Commission on
Chemical Kinetics (I.4)
Summary of Minutes
of Commission Meeting at IUPAC General Assembly, Berlin, Germany, 8-9
August 1999
The Chairman outlined the new structure and mission
of IUPAC that would be put in place following the next General Assembly.
The key elements, such as the move to a project-based structure and
the reduction in costs of the General Assembly, were discussed in some
detail; the general consensus of the members was that the new structure
could lead to a more vigorous and accountable organization.
The status of ongoing projects was presented and discussed
in light of the future work of the Commission or its successor. It was
agreed that the three current data projects, "Evaluated chemical kinetic
data for combustion chemistry"; "Aqueous solution kinetics data for
atmospheric chemistry"; and "Kinetic, photochemical, and heterogeneous
data evaluation for atmospheric chemistry", because of their great impact
on modeling the production and control of environmental pollutants,
would be continued through the next biennium. It was also decided to
continue the project "Kinetics data for chemical processes under extreme
conditions", with a focus on supercritical fluid kinetics. The general
consensus was that there is now a clear need to proceed by organizing
a workshop on data and application needs.
It was also felt that a brief document addressing data
needs in the area of free radical thermochemistry from the point of
view of the chemical kinetics user community would be extremely valuable.
This undertaking might also be of use in initiating a new project with
the Subcommittee on Theoretical Chemistry of Commission I.5 to deal
with computational aspects and prediction of thermodynamic properties
of small free radicals and other critical reaction intermediates.
Dr. M. Rossi was reelected as Chairman and Dr. J. Herron
was reelected as Secretary. Profs. D. Baulch and J. Troe and Dr. R.
Huie agreed to serve as Titular Members, and Profs. Tibor Bérczes
and John Plane have agreed to serve as Associate Members through 2001.
Prof. E. Breet was elected as a new Titular Member.
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John Herron
Secretary, IUPAC Commission on Chemical
Kinetics I.4