Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions was a peer-reviewed scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 published from 1905 until 1998. The journal was originally published by the Faraday Society

Faraday Society

The Faraday Society was a British society for the study of physical chemistry, founded in 1903 and named in honour of Michael Faraday. It merged with several similar organisations in 1980 to form the Royal Society of Chemistry...

 under the name Transactions of the Faraday Society.

History

The journal began its publication in 1905 as Transactions of the Faraday Society. When the society merged with the other chemistry societies of the United Kingdom to form the Royal Society of Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry

The Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned society in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences." It was formed in 1980 from the merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry with a new...

, the publication of the journal was transferred to the Chemical Society

Chemical Society

The Chemical Society was formed in 1841 as a result of increased interest in scientific matters....

 in 1972 as part of the merger negotiations. The journal was renamed Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions, and split in two (Faraday Transactions I: Physical Chemistry in Condensed Phases and Faraday Transactions II: Molecular and Chemical Physics). After the merger, the Royal Society carried the publication until its end. In 1990, the two journals merged into a single Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions, which continued publication until 1998 when the Royal Society felt that the role of the Faraday Transactions was best carried by Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

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.