A M E R I C A N CHEMICAL SOCIETY
ACS Short Courses
FALL SESSIONS The following ACS Short Courses are newly scheduled for October and November 1971. The premier session of "X-Ray Diffraction for Industrial Chemists" is being offered in conjunction with the Eastern Analytical Symposium in November. Additional fall sessions are planned and will be announced shortly. ACS members who are unemployed may request deferment of payment of the course fee. An unemployed member should add his request for deferment to the registration form for the course and state that he is an ACS member. To register or obtain complete information on the courses, convenient lodging, student discounts, and fee deferments for unemployed ACS members, please write to Education Department, American Chemical Society, 1155—16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. During the two-week period prior to a course, registration should be made by telephone: area code 202, 737-3337 ext. 258.
MODERN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY Oct. 9-10—Buffalo, N.Y. Dr. Lloyd R. Snyder and Dr. J. J . Kirkland; fee $95; required text, J . J . Kirkland, éd., "The Modern Practice of Liquid Chromatography," Wiley-lnterscience, New York, 1971, $15; sponsor, Western New York Section in conjunction with 3rd ACS Northeast Regional Meeting. For description of course content, see below.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR CHEMISTS AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERS Oct. 15-16—Chicago, III. Sponsor, Chicago Section. Nov. 19-20—Philadelphia, Pa. tion.
Sponsor, Philadelphia Sec-
Dr. Frederick G. Sawyer; fee $100, including lunches. This course introduces the principles and techniques of effective communication via the written and spoken word. It is designed primarily for industrial chemists and chemical engineers, especially recent graduates and those who want t o improve their skill in communicating the results of research, development, production, and marketing. Individual participation will be by workshop sessions and discussion of specific problems.
POLYMER ENGINEERING Oct. 15-17—Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Frank E. Karasz and Dr. Thomas W. Huseby; fee $115; in conjunction with ACS Rubber Division fall meeting. This course is designed to introduce the graduate chemist or engineer to the basic engineering practices associated with polymer use. Topics include processing and fabrication, current commercial polymers, engineering and processing requirements, polymer testing, and specific applications. Equipment demonstrations are included. Some background in polymer science is desirable but not a requirement, since pertinent fundamentals are first reviewed.
COLUMN SELECTION IN GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY Oct. 16—Boston, Mass. Dr. Harold M. McNair and Dr. Walter R. Supina; fee $70, including lunch; sponsor, Northeastern Section. This course explores the critical step in gas chromatography, the selection of the proper column, from both the theoretical and practical point of view. Column material, length, diameter, solid support, and per cent liquid phase are discussed. The results obtained with different columns and different operating parameters are shown in chromatograms. Rules are developed t o aid in choosing proper conditions. It is assumed that the registrant has been working with a gas chromatograph. No background in higher mathematics is required.
INTERFACING THE MINICOMPUTER Oct. 22-23—New York City area. Dr. Raymond E. Dessy and David G. Larsen; fee $120, including lunches. This course demonstrates in detail how to interface analytical equipment and other instruments t o a minicomputer. The goal is to enable the registrant to build his own multipurpose interface. The basic building blocks of an interface are displayed in actual operation. Then various interface packages are assembled, with closed circuit TV being used to allow viewing of all steps. Multiplexing, device-code addressing, computer timing cycles, and ADC/DAC elements are emphasized. Registrants should have some background in instrumentation.
AT THE EASTERN ANALYTICAL SYMPOSIUM IN NYC MODERN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY Nov. 13-14—Dr. Lloyd R. Snyder and Dr. J. J. Kirkland; fee $95; required text, J. J. Kirkland, éd., "The Modern Practice of Liquid Chromatography," Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1971, $15. This course provides a basic introduction t o the principles and practice of modern—high speed, high efficiency—liquid chromatography. No background in chromatography is assumed. Theory, applications, equipment, and techniques are covered for each of the important areas of modern LC: liquid-liquid (partition), liquid-solid (adsorption), ion exchange, gel permeation, gel filtration. Emphasis throughout is on practical aspects. A B.S. in chemistry, biochemistry, or chemical engineering is sufficient background. Technicians with some experience in chromatography will also benefit.
30 C&EN JULY 12, 1971
X-RAY DIFFRACTION FOR INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTS Nov. 13-14—Dr. Robert J. Fredericks; fee $95; required text, B. D. Cullity, "Elements of X-ray Diffraction," Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc., Reading, Mass.,, 1956, $15. This course is intended for those who are newly entering the field of x-ray diffraction. It deals with those areas of x-ray diffraction most often practiced in industrial laboratories. These include the characterization of polymers and powder diffraction and its applications, such as qualitative and quantitative analysis, the determination of crystallite size, and polymorphism and isomorphism. Mathematics is kept to a minimum, and a B.S. in chemistry or other natural science is sufficient background.
