This month’s issue contains papers based on the oral and poster presentations at the 17th International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes (ISSP–17) held in Geneva Switzerland from… Click to show full abstract
This month’s issue contains papers based on the oral and poster presentations at the 17th International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes (ISSP–17) held in Geneva Switzerland from July 24th to 29th 2016. This is the first time that the journal has published a conference issue based on the ISSP conferences since the mid-nineteen eighties when two conference issues were published and we are delighted to have re-established our association with the Solubility Symposia. This series of biannual symposia grew out of IUPAC’s project to compile and evaluate solubility data but, while retaining close ties to the IUPAC Analytical Chemistry Division’s Subcommittee on Solubility and Equilibrium Data, the subjects presented at the conference cover a wide expanse of fundamental and applied chemistry as the papers in this issue demonstrate. One feature of these symposia has been the inclusion of workshops on specific topics and for ISSP–17 two were held on the topics: ‘‘Technology-critical elements prone to hydrolysis in biological and environmental systems’’ and ‘‘Solubility in Energy and Waste Issues of Emerging Concern’’. These brought together an interesting cross section of scientists working in the area of the environment. Like all ISSPs this was a friendly meeting, bringing together old friends and new colleagues to discuss new research in the pleasant surroundings provided by this historic Calvinist city on the lake. This month’s issue is very much about conferences in the area of solution chemistry. In addition to including the papers presented at ISSP–17, it contains announcements of both ISSP–18, which will be held in Tours France, 15–20 July 2018 and of the 35th International Conference on Solution Chemistry which will be held in Szeged, Hungary, 26–30
               
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