British Crystallographic Association
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| Abbreviation | BCA |
|---|---|
| Formation | April 1982 |
| Type | Learned society |
| Registration no. | 284718 (England & Wales) |
| Legal status | Active |
| Location |
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| Members | >600 |
President | Alexandra Gibbs[1] |
| Affiliations | International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), Institute of Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Revenue | £117,909 (2024)[2] |
| Website | www |
The British Crystallographic Association (BCA) is an organisation for crystallography in the United Kingdom. It acts as the United Kingdom Adhering Body to the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr).[3] The association is multidisciplinary and supports research and teaching in chemistry, physics, biology and materials science, in both academia and industry.[4]
The Association administers a Dorothy Hodgkin Prize and an Arnold Beevers Bursary Fund.[5]
Before the society was formed, British researchers in the field were divided between the X-ray Analysis Group of the Institute of Physics and the Chemical Crystallography Group of the Chemical Society (now the Royal Society of Chemistry).[6]: 178–179 To address this separation, an impromptu working group was set up in 1979 to consider the establishment of a single unified association, followed by a 1980 working party with David Blow as chair and Stephen Wallwork as secretary.[6]: 181–183 [7]: 16, 29–30 These discussions ultimately led to the founding of the BCA in 1982.[8][9]
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