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Contents

IR-1 G E N E R A L A I M S , F U N C T I O N S A N D M E T H O D S
O F C H E M I C A L N O M E N C L A T U R E 1

IR-1.1 Introduction 1
IR-1.2 History of chemical nomenclature 2
IR-1.3 Aims of chemical nomenclature 3
IR-1.4 Functions of chemical nomenclature 4
IR-1.5 Methods of inorganic nomenclature 4
IR-1.6 Changes to previous I UPAC recommendations 8
IR-1.7 Nomenclature recommendations in other areas o f c hemistry 13
IR-1.8 References 1 3

IR-2 G R A M M A R 1 5

IR-2.1 Introduction 1 6
IR-2.2 Enclosing m arks 17
IR-2.3 Hyphens, plus and minus signs, ‘em’ dashes a nd bond indicators 24
IR-2.4 Solidus 27
IR-2.5 Dots, colons, commas a nd semicolons 27
IR-2.6 Spaces 30
IR-2.7 Elisions 31
IR-2.8 Numerals 3 1
IR-2.9 Italic letters 34
IR-2.10 G reek alphabet 35
IR-2.11 A sterisks 36
IR-2.12 P rimes 36
IR-2.13 M ultiplicative prefixes 37
IR-2.14 L ocants 38
IR-2.15 O rdering principles 4 0
IR-2.16 F inal remarks 44
IR-2.17 R eferences 4 5

IR-3 E L E M E N T S 4 6
IR-3.1 Names and symbols of atoms 46
IR-3.2 Indication o f m ass, charge and atomic number using i ndexes (subscripts
and superscripts) 47

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