The objective of this manual is to improve the exchange of scientific
information among the readers in different disciplines and across different
nations. As the volume of scientific literature expands, each discipline
has a tendency to retreat into its own jargon. This book attempts to
provide a readable compilation of widely used terms and symbols from
many sources together with brief understandable definitions. The
style of the manual is not simply a book of rules, but more a manual
of assistance and advice to meet the everyday needs of the practicing
scientist.
The second edition, prepared for publication
by I. Mills, T. Cvitas,
K. Homann, N. Kallay, and K. Kuchitsu, was published in 1993 and revised
and extended, containing many new resolutions and recommendations from
Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures, International
Union of Pure and Physics, the International Organization for Standardization
and IUPAC.
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The third edition, which supersedes the second edition, has been published
in September 2007.
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IUPAC Nomenclature Books
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Abbreviated list of
quantities, units
and symbols in physical chemistry
