Meetings
208th ACS National Meeting The 208th national meeting of the Ameri can Chemical Society will be held Sunday, Aug. 21, through Thursday, Aug. 25, in Washington, DC. The meeting will feature more than 520 technical sessions and ap proximately 5000 presentations. The Division of Analytical Chemistry will sponsor or cosponsor 12 technical ses sions spanning a range of interests. Other highlights of the meeting include the pres idential plenary session, entitled "Environ mental Technologies for the Future" (Sunday evening, Aug. 21); ACS work shops and short courses; and a National Employment Clearing House. Social events will include the Division of Analyti cal Chemistry poster session and mixer on Sunday evening, Aug. 21, and a celebra tion of the 75th anniversary of the Inter national Union of Pure & Applied Chemis try, Sci-Mix, and the Division of Analyti cal Chemistry social hour and dinner, all on Monday evening, Aug. 22. On-site registration facilities, located in the Washington Convention Center, will be open Saturday, Aug. 20, 3 to 6 P.M.; Sunday, Aug. 21, 7:30 A.M. to 7 P.M.; and Monday, Aug. 22, through Thursday, Aug. 25,7:30 A.M. to 3 P.M. One-day ses sion tickets also will be available for $130. An exposition featuring 385 booths rep resenting approximately 235 companies will highlight the latest instruments, books, computer hardware, scientific soft ware, lab equipment, furniture, and safety equipment. There also will be several drawings for prizes and a free ACS souve nir for all exposition visitors. Located in Hall Β of the Washington Convention Cen ter, the exposition will be open on Mon day and Tuesday, Aug. 22 and 23, from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M., and Wednesday, Aug. 24, from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Admission is com plimentary for meeting registrants; exhib it-only badges can be purchased for $20 ($5 for students with school identifica tion). A series of free exposition work shops on a variety of topics will be offered Monday, Aug. 22, through Wednesday, Aug. 24, at the Convention Center. Addi tional information will be published in the final program. 810 A
The technical sessions will be high lighted by the presentation of awards, sev eral of which are of particular interest to analytical chemists. At a symposium spon sored by the Division of Analytical Chem istry, R. Mark Wightman will receive the Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Chemical Instrumentation. His address, "Unique Chemical Measurements En
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abled by Microelectrodes," will be pre sented on Monday morning, Aug. 22. Ga len Ewing will receive the Award for Excel lence in Teaching; his address, "How To Write a Book," will be presented Monday morning. The Division of Analytical Chem istry Award in Electrochemistry will be presented to Fred Anson, also on Monday morning. His address is entitled "Unusu-
Aug. 21-25, 1994, Washington, DC ally Strong Adsorption and Electrocatalytic Activity of Heteropolytungstates on Mercury Electrodes." Sanford Asher, re cipient of the Award in Spectrochemical Analysis, also will be recognized at the meeting. He will receive his award at the spring ACS meeting in Anaheim. The Division of Analytical Chemistry dinner is scheduled for 7:00 P.M. on Mon day, Aug. 22, at the Gangplank Restau rant, 600 Water St., S.W. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased from any Division officer at the meeting. A social hour will precede the dinner. General informa tion can be found in the June 20 issue of Chemical & Engineering News; the com plete technical program and a list of ex hibitors appeared in the July 18 issue of C&EN. The ACS Department of Continuing Education will offer short courses at the meeting. For additional information, see the listing on p. 815 A or contact the De partment of Continuing Education, Ameri can Chemical Society, 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036 (800-2275558 or 202-872-4508; fax 202-872-6336). The program that follows includes all sessions (except poster sessions) spon sored or cosponsored by the Division.
