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YOU CAN ATTEND 3 IMPORTANT SYMPOSIA... RIGHT AT YOUR OWN DESK Informative papers from three "state-of-the-art" symposia sponsored by the ACS Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry are now avail able to you as attractive, hard-cover books. Co-sponsored by the ACS monthly magazine, INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY, these annual summer symposia are designed to bring practicing industrial chemists and chemical engineers up-to-date on broad subjects often encountered in their day-to-day.work. Use the order form below to order your books today. (1) Chemistry and Physics of Interfaces. . . June 1964 Symposium—Sydney Ross, Chairman.
Subjects include... Attractive Forces at Interfaces . . . Adsorption and Thermodynamics at the Liquid-Liquid Interface . . . Surface Active Agents—Their Behavior and Industrial Use . . . Zeta Potential M e a s u r e m e n t . . . Structure of Macromolecules on Liquid-Solid I n t e r f a c e s . . . Immersional Wetting of Solid Surfaces . . . Surface Sensitive Mechanical Properties 177 pages (9 χ 12) with index. Cloth bound. $7.50.
(2) Nucleation Phenomena . . . June 1965 Sym posium—Alan S. Michaels, Chairman.
Subjects include... Energetics of Nucleation . . . Nucleation in the Atmos phere . . . from the M e l t . . . from Boiling Heat Transfer . . . in Polymers . . . in Glasses . . . with Crystalline Phases 89 pages (9 χ 12) with index. Cloth bound. $5.75.
(3) Applied Kinetics and Chemical Reaction Engi neering . . . June 1966 Symposium—Robert L. Gorring and Vern W. Weekman, Co-chairmen.
Subjects include... Mixing and Contacting in Chemical Reactors . . . Photochemical Reaction Engineering . . . Reaction Mechanisms for Engineering Design . . . Surface Models in Heterogeneous Catalysis . . . Yield in Chemical Reactor Engineering . . . Stochastic Mixing Models for Chemical Reactors 224 pages (9 χ 12) with index. Cloth bound. $7.50. ORDER FORM Postage Charges. $0.25 per copy for foreign and PUAS. No postage charges on domestic shipments. Overseas Buyers. Please remit in U.S. funds, by international money order, UNESCO coupon, or draft on a U.S. bank; or order through your book dealer. COPIES WANTED (1) Chemistry and Physics of Interfaces (2) Nucleation Phenomena (3) Applied Kinetics and Chemical Reaction Engineering
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One of the unheralded advantages en joyed by chemistry professors at many universities is membership in the fac ulty club. Our staff writer, an exacademician, has visited a number of these establishments in the course of his quest for stories, and has in hand the beginnings of a handy guidebook on the subject. He recalls with affection the faculty club at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, which is reported to be the oldest house in town. Old-timers in the club like to point out small holes in the club's walls that were al legedly made by bullets during the pioneer days of the 1700's. For scenic splendor, it's hard to match the faculty club at the Univer sity of Pittsburgh, which is perched on the 17th floor of the university's famed "tower." While enjoying a buffet lunch, the tired professor can gaze out at a breathtaking view of Pittsburgh's Oakland area and even catch a glimpse of a major league baseball game if the Pirates happen to be playing at home. The spacious faculty club at Massa chusetts Institute of Technology often has a waiting list for lunch. While waiting, however, the thirsty professor can imbibe his favorite beverage at the club's bar. For solid luxury, it's hard to beat the faculty club at McGill University in Montreal, Que. Lodged in a man sion that is reminiscent of a Euro pean baronial manor, the club has an excellent dining room and cocktail lounge. But its most attractive fea ture is a billiard room, whose lures the professor must resist in order to make a one o'clock class. The Johns Hopkins University fac ulty club goes out of its way to pre serve propriety and still accommodate its members. It has two dining rooms, one for men only and the other for both men and women. The ladies' dining room requires that gentlemen
wear a jacket and tie. In a recent visit to Johns Hopkins, our writer had lunch with a group of chemists, in cluding one lady. One of the men, coming directly from his laboratory, had neglected to bring a jacket. But the club, ready for all emergencies, came through with an old, gray lab coat.
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