New accessions and assessments (Technical Report)
A statistical overview of standard (IUPAC and ACS) and new procedures for determining the limits of detection and quantification: Application to voltammetric and stripping techniques (Technical Report)
Selectivity coefficients for ion-selective electrodes: Recommended methods for reporting KA,Bpot values (Technical Report)
Recommendations for nomenclature of ionselective electrodes (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)
Mercury(II) oxide and silver(I) oxide electrodes in aqueous solutions (Technical Report)
Reactant adsorption in analytical pulse voltammetry: Methodology and recommendations (Technical Report)
The extrapolation of EMF data to infinite dilution in non-aqueous and mixed solvents
Thermodynamic functions of transfer of single ions from water to non-aqueous and mixed solvents (based on an extrathermodynamic assumption): Part 5 - Gibbs energies of transfer into aqueous alcohols
Recommended methods for the purification of solvents and tests for impurities: 1,2-Ethanediol and 2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol
Recommended methods for the purification of solvents and tests for impurities: Benzene and toluene
Recommendations for the determination of pH in sea water and estuarine waters
Autoprotolysis constants in nonaqueous solvents and aqueous organic solvent mixtures
Reference value standards and primary standards for pH measurements in organic solvents and water + organic solvent mixtures of moderate to high permittivities
Polarographic determination of adsorbable molecules
Purification of solvents for electroanalysis: benzonitrile; dichloromethane; 1,1-dichloroethane and 1,2-dichloroethane
Electrochemical analysis of organic pollutants
Thermodynamic functions of transfer of single ions from water to nonaqueous and mixed solvents: Part 4 - The selection of extra thermodynamic assumptions
Recommended methods for the purification of solvents and tests for impurities: nitromethane
Recommended methods for the purification of solvents and tests for impurities: acetone
Recommended methods for the purification of solvents and tests for impurities: 1-propanol, 2-propanol, and 2-methyl-2-propanol
Definition and determination of response time of ion selective electrodes
Recommended terms, symbols, and definitions for electroanalytical chemistry (Recommendations 1985)
Thermodynamic functions of transfer of single ions from water to nonaqueous and mixed solvents: Part 3 - Standard potentials of selected electrodes
Thermodynamic functions of transfer of single ions from water to nonaqueous and mixed solvents: Part 2 - Enthalpies and entropies of transfer to nonaqueous solvents
Procedures for testing pH responsive glass electrodes at 25, 37, 65 and 85 C and determination of alkaline errors up to 1 mol dm-3 Na+, K+, Li+
Recommendations for the determination of pH in low ionic strength fresh waters
Criteria for standardization of pH measurements in organic solvents and water + organic solvent mixtures of moderate to high permittivities
Recommended methods for the purification of solvents and tests for impurities: methanol and ethanol
Purification of solvents for electroanalysis: tetrahydrofuran and dioxane
Standard potentials of amalgam electrodes in aqueous solutions, temperature coefficients, and activity coefficients of metals in mercury
Voltammetry at glassy carbon electrodes
Diffusion coefficients of metals in mercury
Applications of ion-selective electrodes in nonaqueous and mixed solvents
Half-wave potentials of electroactive substances in hexamethylphosphoric triamide
Thermodynamic functions of transfer of single ions from water to nonaqueous and mixed solvents: Part I - Gibbs free energies of transfer to nonaqueous solvents
pH measurements in the marine environment
Electrochemical characteristics of trifluoromethanesulphonic acid and its salts in nonaqueous solvents
Selectivity coefficients of ion-selective electrodes
Conditional diffusion coefficients of ions and molecules in solution. An appraisal of the conditions and methods of measurement
Comparison of electrochemical detectors with non-electrochemical detectors in chromatography
Recommended terms, symbols, and definitions for electroanalytical chemistry
Standard potential of the silver-silver chloride electrode
Proposed terminology and symbol for the quantity representing the transfer of solutes from one solvent to another
Dimethylformamide: purification, tests for purity and physical properties
Polarographic half-wave potentials of inorganic substances in N,N'-dimethylformamide as solvent
Voltammetric half-wave potentials in sulpholane as solvent
Recommendations for Sign Conventions and Plotting of Electrochemical Data
Status of the Faraday Constant as an Analytical Standard
Classification and Nomenclature of Electroanalytical Techniques
N-methylacetamide: purification and tests for purity
Propylene carbonate: purification and tests for purity
Pyridine: purification and tests for purity
The purification of dimethylsulphoxide for electrochemical experimentation
Dissociation contants of inorganic acids and bases in aqueous solution
Purification of acetonitrile and tests for impurities
Preparation of anhydrous ethylenediamine
COMMISSION ON ELECTROCHEMICAL CHEMISTRY