Program Sunday morning Capillary Column Developments in Separations Chemistry Convention Center Room 30, Lobby Level J. G. Nikelly, L. M. Sidisky, Organizers L. M. Sidisky, Presiding 8:30— Introductory Remarks. 8:35—1. Review of open-tubular column GC. L. S. Ettre 9:20—2. Current and future trends in capillary col umn GC. W. Jennings 10:05— Intermission. 10:25—3. Capillary SFC: Fundamentals, recent improvements, and applications. T. L. Ches ter 11:10—4. Trends in packed capillary LC. R. T. Kennedy, L. J. Cole
Sunday afternoon Capillary Column Developments in Separations Chemistry Convention Center Room 30, Lobby Level J. G. Nikelly, L. M. Sidisky, Organizers J. G. Nikelly, Presiding 1:30—5. Review of CE and MEKC. J. P. Foley 2:20—6. Enantiomer separations by CE. G. Vigh 3:10— Intermission. 3:25—7. Recent developments in surface deacti vation in CE of proteins and peptides. D. T. Mao 4:15—8. Recent advances in CE detection. J. V. Sweedler
Monday morning Division of Analytical Chemistry Awards Symposium Convention Center Room 30, Lobby Level H. N. Blount III, Organizer J. G. Osteryoung, Presiding 8:30—Introductory Remarks. J. G. Osteryoung 8:40—Introducton of Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Spectrochemical Analysis, sponsored by Perkin Elmer in recognition of S. A. Asher. S. Slavin, J. G. Osteryoung 9:00—Introduction and presentation of Division of Analytical Chemistry Award for Excellence in Teaching, sponsored by DuPont. G. Wilds, R. F. Hirsch, J. G. Osteryoung 9:20—100. Award Address. How to write a book. G. W. Ewing 10:00—Introduction and presentation of Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Electrochemistry, sponsored by EG&G Princeton Applied Research. R. S. Rodgers, J. G. Osteryoung 10:20—101. Award Address. Unusually strong adsorption and electrocatalytic activity of heteropolytungstates on mercury electrodes. C. Rong, F. C. Anson 11:00—Introduction and presentation of Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Chemical Instrumenta tion, sponsored by Dow Chemical. M. V. Koch, A. G. Ewing, J. G. Osteryoung 11:20—102. Award Address. Unique chemical measurements enabled by microelectrodes. R. M. Wightman
9:20—67. Modern introductory laboratory. Ν. Κ. Kildahl, L. H. Berka 9:40—68. Introduction of advanced instrumenta tion in general chemistry. S. Ching, M. Zimmer, V. Fontneau 10:00— Intermission. 10:10—69. Enhancement of an investigative lab oratory curriculum with analytical instrumenta tion controlled by computer workstations. S. M. Drew 10:30—70. FT-IR instrumentation for engineering and environmental science. J. M. Kokosa, D. Phillips 10:50—71. FT-IR in teacher education science courses: Striking a balance between "number numb" and "gee whiz." J. R. Hohman 11:10—72. New microscale iodination of aro matic compounds and their analysis by GC/ MS. A. Keys, D. R. Johnson, R. L. Soulen 11:30—73. NMR experiments with carbohy drates. J. U. Piper
Monday afternoon Frontiers in Education: Symposium in Honor of G. W. Ewing, Recipient of the Division of Analytical Chemistry Award for Excellence in Teaching Convention Center Room 30, Lobby Level R. F. Hirsch, Organizer, Presiding 1:30—Introductory Remarks. R. F. Hirsch 1:40—Comments of award recipient. G. W. Ewing 1:50—103. The future of electronics in instru mental analysis. B. H. Vassos
NSF-Catalyzed Innovations in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory—I Convention Center Room 15, Lobby Level Cosponsored with Division of Chemical Education D. B. Stone, Organizer S. H. Hixon, Presiding 8:3fJ—65. NSF-catalyzed laboratory innovation. S. H. Pine, S. H. Hixon, R. F. Watson 9:00—66. The chemistry of art: Use of the com puter to demonstrate the polarizing light micro scope and the physical and optical properties of pigments and fibers. J. L. Schrenk, J. L. Bordley
