'Heavy metal' - Time to move on from semantics to pragmatics?

Authors: Hübner, R., Astin, K.B. and Herbert, R.J.H.

Journal: Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volume: 12

Issue: 8

Pages: 1511-1514

ISSN: 1464-0325

DOI: 10.1039/c0em00056f

Abstract:

Despite the repeated calls to stop, most notably in a technical publication of the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the use of the term 'heavy metal' appears not to have declined in the scientific literature and there is little evidence that the IUPAC instructions and those of other publications have had any measurable impact on this widespread usage. Indeed, the use of the term is increasing rather than declining. Four options are presented to solve this dilemma. © 2010 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Source: Scopus

'Heavy metal'--time to move on from semantics to pragmatics?

Authors: Hübner, R., Astin, K.B. and Herbert, R.J.H.

Journal: J Environ Monit

Volume: 12

Issue: 8

Pages: 1511-1514

eISSN: 1464-0333

DOI: 10.1039/c0em00056f

Abstract:

Despite the repeated calls to stop, most notably in a technical publication of the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the use of the term 'heavy metal' appears not to have declined in the scientific literature and there is little evidence that the IUPAC instructions and those of other publications have had any measurable impact on this widespread usage. Indeed, the use of the term is increasing rather than declining. Four options are presented to solve this dilemma.

Source: PubMed

'Heavy Metal' - time to move on from semantics to pragmatics?

Authors: Huebner, R., Astin, K.B. and Herbert, R.J.H.

Journal: Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volume: 12

Pages: 1511-1514

ISSN: 1464-0325

DOI: 10.1039/c0em00056f

Abstract:

Despite the repeated calls to stop, most notably in a technical publication of the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the use of the term ‘heavy metal’ appears not to have declined in the scientific literature and there is little evidence that the IUPAC instructions and those of other publications have had any measurable impact on this widespread usage. Indeed, the use of the term is increasing rather than declining. Four options are presented to solve this dilemma.

Source: Manual

Preferred by: Roger Herbert

'Heavy metal'--time to move on from semantics to pragmatics?

Authors: Hübner, R., Astin, K.B. and Herbert, R.J.H.

Journal: Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM

Volume: 12

Issue: 8

Pages: 1511-1514

eISSN: 1464-0333

ISSN: 1464-0325

DOI: 10.1039/c0em00056f

Abstract:

Despite the repeated calls to stop, most notably in a technical publication of the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the use of the term 'heavy metal' appears not to have declined in the scientific literature and there is little evidence that the IUPAC instructions and those of other publications have had any measurable impact on this widespread usage. Indeed, the use of the term is increasing rather than declining. Four options are presented to solve this dilemma.

Source: Europe PubMed Central