The first Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units (the Green Book) of which this is a direct successor, was published in 1969, with the objective of securing clarity and precision, and wider agreement in the use of symbols, by chemists in different countries, among physicists, chemists and engineers, and by editors of scientific journals. Subsequent editions of this book and of
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