Abbreviation | CIAAW |
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Formation | 1899 |
Type | International scientific organization |
Purpose | To provide internationally recommended values of isotopic composition and atomic weights of elements |
Region served | Worldwide |
Official language | English |
Chair | Johanna Irrgeher |
Secretary | Jochen Vogl |
Parent organization | IUPAC (since 1920) |
Website | www |
The Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (CIAAW) is an international scientific committee of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) under its Division of Inorganic Chemistry.[1] Since 1899, it is entrusted with periodic critical evaluation of atomic weights of chemical elements and other cognate data, such as the isotopic composition of elements.[2] The biennial CIAAW Standard Atomic Weights are accepted as the authoritative source in science and appear worldwide on the periodic table wall charts.[3]
The use of CIAAW Standard Atomic Weights is also required legally, for example, in calculation of calorific value of natural gas (ISO 6976:1995), or in gravimetric preparation of primary reference standards in gas analysis (ISO 6142:2006). In addition, until 2019 the definition of Kelvin, the SI unit for thermodynamic temperature, made direct reference to the isotopic composition of oxygen and hydrogen as recommended by CIAAW.[4] The latest CIAAW report was published in May 2022.[5]
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