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Meetings Tuesday morning Design for the Environment: Process Analytical Chemistry Convention Center Room 30, Lobby Level Cosponsored with Division of Environmental Chemistry M. Koch, J. Breen, Organizers M. Koch, E. McGrath, Presiding
2:20—104. Computing and communications in chemistry education: Software versus wetware M. S. Ewing 2:50—105. Analytical chemistry: Where goest thou? Β. Jaselskis 3:20—Intermission. 3:30—106. Impact of the DOE laboratories on analytical chemistry. W. D. Shults 4:00—107. Computer applications in the under graduate analytical chemistry laboratory. J. T. Maloy, L J. Cline Love, R. F. Hirsch 4:30—108. Recent developments in the labora tory curriculum at Carleton College that take advantage of analytical instrumentation con trolled by computer workstations. S. M. Drew
Frontiers in Electrochemistry: Symposium in Honor of F. C. Anson, Recipient of the Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Electrochemistry Convention Center Room 11/12, Lobby Level R. S. Rodgers, Organizer, Presiding 1:30— Introductory Remarks. R. S. Rodgers 1:40— Comments of award recipient. F. C. Anson 1:50—109. Electron transfer kinetics of ferro cene-terminated alkanethiol monolayers on gold. J. F. Smalley, S. W. Feldberg, M. D. Newton, Y-P. Liu, C.E.D. Chidsey 2:20—110. Integrated microelectrode array and potentiostat for electroanalysis. S. P. Kounaves, P. R. Hallock, G.T.A. Kovacs, R. J. Reay, C. W. Storment 2:50—111. Very fast square-wave voltammetry at microelectrodes. J. J. O'Dea, R. Mantz, M. Khaled, R. A. Osteryoung 3:20— Intermission. 3:30—112. Practical voltammetric detection for HPLC and FIA. P. E. Sturrock, G. E. O'Brien 4:00—113. Electrochemical detection for CE of samples from picoliter beakers. A. G. Ewing, R. Lee, P. J. Beyer
NSF-Catalyzed Innovations in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory—II Convention Center Room 15, Lobby Level Cosponsored with Division of Chemical Education D. B. Stone, Organizer J. Leary, Presiding 1:30—77. Incorporation of GC/MS into the chem istry curriculum. V. W. Cope, J. R. Ames 1:50—78. Using a portable mass spectrometer throughout the undergraduate curriculum. M. J. Henchman, C. Steel 2:10—79. Food analysis method development for the instrumental analysis laboratory. J . W. Stahl 2:30—80. A laboratory course in structure and function of macromolecules. R. L. Dusenbery 2:50—81. Use of gel permeation chromatography to reinforce molecular weight concepts in the undergraduate polymer laboratory. T. K. Green, D. B. Dahl 3:10— Intermission. 3:20—82. Scanning tunneling microscopy in the advanced undergraduate laboratory. T. E. Woerner, L. A. Coury, Jr. 3:40—83. Laser spectroscopy in the undergradu ate physical chemistry laboratory. L. C. O'Brien, R. Kubicek, T. Kocot, T. Bauer 4:00—84. Teaching creative molecular design. O. L. Chapman 4:20—85. Laboratory exercises in computer mod eling. A. Glasfeld, A. Shusterman
8:45— Introductory Remarks. M. Koch 9:00—114. Direct analysis of organic compounds in water by membrane introduction MS: Ad vances in selectivity and interfaces. R. G. Cooks, J. S. Patrick, P. Wong, C. Xu, M. Soni, N. Srinivasan, N. Kasthurikrisha 9:30—115. Sampling systems for on-line analysis of volatile organics in water! R. A. Bredeweg, D. P. Martin, T. N. Westlake, M. A. LaPack, T. L. Peters 10:00— Intermission. 10:15— Introductory Remarks. E. McGrath 10:30—116. On-line measurement of sulfur in diesel fuel: Why? How? Implications? Ε. Η. Baughman, W. Kubala, D. Campbell 11:00—117. Development and field test of Ra man analyzer and composition-based control strategy for distillation columns. C. Moore 11:3fJ—118. Fiber-optic sensor for monitoring hy drogen fluoride spills. H. Witzke