Terminology and Convention for Electrochemical Stripping Analysis
COMMISSION ON EQUILIBRIUM DATA
Critical evaluation of stability constants for alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid complexes with protons and metal ions and the accompanying enthalpy changes. Part II. Aliphatic 2-hydroxycarboxylic acids (IUPAC Technical Report)
Critical evaluation of stability constants and thermodynamic functions of metal complexes of crown ethers (IUPAC Technical Report)
Critical evaluation of stability constants of phosphonic acids (IUPAC Technical Report)
Influence of Pressure on Chemical Equilibria in Aqueous Systems - with Particular Reference to Seawater
Critical evaluation of stability constants of metal-imidazole and metal-histamine systems (Technical Report)
Critical survey of stability constants of complexes of thiocyanate ion (Technical Report)
Critical evaluation of stability constants for alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid complexes with protons and metal ions and the accompanying enthalpy changesPart I: Aromatic ortho-hydroxycarboxylic acids (Technical Report)
Specific problems in the measurement and interpretation of complexation phenomena in seawater (Technical Report)
Stability constants of metal complexes of amino acids with charged side chains - Part I: Positively charged side chains (Technical Report)
Critical evaluation of the stability constants of metal complexes of amino acids with polar side chains (Technical Report)
Critical survey of the stability constants of complexes of aliphatic amino acids (Technical Report)
Critical evaluation of stability constants for nucleotide complexes with protons and metal ions and the accompanying enthalpy changes
Critical survey of stability constants of complexes of glycine
A proposal for the use of a standard format for the publication of stability constant measurements
Recommended procedure for testing the potentiometric apparatus and technique for the pH-metric measurement of metal-complex equilibrium constants
Critical survey of stability constants of cyano complexes
Formation of metal complexes with ethylenediamine: a critical survey of equilibrium constants, enthalpy and entropy values
Critical survey of formation constants of complexes of histidine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, L-DOPA and tryptophan
Critical survey of stability constants of complexes of indium
Critical survey of stability constants of NTA complexes
Guidelines for the determination of stability constants
Critical evaluation of some equilibrium constants involving acidic organophosphorus extractants
Critical evaluation of equilibrium constants involving acetylacetone and its metal chelates
Critical evaluation of equilibrium constants in solution. Stability constants of metal complexes
COMMISSION ON GENERAL ASPECTS OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Use of the term "recovery" and "apparent recovery" in analytical procedures (IUPAC Recommendations 2002)
Concepts and applications of the term "dimensionality" in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Technical Report)
Information essential for characterizing a flow-based analytical system (IUPAC Technical Report)
Selectivity in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2001)
Analytical Aspects of Chemical Process Control Part 1. Fundamentals
Classification and Use of Terms for Amplification and Related Reactions
Guidelines
for calibration in analytical chemistry. Part I. Fundamentals and single
component calibration (IUPAC Recommendations 1998)
Absolute methods in analytical chemistry (Technical Report)
Catalytic methods of analysis: Characterization, classification and methodology (Technical Report)
Classification and chemical characteristics of immobilized enzymes (Technical Report)
Factors important in the selection and description of liquid-liquid extraction procedures used in inorganic analytical chemistry (Technical Report)
Classification and definition of analytical methods based on flowing media (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)
Nomenclature of interlaboratory analytical studies (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)
Analyte isolation by solid phase extraction (SPE) on silica-bonded phases: Classification and recommended practices (Technical Report)
Present and future status of organic analytical reagents - Part IV. Organic analytical reagents in atomic absorption spectrophotometry of metals (Technical Report)
Present and future status of organic analytical reagents - Part III: Organic analytical reagents in electroanalysis (Technical report)
Chemical sensors: definitions and classification
Metal buffers in chemical analysis - Part II: Practical considerations
Present and future status of organic analytical reagents - Part II. Inorganic chemical analysis: classical methods, molecular spectroscopy (absorption and emission) and solvent extraction
Present and future status of organic analytical reagents - Part I: General remarks
COMMISSION ON MICROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES
Recommended test substances for the microdetermination of various elements and functional groups in organic compounds
COMMISSION ON MICROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES AND TRACE ANALYSIS
