IUPAC–IUPAP Joint Working Party on Discovery of Elements

The IUPAC–IUPAP Joint Working Party on Discovery of Elements is a joint committee of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). It was formed in 1999 as a successor to the IUPAC–IUPAP Transfermium Working Group, and charged with reviewing claims for discovery of chemical elements with atomic numbers greater than 110.

References

JWP reports

• Karol, P. J.; Nakahara, H.; Petley, B. W.; Vogt, E. On the discovery of the elements 110-112 (IUPAC Technical Report). Pure Appl. Chem. 2001, 73 (6), 959–67. DOI: 10.1351/pac200173060959.
• Karol, P. J.; Nakahara, H.; Petley, B. W.; Vogt, E. On the Claims for Discovery of Elements 110, 111, 112, 114, 116, and 118 (IUPAC Technical Report). Pure Appl. Chem. 2003, 75 (10), 1601–11. DOI: 10.1351/pac200375101601.
• Barber, Robert C.; Gäggeler, Heinz W.; Karol, Paul J.; Nakahara, Hiromichi; Vardaci, Emanuele; Vogt, Erich Discovery of the element with atomic number 112 (IUPAC Technical Report). Pure Appl. Chem. 2009, 81 (7), 1331–43. DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REP-08-03-05.

TWG reports

• Wapstra, A. H. Criteria that must be satisfied for the discovery of a new chemical element to be recognized. Pure Appl. Chem. 1991, 63 (6), 879–86. DOI: 10.1351/pac199163060879.
• Barber, R. C.; Greenwood, N. N.; Hrynkiewicz, A. Z.; Jeannin, Y. P.; Lefort, M.; Sakai, M.; Ulehla, I.; Wapstra, A. H., et al. Discovery of the transfermium elements. Part II: Introduction to discovery profiles. Part III: Discovery profiles of the transfermium elements. Pure Appl. Chem. 1993, 65 (8), 1757–1814. DOI: 10.1351/pac199365081757.
  • Ghiorso, A.; Seaborg, G. T.; Organessian, Yu. Ts.; Zvara, I.; Armbruster, P.; Hessberger, F. P.; Hofmann, S.; Leino, M., et al. Responses on 'Discovery of the transfermium elements' by Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, California; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna; and Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt followed by reply to responses by the Transfermium Working Group. Pure Appl. Chem. 1993, 65 (8), 1815–24. DOI: 10.1351/pac199365081815.