Frontiers in Chemical Instrumentation: Symposium in Honor of R. M. Wightman, Recipient of the Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Chemical Instrumentation Convention Center Room 11/12, Lobby Level A. E. Ewing, Organizer, Presiding 8:30— Introductory Remarks. A. E. Ewing 8:40— Comments of award recipient. R. M. Wightman 8:50—119. When smaller and faster means big ger and better. G. M. Hieftje 9:20—120. Electrochemical monitoring of dopa mine exocytosis from giant dopamine cells of Planorbis corneus. A. G. Ewing, G. Chen 9:50—121. Ultramicroscale monitoring in biologi cal systems using microelectrodes and micro column separations. R. T. Kennedy, L. Huang, G. Maeder-Schaller, M. Lada 10:20— Intermission. 10:30—122. Detection of eluents in SFC with C 0 2 as the mobile phase at microelectrodes coated with conductive polymers. S. F. Dressman, E. F. Sullenberger, A. C. Michael 11:00—123. Flow-counterbalanced CE. J. W. Jorgenson, C. T. Culbertson 11:30—124. Coupling new ionization techniques with old mass spectrometers. G. L. Glish
Poster Sessions The Division of Analytical Chemistry poster session will be held on Sunday evening from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Holiday Inn-Crowne Plaza, Salon D, Ballroom Level. More than 9 0 posters will be featured. For more details, see t h e July 18 issue of C&EN.
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Analytical Techniques for Characterizing Liquefaction and Pyrolysis Products Renaissance Room 4, Meeting Room Level Cosponsored with Division of Fuel Chemistry C E . S η ape, S. M. Fatemi, Organizers, Presiding 8:20— Introductory Remarks. 8:25—47. Use of thermogravimetric analysis to follow changes during coal liquefaction from the initial stages. H. Huang, K. Wang, W. H. Calkins. M. T. Klein 8:50—48. Release of nitrogen in coal combustion and pyrolysis. J. E. Varey, C. J. Hindmarsh, Κ. Μ. Thomas 9:15—49. Chemistry of sulfur during hydropyrolysis of coals. M. L. Gorbaty, S. R. Kelemen, M. Sansone, P. J. Kwiatek, G. N. George 9:40—50. Removal and recovery of nitrogen and sulfur compounds from coal tar fractions using supported aluminum sulfate under supercritical C0 2 conditions. K. Sakanishi, H. Obata, I. Mochida, T. Sakaki 10:05— Intermission. 10:20—51. Characterization of nitrogenous com pounds in distillates derived from two-stage coal liquefaction. C. Bradley, R. E. Pauls, D. C. Cronauer, M. B. Bambacht 10:45—52. Preparative ring-number separation and characterization of coal liquid aromatics. J. N. Story 11:10—53. Characterization of pitch fractions by quantitative solid-state 13C NMR measure ments. J. Andresen, P. R. Dennison, M. Maroto-Valer, C. E. Snape, R. Garcia 11:35—54. CPMAS and DDMAS 13C NMR analy sis of coal liquefaction residues. C. Song, L Hou, A. K. Saini, P. G. Hatcher
2:10—132. Peptide sequence analysis by electrospray/quadrupole ion trap tandem MS. N. A. Yates, J. Shabanowitz, D. F. Hunt 2:40—133. Ion-molecule reactions and thermochemical properties of metalloporphyrins, lumiflavin, and amino acid amides. H. Chen, T. Zhang, R. Kinser, D. P. Ridge 3:10— Intermission. 3:30—134. Ion-molecule reactions and complex ation of antibiotics in a quadrupole ion trap. J. S. Brodbelt, H-F. Wu, A. Colorado, E. Al varez 4:00—135. Development of MALDI-ion trap MS for peptide sequence analysis. V. Doroshenko, R. J. Cotter 4:30—136. Strategies for structure elucidation using a quadrupole ion trap. G. L. Glish
