Committee on Analytical Reagents
Setting the standard for chemical integrity, quality and purity worldwide
Our Mission: The ACS Committee on Analytical Reagents is the only committee in the world dedicated to establishing specifications and developing validated test methods for determining the purity of analytical reagents.
Our Vision: From the printing of the 1st edition of Reagent Chemicals in 1950 to today’s dynamic online edition, the principal goal of the ACS Committee on Analytical Reagents is to set the standard for chemical integrity, quality, and purity worldwide.
Timeline of the progression and evolution of ACS Reagent Chemicals:
Who We Are
The Committee is made up of 20 chemists who meet twice a year to discuss and resolve matters pertaining to ACS Reagent Chemicals. We are dedicated to the utilization of new techniques and technologies to improve the sensitivity, precision, and accuracy of analytical methodologies. The Committee strives to utilize available resources to remove and replace chemicals in current test methodologies that either pose significant health risks to analysts or are deemed harmful to the environment, whenever possible.
The committee meeting in October 2023 for their Fall Meeting in Washington DC:
Resources
- How to use ACS Reagent Chemicals Online
- Reagent Chemicals (Wikipedia Entry)
- ACS Reagents Brochure (PDF, 2/21)
- Expedite Pharmaceutical Development (ACS Reagent Chemicals whitepaper)
- ACS Reagent Chemicals: Replacing Traditional Heavy Metals Testing with Plasma Spectrochemical Techniques (ACS Axial, 10/2018)
- ACS Reagent Chemicals (online publication)
Related Articles
- ACS Reagent Chemicals: Replacing Traditional Heavy Metals Testing with Plasma Spectrochemical Techniques (ACS Axial, 10/2018)
- A Resource for Our Reagents: ACS Reagent Chemicals (Analytical Chemistry, 4/2018)
- “ACS Reagent Chemicals” expands (C&EN, 8/2017)
Contact Us
If you are interested in learning more about the committee, subscribing to ACS Reagent Chemicals, or becoming a committee member, please email the chair.
Tom Tyner
Chair, Committee on Analytical Reagents
Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc.
Sara Tenney
ACS Staff Liaison, Committee on Analytical Reagents
Publisher, ACS Publications
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