British Carbon Group

<body> <center> <a href="http://www.britishcarbon.org/" target="_top"><img src="images/logo.gif" border="0" alt="The British Carbon Group" width="300" height="90" align="center"></a> <br> <span class="title">Introduction</span> <hr noshade width="80%"> </center> <p>The British Carbon Group (BSG) is a special interest group of the <a href="http://www.rsc.org" target="_blank">Royal Society of Chemistry </a>, the <a href="http://www.iop.org" target="_blank"> Institute of Physics</a> and the <a href="http://www.soci.org" target="_blank"> Society of Chemical Industry</a> devoted to the advancement of carbon science. It is also a member of the European Carbon Association. <p>The Carbon Group was originally formed in 1965 as a Subject Group of The Institute of Physics. In 1977 the Group became the Joint Carbon Group of The Institute of Physics and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Since January 1994 the Group has been joined with the Industrial Carbon and Graphite Group of The Society of Chemical Industry and is known as The British Carbon Group. In addition to physicists and chemists, the Group welcomes professional members from other disciplines with an interest in carbon and is attracting interest from scientists working in Europe and the developing countries. <p> <h3><a href="pdfs/BCGRSCNews.Jan2009.pdf">Diamond Days : Introduction to the British Carbon Group</a> (2009)<br> <a href="http://www.soci.org/News/Carbon-core">The British Carbon Group Interview</a> at the SCI (2009)</h3> <img src=images/pkge0e2.jpg> <p> <p>Naturally-occurring graphite in a dolerite matrix from Sleathwaite, Cumbria, UK. The picture appears by permission of Dr. D. Millward and of the Director of the BGS.  <p> [an error occurred while processing this directive] <center> <a href="http://www.britishcarbon.org/" target="_top"><img src="images/logo.gif" border="0" alt="The British Carbon Group" width="300" height="90" align="center"></a> <br> <span class="title">Links</span> <hr noshade width="80%"> </center> If you have a relevant link for this page, please contact the webmaster. <ul> <li><a href="http://www.rsc.org/" target="_blank">The Royal Society of Chemistry</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.rsc.org/Membership/Networking/InterestGroups/britishcarbon/index.asp" target="_blank">RSC British Carbon Group page</a> </ul> <li><a href="http://www.iop.org/" target="_blank">The Institute of Physics</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.iop.org/activity/groups/subject/bcg/index.html" target="_blank">IoP British Carbon Group page</a> </ul> <li><a href="http://www.soci.org/" target="_blank">The Society of Chemical Industry</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.soci.org/SCI/groups/homepage.jsp?code=CAR" target="_blank">SCI British Carbon Group page</a> </ul> <li>University of Leeds <ul> <li><a href="http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/erri/people/jones/jones.shtml" target="_blank">Dr. Jenny Jones</a> </ul> <li>University of Newcastle <ul> <li><a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/carbon/carbon/" target="_blank">NCRL</a> (Northern Carbon Research Laboratories) <li><a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nsci/staff/profile/mark.thomas" target="_blank">Professor Mark Thomas</a> <li><a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nsci/staff/profile/ian.edwards" target="_blank">Dr. Ian Edwards</a> </ul> <li>University of Nottingham <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~enzmp/nfec/" target="_blank">Nottingham Fuel and Energy Centre</a> at the School of Chemical, Environmental and Mining Engineering (SChEME) <li><a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/scheme/lookup/lookup_role.php?id=ODA=&page_var=personal" target="_blank">Professor John Patrick</a> <li><a href="http://www.unim.nottingham.ac.uk/chemical/people.html" target="_blank">Dr. Mike Cloke</a> </ul> <li>University of Sussex <ul> <li><a href="http://tc.cpes.susx.ac.uk/heggie_index.shtml" target="_blank">TCCM</a> (Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Materials) <li><a href="http://tc.cpes.susx.ac.uk/people/heggie.shtml" target="_blank">Professor Malcolm Heggie</a> </ul> <li><a href="http://www.tonywickham.co.uk" target="_blank">Tony Wickham</a> </ul> <h3>Other Carbon Societies worldwide</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.hpc.susx.ac.uk/ECA/">European Carbon Association</a> <li><a href= "http://www.ecga.net/" target="_blank">European Carbon and Graphite Association </a> <br> <li><a