Analytical Techniques for Characterizing Liquefaction and Pyrolysis Products Renaissance Room 4, Meeting Room Level Cosponsored with Division of Fuel Chemistry C. E. Snape, S. M. Fatemi, Organizers, Presiding 1:30— Introductory Remarks. 1:35—63. Scope and limitation of ruthenium ioncatalyzed oxidation of coal as an analytical tool for an aliphatic portion of coal organic materi als. S. Murata, K. Uesaka, H. Inoue, M. No mura 2:00—64. Absolute hydrogen determination in coal-derived heavy distillate samples. R. J. Kottenstette, D. A. Schneider, D. A. Loy
3:55—68. Application of PIXE/PIGE analysis to liquefaction studies. J. D. Robertson, L. Blan chard, R. K. Anderson, C. J. Lafferty 4:20—69. X-ray characterization of resids from run # 259 at the Wilsonville, AL, two-stage di rect liquefaction facility. D. L. Wertz, C. B. Smithhart, R. C. Cummings, K. H. Burns 4:45—70. Nitrogen XANES studies of Argonne coals. S. Mitra-Kirtley, O. C. Mullins, J. van Elp, S. P. Cramer
Wednesday morning Fundamentals and Applications Using ICPMS Convention Center Room 30, Lobby Level S. P. Brimmer, Organizer, Presiding 9:00—137. Laser ablation-ICPMS of geological thin sections. M. M. Cheatham, W. M. White 9:30—138. Dry aerosol sample introduction in ICPMS. V. Karanassios 10:00—139. Application of ultrahigh-sensitivity ICPMS to solution- and laser-based analysis. P. G. Brown, C. T. Tye, I. Able 10:30— Intermission. 10:45—140. Radio frequency GDMS for the anal ysis of bulk metals, glasses, films, and poly mers. R. K. Marcus 11:15—141. Determination of potassium, cal cium, and iron using quadrupole ICPMS. E. Bakowska, K. Kawabata, Y. Kishi, D. Potter
Tuesday afternoon Design for the Environment: Process Analytical Chemistry Convention Center Room 30, Lobby Level Cosponsored with Division of Environmental Chemistry M. Koch, J. Breen, Organizers J. P. Coates, M. Koch, Presiding 1:30— Introductory Remarks. J. P. Coates 1:40—125. Real-time spectrometric process ana lyzers designed to meet the needs of industry for pollution prevention. J. P. Coates, J. A. Crandall, J. Workman 2:10—126. Fiber-optic surface plasmon sensor for environmental sensing. R. C. Jorgenson, C. C. Jung, S. S. Yee 2:4fJ—127. Miniature flow probe chemical ana lyzer. L. K. Moore, L. W. Burgess 3:10— Intermission. 3:25— Introductory Remarks. M. Koch 3:30—128. Analytical chemistry designed for the environment: Waste reduction through the ap plication of flow injection. O. Egorov, J. Ruzica, G. D. Christian 4:00—129. Pollution reduction using a predictive emissions monitoring system. J. D. Keeler 4:30—130. Real-time mass balance using ad vanced information technologies. J. A. Schanzle, L. McLaughlin, J. April, P. Davies
Recent Developments in Ion Traps/ FT-ICR Convention Center Room 11/12, Lobby Level J. S. Brodbelt. Organizer, Presiding 1:30— Introductory Remarks. J. S. Brodbelt 1:40—131. Characterization of fullerenes by FTMS. S. W. McElvany
2:25—65. Two-dimensional HPLC and GC/MS characterization of oil from catalytic coal liquefaction. A. K. Saini, C. Song 2:50—66. Use of hydropyrolysis-MS to probe the hydrocracking of diphenylalkane linkages in the solid state. S. D. Brown, O. Sirkecioglu, K. Is mail, J. Andresen, C. E. Snape, A. C. Buchanan III, P. F. Bfitt 3:15— Intermission. 3:30—67. Critical survey of the value of micro wave heating for the acceleration reactions of -OH groups in coal and the relationship to new analytical methods for -OH determination. P. Monsef-Mirzai, H. Manak, W. R. McWhinnie
