A nonprofit organization, chartered by Congres, the American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world’s largest scientific society and one of the world’s leading sources of authoritative scientific information.
The following organizations are the major organizations in the field of chemistry.
The Nashville Section is one of 189 local sections nation-wide. They serve member chemists and chemical engineers in middle Tennessee and south central Kentucky.
The International Union of Crystallography is a non-profit scientific union serving the world-wide interests of crystallographers and other scientists employing crystallographic methods.
International organization having as its charge the worldwide advancement of chemistry. One of its highest profile activities is in defining chemistry nomenclature.