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Appoints Five New Advisory Board Members
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
David Firestone
J. Jack Kirkland
A N A L Y T I C A L C H E M I S T R Y an-
nounces the appointment of five new members to its Advisory Board. T h e rotation policy brings five new members to the 15-member board each year to serve a three-year term. T h e new members are David Firestone, Food and Drug Administration; Philip F. Kane, Texas Instruments, Inc.; Barry L. Karger, Northeastern Uni-
Philip F. Kane versity; J. Jack Kirkland, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.; and Harry L. Pardue, P u r d u e University. T h e members who are leaving the board this year are Edward G. Brame, Jr., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.; Warren B. Crummet, Dow Chemical Co.; Merle A. Evenson, University of Wisconsin; A. F. Findeis, National Science Foundation; and Richard S. Juvet, Arizona State University. T h e 10 members who will continue to serve on the board are Donald H. Anderson, Eastman Kodak Co.; Richard P. Buck, University of North Carolina; Velmer A. Fassel, Iowa State University; Robert A. Hofstader, Exxon Research and Engineering Co.; Marjorie G. Horning, Baylor University College of Medicine; Lynn L. Lewis, General Motors Co.; Harry B. Mark, Jr., University of Cincinnati; Walter C. McCrone, Walter C. McCrone Associates; Eugene A. Sawicki, Environmental Protection Agency; and Wilbur D. Shultz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. T h e Editorial Advisory Board, which was established in the 1940's to aid the editors, meets formally once a year at the editorial offices in Washington, D.C. However, special consultations and informal contacts at scientific meetings also provide valuable
Barry L. Karger
Harry L. Pardue
suggestions on policies and publication programs of the JOURNAL. P a s t Advisory Board members as well as current members provide help to the editors when special questions and policies come up. Members of the board are a valuable link between the editors and the readers. Brief biographical sketches of the new members follow.
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News David F i r e s t o n e is a senior research chemist in the Division of Chemistry and Physics, Bureau of Foods, Food and Drug Administration. He received his BS degree in chemistry in 1948 from the College of the City of New York, M S degree in analytical chemistry in 1951 from t h e Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now the Polytechnical Institute of New York), a n d P h D degree in organic chemistry from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Firestone joined the Food and Drug Administration as a food chemist in 1948. He has some 42 publications in his major fields of interest which include environmental analytical methodology, lipid methodology, and chromatography. Dr. Firestone is a member of ACS, Sigma Xi, the Association of Official Analytical Chemists where he serves as general referee for fats and oils, and an active member of the American Oil Chemists' Society. He is currently treasurer of the AOCS and an associate editor of Lipids. Philip F. K a n e ' s long career with chemical analysis began in 1938 a t the quality control laboratories of Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd., London. While there he studied p a r t time a t London University and was graduated in 1948. T h e following year he joined Laporte Chemicals Ltd., Luton, England, where he developed methods for trace determinations in hydrogen peroxide and organic peroxides. In 1957 he joined t h e Chemagro Corp. in Kansas City, Mo., to direct a group developing methods for the analysis of organophosphorus pesticides. Since 1959 he has been with Texas Instruments in Dallas and has concentrated his research efforts in the characterization of semiconductor materials. He is currently director of their Materials Characterization Laboratory. Mr. Kane has published a n u m b e r of articles in A N A L Y T I C A L C H E M I S T R Y , Journal of Agricultural
and Food Chemistry, and Chemical Technology. Coauthor of the book, "Characterization of Solid Surfaces", he is also a contributor to " S t a n d a r d Methods of Chemical Analysis" and "Annual Reviews of Materials Science". Mr. Kane is a member of t h e Society for Applied Spectroscopy and the Chemical Society (London) and is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. B a r r y L. K a r g e r is professor of chemistry and director of the Institute of Chemical Analysis a t Northeastern University. Dr. Karger received his BS degree from M I T in 1960 and his P h D
