Discussion Meeting of

The present volume of the series focuses on the interplay between organisms and the physical chemistry of the environmental media in which they live. It critically discusses the different physicochemical and biophysical features of the kinetics of processes at the biointerface, with special attention given to aspects such as bioavailability of chemical species, analysis of the necessary mass transfer towards/from the biointerface, routes of transfer through the biomembrane, etc. This volume was realised within the framework of the activities of the former IUPAC Commission on Fundamental Environmental Chemistry of the Division of Chemistry and the Environment. We thank the IUPAC officers responsible, especially the executive director, Dr John Jost, for their support and assistance. We also thank the International Council for Science (ICSU) for financial support of the work of the Commission. This enabled us to organise the discussion meeting of the full team of chapter authors (in Diibendorf, Switzerland, 2001) which formed such an essential step in the preparation and harmonisation of the various chapters of this book. 

Fig. II. Dependence of apparent propagation rate constant on living end concentration styrene-n-butyllithium-benzene-dimethoxyethane, 25° C, DME contents (vol.-%) from the top 50, 45, 40, 30 and 10%. A 5 KV/cm, 3 KV/cm, o 0 KV/cm. Reproduced, with permission, from Ise, Hirohara, Makino, Takaya, and Nakayama presented at the 17th Discussion Meeting of High Polymers, October, 1968, Matsuyama, Preprint p. 261...

B-Z reaction with mixed substrates Tartaric acid/acetone [Rastogi, R. P., Singh, H. J. and Singh, A. K., Kinetics of Physicochemical Oscillations, Preprints of Submitted Papers. Aachen Discussion Meeting of Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft fur Physicalisehe Chemie, (1979) 98-107], oxalic acid/acetone [Noszticzius, Mag. Kern. Foly 85 (1979) 330]. 

Discussion Meeting of 1932 on the Colloid Aspects of Textile Materials... 

The variables in tube-end welding were discussed in two unpublished papers (Emhardt, Heat Exchanger Tube-to-Tubesheet Joints, ASME Pap. 69-WA/HT-47 and Reynolds, Tube Welding for Conventional and Nuclear Power Plant Heat Exchangers, ASME Pap. 69-WA/HT-24), which were presented at the November 1969 meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 

Fall 1996 Meeting of the Electrochemical Society among the ca. 100 papers on Li cells that were presented, many discussed Li - Mn02 structures [8]. 

The JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives) evaluation process is in progress and Arpink Red was discussed at the 63rd meeting of the joint committee in Geneva in June 2004. 

In the last meeting of the STG in June 1999 the ratio between microorganisms and disinfection liquid was discussed and the suggestion was to use 15 ml/m2. 

There has been much discussion regarding the name which should be used to identify the new subdivision and the field of work covered. A referendum is now in progress to assist in the selection of a suitable name which is both inclusive and exclusive. Because a decision will not be made until the fall (1950) meeting of the Society, the use of the name Economic Poisons is being continued for the subdivision, at least until that time. 

Q. You were present at the meeting of the commercial committee on March 11, wnen, after the news concerning Austria, the discussion of the "short thrust" into Czechoslovakia took place Is that not so, Dr. Ilgner ... 

At the Leuna plant, Christian Schneider also knew, two days ahead. He called a meeting of his department chiefs. He closed his discussion with the announcement "This is war."... 

This volume is based on a four-session symposium presented at the 211th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, sponsored by the ACS Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, Inc., in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 24-28, 1996. The general interest in the topic of photopolymerization was illustrated by the excellent attendance and active discussions during the symposium, and we were delighted when most of the speakers agreed to contribute chapters to this book. The volume is well balanced, with contributions from both academia and industry, and should provide the reader with an excellent idea of the current directions of photopolymerization research. 

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