Jenkins, Aubrey

I. Jenkins, Aubrey Dennis II. Kennedy, John Frederick III. Series 547. 84 QD 381 ISBN 0-85186-840-1 ISSN 0144-2988... 

Finally, we would like to thank our co-editors, Val Metanomski, Ted Wilks, Jaroslav Kahovec and Tatsuki Kitayama, for their sterling efforts over the long period of time needed to prepare this book for publication, and also the help of colleagues Aubrey Jenkins and Pavel Kratochvil, past Chairmen of the Commission on Macromolecular Nomenclature, for their invaluable contributions during the final stages of the editorial labours. 

In reply to Staudinger-Woit, Aubrey D. Jenkins, on behalf of the IUPAC Commission, wrote a Letter to the Editor" which appeared in the subsequent issue of the same journal. Evading the matter of naming the discipline, he instead discussed the definitions of the two terms, polymer and macromolecule. He pointed out that both terms had separate definitions that identified them unequivocally macromolecule referred essentially to a molecule while polymer referred to a substance. [49] The letter concluded ... 

The second edition of the Purple Book was prepared after years of revision and discussion by an editorial group consisting of Richard G. Jones (UK), Jaroslav Kahovec (Czech Republic), Robert F. T. Stepto (UK), Edward S. Wilks (USA), Michael Hess (Germany), Tatsuki Kitayama (Japan), W. Val Metanomski (USA), Aubrey Jenkins (UK), and Pavel Kratochvil (Czech Republic). 

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