Corporate Body
RACI - Physical Chemistry Division (1974 - )
Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- From
- 4 July 1974
Australia - Functions
- Association, Society or Membership Organisation and Chemical Industries
- Alternative Names
- RACI - Division of Physical Chemistry (Also known as)
- Website
- https://raci.org.au/about/divisions/physical-div
Summary
The Physical Chemistry Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute was formed in 1974, after several successful events that brought together physical chemists nationally, to promote and fund physical chemistry teaching and research throughout Australia. It spans all aspects of physical, computational and theoretical chemistry. It awards the Physical Chemistry Division Medal (1994-) and the Physical Chemistry Division Lectureship.
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Chronology
- May 1981
- Operational event - Enabled the "First Australian Conference on Molecular Design and Structure-Active Studies", Victoria College of Pharmacy
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Controlling Corporate Bodies
Archival resources
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute - Records, c. 1914 - c. 2002, UMA-ACE-19770067; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Conference Papers
- Orr, Brian, 'The RACI Physical Chemistry Division: early days', in RACI Centenary Congress, Melbourne 2017 (Unpublished, 2017), p. 8.. Details
Journal Articles
- Spurling, T.H., 'Twenty Five Years in the RACI', Chemistry in Australia, 59 (1992), 198-199. Details
Resources
- Gavan McCarthy; John Spink; Helen Morgan; and Bill King, Royal Australian Chemical Institute Guide to Records, Covers records 1909-2006 held by the University of Melbourne Archives, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2004, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/raci/RACI.htm. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617788. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 8 May 2006, Last modified: 16 March 2026