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International Year of the Periodic Table
Why is it in news?
- UNESCO has launched the 2019 as International Year of The Periodic Table to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the organisation of the periodic table.
International Union of Pure Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
- IUPAC is responsible for maintaining the periodic table.
- IUPAC is an international federation of National Adhering Organizations that represents chemists in individual countries.
- It is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
- Establishment: Established in 1919 as the successor of the International Congress of Applied Chemistry for the advancement of chemistry.
- Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland.
- Members: The National Adhering Organizations can be national chemistry societies, national academies of sciences, or other bodies representing chemists.
- Inter-divisional Committee on Nomenclature and Symbols (IUPAC nomenclature): The IUPAC’s Inter-divisional Committee on Nomenclature and Symbols (IUPAC nomenclature) is the recognized world authority in developing standards for the naming of the chemical elements and compounds.
Source
The Hindu, UNESCO