Improving Measurement Quality to Improve Competitiveness Convention Center Room 11/12, Lobby Level S. B. Schiller, Organizer, Presiding 8:30—142. Measurement quality and traceability to NIST. T. E. Gills 9:00—143. Guidelines for using a Standard Ref erence Material. R. L. Watters, Jr. 9:30—144. Understanding variability in measure ment processes. K. R. Eberhardt, S. B. Schiller 10:00—145. Establishing and maintaining statisti cal control. L. M. Oakley
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Meetings 10:30—146. Getting a measurement process un der control: A case study. R. M. Parris, S. A. Wise, S. B. Schiller, A. Y. Cantillo 11:00— Panel Discussion. T. E. Gills, R. L. Watters, Jr., K. R. Eberhardt, L. M. Oakley, R. M. Parris Analytical Techniques for Characterizing Liquefaction and Pyrolysis Products Renaissance Room 4, Meeting Room Level Cosponsored with Division of Fuel Chemistry C. E. Snape, S. M. Fatemi, Organizers, Presiding 8:20— Introductory Remarks. 8:25—79. Comparison of element-specific capil lary chromatography detectors for the identifi cation of heteroatomic species in pyrolysis tars. S. C. Mitchell, K. D. Bartle, C. E. Snape, K.M.L Holden, S. Moinelo, R. Garcia 8:50—80. Comparison of several contemporary ionization/mass analyzer techniques for large components of complex fossil-derived materi als. J. E. Hunt, R. E. Winans 9:15—81. HPLC of coal liquefaction process streams using normal-phase separation with diode-array detection. D. E. McKinney, D. J. Clifford, L Hou, M. R. Bogdan, P. G. Hatcher 9:40—82. Molecular beam mass spectrometric characterization of biomass pyrolysis prod ucts for fuels and chemicals. F. A. Agblevor, M. F. Davis, R. J. Evans
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11:15—157. Regulatory concerns for the synthe sis, characterization, and controls of oligonucle otide therapeutics for use in clinical studies. R.V.B. Kambhampati, J. J. Blumenstein, C. W. Chen
Thursday afternoon Characterization of Antisense Therapeutics Convention Center Room 30, Lobby Level D. L. Smisek, Organizer, Presiding 2:00—158. Determination of phosphorothioates at low concentrations in biological fluids. C. M. Ott, A. Belenky, A. J. Bourque, M. W. Gemborys, M. Vilenchik, A. S. Cohen 2:30—159. Recent advances in the HPLC analy sis of synthetic oligonucleotides using spectral contrast techniques. W. J. Warren, W. A. Stanick, P. M. Young 3:00— Intermission. 3:15—160. Use of MALDI-MS for sequencing an tisense DNA oligonucleotides. T. W. Keough, M. P. Lacey 3:45—161. Synthesis and biophysical and biolog ical properties of oligonucleotide (aminoalkyl)phosphonates. R. Fathi, Q. Huang, W. Delaney, G. Coppola, J-L. Syi, A. F. Cook 4:15—162. Biophysical studies of peptide nucleic acids (PNA) and their complexes with DNA and RNA. S. C. Brown, P. M. Myers, J. A. Josey, C. F. Hassman, S. A. Thomson
Fundamentals and Applications Using ICPMS Convention Center Room 30, Lobby Level S. P. Brimmer, Organizer J. A. Caruso, Presiding 1:30—147. Fundamental and practical advan tages of individual, monodisperse droplet sample introduction for ICPMS. J. W. Olesik, M. P. Dziewatkoski, G. J. McGowan 2:00—148. ICPMS with an oscillating capillary nebulizer for microflow LC of Se drug metabo lites. R. F. Browner, L. Wang, S. W. May 2:30—149. High-efficiency nebulization in plasma source MS: Fundamentals and analytical appli cations. A. Montaser, H. Liu, S. Nam, J. Lim 3:00— Intermission. 3:15—150. Element-specific detection by plasma MS for speciation studies. J. A. Caruso 3:45—151. CE with ICPMS: Interface evaluation. Q. Lu, S. M. Bird, R. M. Barnes 4:15—152. Extension of the capabilities of ICPMS with flow injection. D. Beauchemin
