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'''ACS style''' is a set of guidelines for the writing style of scholarly publications in chemistry. It is promoted by the [[American Chemical Society]] and used in the ACS's influencial journals such as ''[[J. Am. Chem. Soc.]]''.

==Reference formats==
;Journal articles
Duckett, Simon B.; Perutz, Robin N. Mechanism of homogeneous hydrosilation of alkenes by (η<sup>5</sup>-cyclopentadienyl)rhodium. ''Organometallics'' '''1992''', ''11'', 90–98. DOI: 10.1021/om00037a022

;Books
Warren, K. ''The Biology of Parasitism''; Liss: New York, 1988; p 37.

;Book chapters
Chetcuti, M. J. Heterodinuclear Compounds. In ''Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry II''; Abel, E. W.; Stone, F. G. A.; Wilkinson, G. W., Eds.; Pergamon: New York, 1994; Vol. 10, pp 23–84.

;Patents
Richter, M.; Eckelt, R.; Fricke, R. (Institut der Angewadnte Chemie, Berlin). Conversion of nitrogen oxide(s) to nitrogen at low temperatures. DE Patent 19,715,475 1997; ''Chem. Abstr.'' '''1998''', ''128'', 16048''u''.

;Conference proceedings
Nowak, I.; Ziolek, M. In ''Proceedings of the 3rd Polish–German Zeolite Colloquium''; Rozwadowski, M., Ed.; Nicholas Copernicus University Press: Torun, 1988; p 161.<br/>
Ichikuni, N.; Iwasawa, Y. In ''New Frontiers in Catalysis''; Guszi, L., et al., Eds.; Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Catalysis, July 19–24, Budapest; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 1992; p 477.

;Theses and dissertations
Vitale, M. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1998.

;Software
BioByte Corporation, C-QSAR database, 201W Fourth St., Suite no. 204, Claremont, CA 91711-4707.

==References==
*{{citation | editor1-first = Anne M. | editor1-last = Coghill | editor2-first = Lorrin R. | editor2-last = Garson | title = The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information | edition = 3rd | publisher = American Chemical Society | location = Washington, DC | year = 2006 | isbn = 0841239991}}.

==External links==
{{Wikipedia|ACS style}}
*[http://chemistry.library.wisc.edu/writing/acs-style-guidelines.html ACS Style Guidelines], writing tools from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Library
*[http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/CHEM/acsstyle.html ACS Style Guidelines Quick Guide] from the Science and Engineering Library at the University of California Berkeley
*[http://www.libraries.psu.edu/etc/medialib/psulpublicmedialibrary/pams/documents.Par.64266.File.tmp/Quick%20Guide%20ACS.pdf A Quick Guide to Citing using the ACS Style Guide, 3rd Ed.] from the PennState Libraries

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