href="http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/diamonduk/" target="_blank">UK Diamond and DLC Research Network</a> <li><a href="http://www.coalresearchforum.org" target="_blank">Coal Research Forum</a> <li><a href="http://www.abcarb.org.br/">The Brazilian Carbon Society</a> <li><a href="http://www.americancarbonsociety.org/" target="_blank">American Carbon Society</a> <li><a href="http://iq.ua.es/~gec/" target="_blank">Grupo Español del Carbón (Spanish Carbon Group) </a> <li><a href="http://www.sfc.fr/GrCarbone/GrCarbone.htm" target="_blank">Le Groupe Français d'Etude des Carbones (Societe Francaise de Chimie)</a> <li><a href="http://www.dkg.de/" target="_blank">Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft</a> </ul> <h3>Miscellaneous Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/info/jaszczak/graphprop.html" target="_blank"> Graphite Properties</a> <li><a href= "http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/graphite/" target="_blank"> Graphite definition</a> </ul> <center> <img src="images/logo.gif" alt="The British Carbon Group" width="300" height="90" align="center"> <br> <span class="title">Bursaries</span> <hr noshade width="80%"> </center> <p>The British Carbon Group has funds available to assist student travel for participation in national and international meetings relating to the science and technology of carbon materials. <p> Preference will be given to students who are: <ul><li>A presenting author at the conference <li>Promoting UK carbon research <li>attending a conference organised by the British Carbon Group <li>also trying to get money from other sources. </ul> Applicants must be a registered student and, if awarded a BCG Student Bursary, will be required to write a short article on either the meeting attended or their area of carbon research, for consideration for inclusion in the British Carbon Group Newsletter. <p> <p>The application form is available as a <a href="pdfs/Bursary.pdf">pdf file</a> or a <a href="pdfs/Application_for_Student_Travel_Bursary.doc">Word document</a>. Applications should be accompanied by a letter from the students supervisor or Head of Department supporting the application and <b>specifying to whom any cheque should be made payable</b>. <p> Please note that applications are for travel funds only, <b>not</b> for conference fees or accomodation. Sums awarded are normally up to 75GBP for a UK conference and up to 200GBP for international conferenes. Cheques will only be issued after the conference has taken place and on receipt of the short article mentioned above. <p> <a href="pdfs/Bursary.pdf">Application Form</a> (pdf)<br> <a href="pdfs/Application_for_Student_Travel_Bursary.doc">Application Form</a> (word). <P> <hr width=30% noshade> In addition to the travel bursaries awarded directly by the British Carbon Group, additional funds are available via the RSC and IOP for members of these institutions. <p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.iop.org/about/grants/research_student/page_38808.html">IOP Research Student Conference Fund</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rscorg/travelgrants">RSC Travel Grants</a> </ul> <center> <a href="http://www.britishcarbon.org/" target="_top"><img src="images/logo.gif" border="0" alt="The British Carbon Group" width="300" height="90" align="center"></a> <br> <span class="title">Membership</span> <hr noshade width="80%"> </center> <p>Membership of The British Carbon Group is open to all those with an interest in any aspect of carbon and carbonaceous materials. Those who already are Members, Associates or Fellows of one of our sponsoring bodies (The Royal Society of Chemistry, The Institute of Physics or The Society of Chemical Industry) can automatically become members of The British Carbon Group by ticking the appropriate "box" on their annual membership renewal form, and paying a small additional fee with their subscription to cover postages etc. <p>Others may join as Subscribing Members on payment of an annual fee which is currently 10. <p>Further details may be obtained from The Honorary Treasurer, <a href="mailto:confer@globalnet.co.uk">Dr. A. J. Wickham</a> <p>All Members receive an occasional Carbon Newsletter (approximately twice per year) and also receive reduced fees for all scientific meetings sponsored or co-sponsored by the Group. There is no specific student membership, but bona fide students may apply for <a href="Bursary.pdf">bursaries</a> to assist their attendance at conferences both in the UK and overseas. 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