A N e w N a m e a n d a n Expanded P r o g r a m Analytical Edition TEngineering Chemisfry
of Industrial and has a new name, ANALPTICAL CHEMISTRY, a new format, and two new departments, “Aids for the Analyst”, antl “The Analyst’s Column”. Advances in thp science of chemistry continue a t an ever-accelerating rate. In the field of analytical chemistry, the forward march of knowledge, while perhaps not so hpectacular to the lay public as are the contrilwtions in certain other branches, has, nevertheless. lieen a source of justifiahle pride and satisfaction to those who have macle possible advancements in every division of chemistry. The analytical chemist is the close associate and collaborator of the research chemist. Intlectl, the analytical chemibt very frequently ii a reqearch chemist in every sense of that term. pioneering in difficult antl unchartecl fields. Iiidustry cannot function without his services. Without glory and largely without proper recognition, the analytical cheinist has labored assiduously and u-ith ereat succcss in a n-ide variety of fields-industry, medicine, biology, nutrition, nucleonics, to niention but a few. Today the welltrained analyst is almost as much a physicist ac he is a chemist. He is expected t o be a specialist in many fields of specialization. He needs. and the editors of A X ILTTIC \ L CHEMISTRY will see that he is furnished with, a publication of his own. designed and so edited as t o provide all the essential srientific took. The present scope of ASALTTIC\I, CHEMISTRY was discussed in the April 1916 issue, 5’01. 18. S o . 4, page 218, but it is desirable that we remind our readers that their publication is intended t o provide the following : HE
1 Papers dealing with principles and theory of anal) tiral chemistry. 2. Papers presenting improved or new aiinlytical procedures. 3. Review papers at stated interval> evaluating ciit1c:d n o i 1, in given field> dining Epecified period-
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4. Papers providing the evaluation of analytical results or the statistical treatment or interpretation of analytical and test data. 5 . Papers reporting on efficient physical equipment, laboratory construction, and layout. 6. Papers discussing the college training of personnel, training programs, organization and ope1ntion of analytical laboiatories in industry, resealch foundations, etc. 7. Papers disclosing the development and application of instruments designed for ii-r in the field of analytical chemistry.
“The Analyst’s Colunin”, written by Associate Editor Lawrence T. Hallett, is an intimate, newsy, and wholly informal disc‘ussion of scientific and nonscientific subjects of special interest t o the analyst. ‘*Aidsfor the Analyst” provides our readers with a wide variety of valuable hints, mechanical techniques. etc. The increasingly popular departments, ‘Kotes on AAnalytical Procedures” and “Instrurnentation”, the latter prepared by Ralph H. Muller, are being continued. The editors on this occasion wish to express their cleep appreciation to the memhers of the Advisory Board for their continued interest. Authorization has been given to expand the Advisory Board from nine to twelve members. in order that new fields not yet represented will be more adequately covered. The practice of inviting the officers of the Division of -Analytical and Xcrochemistry t o attend Advisory Board meetings will be continuetl t o the end that the close coordination and cooperation between the publication and the division shall he further increased. XSALTTIC~L CHEMISTRY is the publication of the analytical chemist. As such it should nieet the changing and expanding needs of its readers and as far as possible anticipate such needs. The continued support and increased interest of authors, reviewers, and readers ill rnake possible a publication second to none in the field of analytical chemistry.