Guidelines for terms related to chemical speciation and fractionation of elements. Definitions, structural aspects, and methodological approaches (IUPAC Recommendations 2000)
Species-selective determination of selenium compounds in biological materials (Technical Report)
Classification of Scanning Probe Microscopies
Species-selective Analysis for Metal - Biomacromolecular Complexes using Hyphenated Techniques
Determination
of tin species in environmental samples (Technical Report)
Analytical methodology for the determination of aluminium fractions in natural fresh waters (Technical Report)
Speciation of lead in environmental and biological samples (Technical Report)
Analytical techniques for trace organic compounds - VI. Application of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (Technical Report)
Separation and preconcentration of trace elements and their physico-chemical forms in aqueous media using inert solid membranes (Technical Report)
Depth of origin of sputtered atoms (Technical Report)
Analytical techniques for trace organic compounds - IV: Tandem mass spectrometry for organic trace analysis (Technical Report)
A critical review of nuclear activation techniques for the determination of trace elements in atmospheric aerosols, particulates and sludge samples (Technical Report)
Laser ionization of sputtered atoms: Trace analysis of samples with atomic dimensions (Technical Report)
Determination of arsenic species in biological and environmental samples (Technical Report)
Preparation and certification of ion-implanted reference materials: A critical review (Technical Report)
Preparation of biological samples for ion microscopy (Technical Report)
A critical survey of hydride generation techniques in atomic spectroscopy (Technical Report)
Analytical techniques for trace organic compounds-III: Mass spectrometry in trace organic analysis
Determination of molybdenum in biological materials
Precipitation of major constituents for trace preconcentration: Potential and problems
Analytical techniques for trace organic compounds - II. Detectors for gas chromatography
Sample digestion for the determination of elemental traces in matrices of environmental concern
Extraction, clean-up and group separation techniques in organochlorine trace analysis
Determination of traces of thallium in various matrices
Separation and Preconcentration of Trace Substances - V. Microscale preconcentration techniques for trace analysis
Critical evaluation of calibration procedures for distribution analysis of dopant elements in silicon and gallium arsenides
Determination of fluoride in various matrices
Determination of chromium in biological materials
Determination of manganese in biological materials
General aspects of trace analytical methods: Part VII. Trace analysis of semiconductor materials - Part B: Distribution analysis
General aspects of trace analytical methods: Part VI. Trace analysis of semiconductor materials - Part A: Bulk analysis
Separation and preconcentration of trace substances: Part IV - New type of flotation of ion-association compounds of complexes of multi-charged anions with basic dyes (based on platinum metals as examples)
Investigation of methods and sources of error in trace element analysis in surface waters using the determination of chromium and mercury as examples
Critical evaluation of analytical methods for the determination of trace elements in various matrices: Part I - Determination of selenium in biological materials and water
General aspects of trace analytical methods-VI. Acid pressure decomposition in trace element analysis
Nomenclature, symbols and units recommended for in situ microanalysis (Provisional)
General aspects of trace analytical methods - V. Comparison of the abilities of trace analytical methods to determine small amounts or concentrations of elements
Separation and preconcentration of trace substances - III. Flotation as a preconcentration technique
General aspects of trace analytical methods - IV. Recommendations for nomenclature, standard procedures and reporting of experimental data for surface analysis techniques
Separation and preconcentration of trace substances. I - Preconcentration for inorganic trace analysis
Methods for multi-element preconcentration from pure lead by precipitation of the matrix
General aspects of trace analytical methods - II. Standard reference materials for trace analysis - 1. Present status of availability and application. 2. Available standard reference materials
General aspects of trace analytical methods - III. Contamination in trace analysis
Trace analysis applicable to the determination of minor impurities in chemicals - II. An evaluation of methodology for the analysis of high purity mineral acids
Present Status of Methods for Microdetermination of Fluorine in Organic Compounds
COMMISSION ON RADIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Radioactive tracers in inorganic chemical analysis (a guide)
COMMISSION ON RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES
Critical evaluation of the chemical properties of the transactinide elements (IUPAC Technical Report)
Spontaneous fission half-lives for ground-state nuclide (Technical report)
