Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 11:49:06 -0400 From: "W. V. Metanomski" ========================================================================= == M E M O R A N D U M TO: Executive Board of the Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) FROM: W. V. Metanomski SUBJECT: Nomenclature Committee's Report DATE: 25 August 1996 The Committee continues to promote polymer-nomenclature recommendations, in particular, those of the IUPAC Commission on Macromolecular Nomenclature. Three Committee members (Bob Fox, Val Metanomski, and Bill Work) attended the meeting of the IUPAC Commission on Macromolecular Nomenclature in Seoul, Korea, on July 31-August 3, 1996, and participated in the review of the various drafts of terminology and nomenclature recommendations. The documents that are in the final stages of preparation for publication in PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY deal with (a) glossary of basic terms in polymer science, (b) source-based nomenclature for non-linear macromolecules and macromolecular assemblies, and (c) definitions of terms relating to degradation, aging, and chemical transformations of polymers. Other documents that are close to completion are: (a) definitions of terms relating to polymer liquid crystals, (b) definitions of terms relating to non-ultimate properties of polymers, and (c) updated edition of nomenclature of regular single-strand organic polymers. The Committee published "Macromolecular Nomenclature Note No. 11" in the August 1996 issue of POLYMER PREPRINTS. This was a guest contribution by Edward S. Wilks of duPont on graphical representation and nomenclature of hyperbranched polymers. In the same issue, a list of valid IUPAC recommendations on macromolecular terminology and nomenclature was reprinted. A report on the Committee's activities during the past year was submitted to the ACS Committee on Nomenclature. Due to a conflict with another IUPAC nomenclature-related meeting in Europe, the Committee did not meet in Orlando.