The Periodic Table of the Isotopes: First Release
The Periodic Table of the Isotopes: First Release
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For almost 150 years, the Periodic Table of the Elements has served as a guide to the world of elements by highlighting similarities and differences in atomic structure and chemical properties. To introduce students, teachers, and society to the existence and importance of isotopes of the chemical elements, an IUPAC Periodic Table of the Isotopes (IPTI) has been prepared and can be found as a supplement to this issue (see supplement). Where the Periodic Table of the Elements indicates the similarities of the properties of chemical elements, the IPTI emphasizes the uniqueness of each element.
The IPTI supports IUPAC’s leadership role in the 2011 International Year of Chemistry and is the first outcome of IUPAC project 2007-038-3-200 (Development of an Isotopic Periodic Table for the Educational Community). A unique feature of this periodic table is that it shows the isotopic abundance of each stable isotope of an element in a pie diagram, revealing easily the number of stable isotopes (and their mass numbers) of each element. Color-coded-element cells on the IPTI distinguish between elements having no stable isotopes, one stable isotope, and two or more stable isotopes. The standard atomic weights of the 10 elements assigned as intervals in December 2010 by IUPAC are also clearly designated. The IPTI is also available from the website of the Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights <www.ciaaw.org>.
An interactive IPTI is in preparation and is being field tested by a select group of teachers and students. It illustrates many applications of stable and radioactive isotopes in research, as well as in daily life. A mouse-click on any chemical-element cell will display a short description of selected applications of stable and/or radioactive isotopes, including figures and illustrations. In addition, a student’s introduction, a teacher’s guide, and a list of references are being developed.
Members of the project task group who contributed to this first release include N.E. Holden (Brookhaven National Laboratory), T.B. Coplen (U.S. Geological Survey), J.K. Böhlke (U.S. Geological Survey), M.E. Wieser (University of Calgary, Canada), G. Singleton (U.S. Department of Energy), T.R. Walczyk (National University of Singapore), S. Yoneda (National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan), P.G. Mahaffy (King’s University College, Edmonton, Canada), and L.V. Tarbox (U.S. Geological Survey).
For more information, contact Task Group Chair N.E. Holden <[email protected]>. See insert/supplement.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Masthead
- From the Editor
- Contents
- Vice President’s Column
- Communicating Chemistry
- Distance Learning in Green Chemistry
- A Day to Remember
- Establishing a Vital Tradition. The Series of International Congresses of Applied Chemistry, 1894-1912
- Discovery of the Elements with Atomic Numbers 114 and 116
- IUPAC Announces Winners of the 2011 IUPAC Prizes for Young Chemists
- In Memoriam
- Election of IUPAC Officers and Bureau Members
- List of Keywords for Polymer Science Journals
- Advances in Immunochemistry and Applications to Human Health
- Update of “Glossary Terms Used in Computational Drug Design”
- Glossary of Small Molecules of Biological Interest
- Life-Cycle Assessment–Call for Partners
- The Periodic Table of the Isotopes: First Release
- Provisional Recommendations
- Glossary of Terms Used in Biomolecular Screening (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)
- IUPAC-IUGS Common Definition and Convention on the Use of the Year as a Derived Unit of Time (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)
- Chemical Speciation of Environmentally Significant Metals with Inorganic Ligands
- Mechanisms of Chemical Generation of Volatile Hydrides for Trace Element Determination (IUPAC Technical Report)
- IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series – recent Volumes
- Chemical Hazards in Food
- Pharmaceutical Salts: Properties, Selection, and Use
- Moscow Chemical Lyceum
- Materials Education
- Global Chemical Safety and Sustainability
- Nuclear Chemistry
- Chemistry and Sustainability
- Australasian Polymer
- Biological Inorganic Chemistry
- Philosophy of Chemistry
- Chemistry for Sustainable Agriculture
- Environmental Science
- Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins
- Mark Your Calendar
- World Forum for Advanced Materials
