Dear Jonathan and Roy,
after some internal discussions, we agree to the change of the name from
activity_* to radioactivity_* to make the name more universal.
Concerning the names of the radionuclides, we will need to include the
mass-number, since there is no other distinction. I suggest using
m
Dear Heiko,
For reference, the presentation syntax we use in the BODC parameter dictionary
is of the form:
Activity of polonium-210 {210Po CAS 13981-52-7} per unit dry weight of
suspended particulate material by filtration and gamma spectroscopy
(high-purity Ge detector)
We use 'activity'
Dear Roy,
I agree very much with the nomenclature used in the BODC dictionary.
I would rule out a few of your options: When thinking of metastates,
some cases don't work, f.e. 180mta and 180mtantalum.
As you also mentioned, the number before the full-name (210-polonium) in
never used, either numb
Dear Heiko,
You're quite right. I was just thinking about the issue of metastates.
Cheers, Roy.
Please note that I partially retired on 01/11/2015. I am now only working 7.5
hours a week and can only guarantee e-mail response on Wednesdays, my day in
the office. All vocabulary queries shoul
Dear Heiko and Roy
I agree with both of you that 210Po would be best i.e. requiring case-sensitive
symbols for elements. The reason that standard names are (at present) all lower
case is that case-sensitivity would simply be an opportunity for people to make
mistakes, while not making them any cle
Dear Jonathan,
My case for the hyphen is that to me it's a more natural candidate as a search
target. However, if we accept mixed case IUPAC symbols for isotopes then this
becomes a non-issue. In my view it would be extremely unwise to allow symbols
other than for isotopes as we already have
Dear Daniel
I see. So the new names would be of the form
mass_concentration_of_ammonium_in_dry_aerosol_particles_in_air
I think that might be liable to misunderstanding. It could mean the mass
concentration of the ammonium within the aerosol particles, rather than
within the air. Your earlier su
