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Chemistry International
From the journal Chemistry International Volume 41 Issue 1

Norman E. Holden, Tyler B. Coplen, John K. Böhlke, Lauren V. Tarbox, Jacqueline Benefield, John R. de Laetera, Peter G. Mahaffy, Glenda O’Connorb, Etienne Rotha, Dorothy H. Tepper, Thomas Walczyk, Michael E. Wieser and Shigekazu Yoneda

Pure and Applied Chemistry2018Volume 90, Issue 12, pp. 1833-2092

The IUPAC Periodic Table of the Elements and Isotopes (IPTEI) was created to familiarize students, teachers, and non-professionals with the existence and importance of isotopes of the chemical elements. The IPTEI is modeled on the familiar Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements. The IPTEI is intended to hang on the walls of chemistry laboratories and classrooms. Each cell of the IPTEI provides the chemical name, symbol, atomic number, and standard atomic weight of an element. Color-coded pie charts in each element cell display the stable isotopes and the relatively long-lived radioactive isotopes having characteristic terrestrial isotopic compositions that determine the standard atomic weight of each element. The background color scheme of cells categorizes the 118 elements into four groups: (1) white indicates the element has no standard atomic weight, (2) blue indicates the element has only one isotope that is used to determine its standard atomic weight, which is given as a single value with an uncertainty, (3) yellow indicates the element has two or more isotopes that are used to determine its standard atomic weight, which is given as a single value with an uncertainty, and (4) pink indicates the element has a well-documented variation in its atomic weight, and the standard atomic weight is expressed as an interval. An element-by-element review accompanies the IPTEI and includes a chart of all known stable and radioactive isotopes for each element. Practical applications of isotopic measurements and technologies are included for the following fields: forensic science, geochronology, Earth-system sciences, environmental science, and human health sciences, including medical diagnosis and treatment.

https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0703

Published Online: 2019-01-07
Published in Print: 2019-01-01

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ci-2019-0118

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  7. Looking Backwards and Forwards at the Development of the Periodic Table
  8. Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights: History of IUPAC Commission II.1 in the ­Service of Chemistry
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  10. Isotopes Matter
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  13. Election of IUPAC Officers and Bureau Members—Call for Nominations
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