from Cornell University in 1963. H e has published approximately 90 research articles in the field of chromatography and is coauthor of the graduate text, "An Introduction to Separation Science". T h e recipient of several awards including the Sloan Fellowship (1971-1973), Steven Dal Nogare Memorial Award for Chromatography (1975), and Northeastern University Lectureship (1976), he has often been invited to speak a t national and international meetings in the fields of analytical chemistry and chromatography. Dr. Karger is a member of ACS (Councilor) and its Analytical Division, AAAS, Chromatography Discussion Group (London), Sigma Xi, P h i Delta Phi, and the New York Academy of Sciences. He serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Chromatographic Science, Analytical Letters, and the Chemical Analysis Series and is a member of the committee on analytical chemistry, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. His current research interests include bioanalysis, high-performance liquid chromatography, interfacial water properties, and automated analyses. J . J a c k Kirkland received AB a n d MS degrees in chemistry from Emory University in Atlanta in 1948 and 1949, respectively. After working for the Hercules Powder Co. from 1950 to 1951, he left to earn a doctorate in analytical chemistry at the University of Virginia in 1953. Since t h a t time he has been with E. I. du P o n t de Nemours & Co. at the Experimental Station and is currently engaged in basic research in the chromatographic sciences in the Central Research and Development Department. His research interests have included liquid and gas chromatography, residue analysis, colorimetric analysis, absorption spectrophotometry, and quantitative organic reactions. He has authored about 45 publications in chromatography. Dr. Kirkland is on t h e editorial board of the Journal of Chromatographic Science and is a past member of the
Nominations Invited for ACS Awards Nominations are invited for ACS awards to be presented a t the 1978 ACS spring meeting. All ACS members (except a member of the award committee) are entitled to nominate one candidate for each award in any given year. T h e awards are presented annually a t the general session of the ACS spring meeting, and customarily
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Instrumentation Advisory Panel of A N A L Y T I C A L C H E M I S T R Y . H e is the
editor of "Modern Practice of Liquid Chromatography" and coauthor of "Introduction to Modern Liquid Chromatography". Instructor of two ACS short courses, "Modern Liquid Chromatography" and "Solving Problems with Modern Liquid Chromatography", he is also the coauthor of the taped ACS audio short course, "Modern Liquid Chromatography". Dr. Kirkland received the 1972 ACS Award in Chromatography, the 1973 Delaware Section ACS Award, and the 1974 Steven Dal Nogare Memorial Award in Chromatography. In 1974 he was awarded the honorary doctor of science degree by Emory University. Harry L. P a r d u e is professor of chemistry a t P u r d u e University. H e received his BS and M S degrees from Marshall University in 1956 and 1957, respectively, and his P h D degree in analytical chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1961. H e is the author or coauthor of some 70 publications in the areas of his research interests which include chemical instrumentation, computer applications, kinetic methods of analysis, applications of imaging detectors for analytical spectroscopy, and problems related to clinical chemistry. Dr. P a r d u e has served as head of the Division of Analytical Chemistry at P u r d u e and has been active in committees of clinical chemistry for the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council and the American Chemical Society. Currently, he is serving on t h e subcommittee on enzymes of the American Association of Clinical Chemists. He is a member of ACS and its Divisions of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Education, the American Association of Clinical Chemists, AAAS, and Sigma Xi. Dr. P a r d u e served as a member of the Instrumentation Advisory Panel for A N A L Y T I C A L C H E M I S T R Y and is currently
serving on the editorial boards of Analytical Letters and Clinical Chemistry.
the names of the recipients are announced a t the preceding ACS fall meeting. Of t h e 25 awards for which nominations are now being solicited, two are of particular interest to readers of A N A L Y T I C A L C H E M I S T R Y — t h e analyti-
cal chemistry and chromatography awards. T h e analytical chemistry award, sponsored by Fisher Scientific Co. since 1947, consists of a $2000 honorarium and an etching. Supelco Inc.,
News is the sponsor of the chromatography award which was established in 1959 and initially sponsored by Lab-Line Instruments, Inc. T h e award consists of $2000 and a certificate. For both awards, a nominee must be a resident of the U.S. or Canada and must have made an outstanding contribution to analytical chemistry or chromatography. Each nomination must accompany a biographical sketch of the nominee (including date of birth), a list of publications and patents, specific identification of the work on which the nomination is based, and an evaluation and appraisal of the nominee's accomplishments, particularly the work to be recognized by the proposed award. Seconding letters are not necessary. Only those documents which contain factual information about the candidate not provided in the nominating document will be transmitted to the selection committee. T h e ACS Board Committee on Grants and Awards is earnestly urging all members to participate in the nomination process. Nominations should be sent to Justin W. Collât, Awards Program, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, postmarked not later than midnight March 1, 1977. Early transmittal is encouraged. For information on other awards and further details, see C&EN, October 4,1976, page 36.