Temperature Dependence of the Westcott g-factor for Neutron Reactions in Activation Analysis
Critical evaluation of the use and analysis of stable isotopes (Technical Report)
Isotopic and nuclear analytical techniques in biological systems: A critical study-X. Elemental isotope dilution analysis with radioactive and stable isotopes (Technical Report)
Isotopic and nuclear analytical techniques in biological systems: A critical study-IX. Neutron activation analysis (Technical Report)
Applications of accelerator mass spectrometry in analysis of trace isotopes and elements (Technical Report)
Radionuclide migration in groundwaters: Review of the behaviour of actinides (Technical Report)
Isotopic and nuclear analytical techniques in biological systems: A critical survey
Radiolabeling of monoclonal antibodies with metal chelates
Information on training in radiochemistry and nuclear techniques
Total half-lives for selected nuclides
Re-examination of 2200 metre/second cross section experiments for neutron capture and fission standards
Total and spontaneous fission half-lives for uranium, plutonium, americium and curium nuclides
COMMISSION ON SEPARATION METHODS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Part B. Retention parameters in gas chromatograpy
Classification and characterization of stationary phases for liquid chromatography: Part II. Characterization of ion exchange chromatographic stationary phases (IUPAC Recommendations 1997)
Classification and characterization of stationary phases for liquid chromatography: Part I. Descriptive terminology (IUPAC Recommendations 1997)
Analytical chiral separation methods (IUPAC Recommendations 1997)
Nomenclature for non-linear chromatography (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)
COMMISSION ON SOLUBILITY DATA
Evaluation of the solubility of electrolytes from conductivity measurements
COMMISSION ON SPECTROCHEMICAL AND OTHER OPTICAL PROCEDURES FOR ANALYSIS
Critical assessment: Use of supersonic jet spectrometry for complex mixture analysis (IUPAC Technical Report)
Nomenclature, Symbols, Units, and Their Usage in Spectrochemical Analysis - Part XVII; Laser-Based Molecular Spectrometry For Chemical Analysis: Absorption
Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-XIV. Laser-based atomic spectroscopy: a new notation for spectrochemical processes (IUPAC Recommendations 1998)
Nomenclature, symbols, units, and their usage in spectrochemical analysis XVIII. Laser-based molecular spectrometry for chemical analysis - Raman scattering processes (IUPAC Recommendations 1997)
Nomenclature, symbols, units, and their usage in spectrochemical analysis XVI. Laser-based molecular spectrometry for chemical analysis - Luminescence (IUPAC Recommendations 1997)
Nomenclature, symbols, units, and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-XV. Laser-based molecular spectroscopy for chemical analysis - laser fundamentals (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)
Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis: Cumulative index of terms: Parts I-XIII
Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-XI. Detection of radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)
Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-IX. Instrumentation for the spectral dispersion and isolation of optical radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)
Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - XIII. Terms related to chemical vapour generation (IUPAC Recommendations 1992)
Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - XII. Terms related to electrothermal atomization (IUPAC Recommendations 1992)
Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - VIII. Nomenclature system for X-ray spectroscopy (Recommendations 1991)
Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-X. Preparation of materials for analytical atomic spectroscopy and other related techniques (Recommendations 1988)
Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - VII. Molecular absorption spectroscopy, ultraviolet and visible (UV/VIS) (Recommendations 1988)
Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - V: Radiation sources (Recommendations 1985)
Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-Part VI: molecular luminescence spectroscopy
Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - VI. Molecular luminescence spectroscopy (Provisional)
Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - V. Radiation sources (Provisional)
Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - IV X-ray emission spectroscopy
Nomenclature, Symbols, Units and their Usage in Spectrochemical Analysis - III. Analytical Flame Spectroscopy and Associated Non-Flame Procedures
Nomenclature, Symbols, Units and their Usage in Spectrochemical Analysis - II. Data Interpretation
COMMISSSION ON ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Potentiometric Selectivity Coefficients of Ion-Selective Electrodes. Part I. Inorganic Cations (Technical Report)
INTERDIVISIONAL WORKING PARTY ON HARMONIZATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE
Harmonized guidelines for single-laboratory validation of methods of analysis (IUPAC Technical Report)
SUBCOMMITTEE ON SOLUBILITY AND EQUILIBRIUM DATA
Glossary of terms related to solubility (IUPAC Recommendations 2008)