Thursday morning Characterization of Antisense Therapeutics Convention Center Room 30, Lobby Level D. L. Smisek, Organizer, Presiding 8:55— Introductory Remarks. D. L. Smisek 9:00—153. Characterization of antisense oligonu cleotides. S. X. Agrawal 9:30—154. Quality control in the high-throughput oligonucleotide synthesis laboratory. B. Giusti, A. Andrus 10:00— Intermission. 10:15—155. Molecular characterization of phosphorothioate deoxyoligonucleotides: Sequence and base composition analysis. B. J . Bergot, C. Hansen, M. Quijano, G. Zon 10:45—156. Strategies for characterization of an tisense therapeutics and their metabolites. L. L. Cummins, J. Leeds, M. Winniman, A. Paulus, M. Graham, R. Crooke, R. H. Griffey 814 A
Conferences ACIL 57th Annual Meeting Sept. 10-13. Minneapolis, MN Contact: ACIL (for merly the American Council of Indepen dent Laboratories), 1629 Κ St., N.W., Washington, DC 20006 (202-887-5872; fax 202-887-0021)
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108th AOAC International Annual Meeting and Exposition Sept. 12-15. Portland, OR Contact: Margaret Ridgell, AOAC Interna tional, 2200 Wilson Blvd., Suite 400, Arling ton, VA 22201-3301 (703-522-3032; fax 703522-5458) Sensors Expo Sept. 20-22. Cleveland, OH Contact: Cynthia M. Cantow, Expocon Man agement Associates, 363 Reef Rd., P.O. Box 915, Fairfield, CT 064300915 (203-256-4700, ext. 117; fax 203-2564730) 2nd European LIMS Forum Sept. 21-22. Basel, Switzerland Contact: Doug Forsyth, Hewlett-Packard Co., 3000 Hanover St., Palo Alto, CA 94304 (415857-5603)
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1994 North American Thermal Anal ysis Society Conference Sept. 25-28. Toronto, Ontario, Canada Contact: The Complete Conference, 1540 River Park Dr., #111, Sacramento, CA 958154608 (916-922-7032) I n t e r n a t i o n a l Conference on ISO 9000 Sept. 26-28. New Orleans, LA Contact: Sermin Caola, European Commu nity Institute, 1522 Spruce St., Cheswick, PA 15024 (412-274-7559; fax 412-274-0926), or Art Ramos, Waters, 34 Maple St., Milford, MA 01757 (508478-2000, ext. 2213; fax 508478-1290) 21 st Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spec troscopy Societies Oct. 2-7. St. Louis, MO Contact: FACSS, 198 Thomas Johnson Dr., Suite S-2, Frederick, MD 21702-4317 (301846-4797; fax 301-694-6860) Citac '94 Hong Kong Symposium on Traceability and Comparability of Analytical Measurements Oct. 14-15. Hong Kong Contact: T. L. King, Citac '94 Secretariat, c/o Government Laboratory, Ho Man Tin Gov ernment Offices, 88 Chung Hau St., Homantin, Hong Kong (852-762-3706; fax 852-7144083) 9th Annual Conference on Contami nated Soils Oct. 17-20. Amherst, MA Contact: Paul Kostecki, Environmental Health and Sciences, N344 Morrill, Univer sity of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 (413-545-2934; fax 413-545-4692) 4 1 s t N a t i o n a l Symposium of t h e American Vacuum Society and 3rd International Conference on Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology Oct. 24-28. Denver, CO Contact: Steve Semancik, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, National Insti tute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (301-975-2606; fax 301-8695924) ALEX/West Oct. 25-27. San Jose, CA Contact: Lance Jacobson, ALEX, The Inter face Group, 300 First Ave., Needham, MA 02194 (617449-6600, ext. 5767) Kemia '94 Finnish Chemical Con gress and Exhibition Nov. 8-10. Helsinki, Finland Contact: Eeva Kota-aho, Program Secretary, Hietaniemenkatu 2, FIN-00100 Helsinki, Fin land (358-0-408-022; fax 358-0408-780)