Graduate Fellowships T h e Fellowship Committee of the American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry announces its Graduate Fellowship program for 1977. These fellowships, awarded annually on a competitive basis, provide funds for graduate study and research in analytical chemistry at any accredited ACS institution of the appointee's choice. Research directors at these institutions must be members of the Analytical Chemistry Division. Two types of fellowships are available: full year, $5000 stipend, and summer, $1000 stipend. Last year two full-year and five summer fellowships were awarded. Funds were provided by Perkin-Elmer Corp., Procter & Gamble, the Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, Olin Corp. Charitable Fund, and the Division of Analytical Chemistry. Application blanks and detailed information are available from: T. R. Williams, Chairman, Fellowship Committee, c/o Dept. of Chemistry, T h e College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio 44691. Final award announcements will be made in April.
International Symposium on Microchemical Techniques—1977 T h e International Symposium on Microchemical Techniques—1977 will be held in Davos, Switzerland, 22-27 May 1977. As in the previous symposia, the program will consist of plenary lectures, invited introductory lectures, and contributed papers. T h e official languages will be English and German. A program of social hour activities will be included in the schedule for the technical participants as well as a separate program for the accompanying family members. T h e varied topics to be covered by the conference include new or optimized chemical and physical methods for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of elements, organic and inorganic compounds, with reference either to very small samples or to very low concentrations; microprobe and surface analysis; microchemical preparations; and the applications of these techniques to biochemistry, clinical chemistry, pharmacy, environmental studies, forensic science, materials science, geochemistry, cosmochemistry, archaeology, etc. T h e symposium will be highlighted by the presentation of 28 plenary and invited lectures encompassing speakers from the U.S., Eastern and Western Europe, Japan, and the USSR. Notable among the speakers from the U.S. who are familiar to readers of A N A L Y T I C A L C H E M I S T R Y are E. C.
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Horning, D. E. Leyden, L. Mettes, J. Mitchell, R. A. Osteryoung, G. A. Rechnitz, E. Sawicki, S. Siggia, and P. Zuman. All contributed papers will be allocated about 15 min for the oral presentation, followed by 5 min for discussion. Because of the large number of papers to be presented, the contributed papers will be arranged in parallel sessions, with introductory " t h e m e " lectures. These special lectures, setting the theme of the symposium, will be given by E. O. Fischer (West Germany), R. Jungk (Austria), and W. Simon (Switzerland) on the significance of analysis in modern society, research, technology, and the environment. T h e symposium will take place in the Davos Convention Center, the world renowned health and sports center, situated in a lovely valley in the Swiss Alps at 1560 meters above sea level. T h e Exhibition, covering an area of more than 500 square meters, will also be located in the Center. Manufacturers of analytical instruments and chemical products are expected to exhibit their latest developments and innovations. A special group flight is being arranged for participants from the U.S. For further information regarding travel and the group flight, contact: Kuoni Travel, Inc., 11 East 44th St., New York, N.Y. 10017 (212-687-7190). For further information regarding the program and registration, write (airmail): I S M Secretariat, CH-8606 Greifensee-Ziirich, Switzerland.
News Analytical Chemistry at Work Third FACSS Meeting T h e Third Annual Meeting of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), held November 14-19, 1976, in Philadelphia, was combined with the X I X Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale and the VI International Conference on Atomic Spectroscopy. In addition to the seven sponsoring organizations of FACSS and the sponsoring international groups, the Analytical Chemistry Division of the Chemical Institute of Canada and the Spectroscopy Society of Canada assisted in the program planning. T h e National Bureau of Standards also provided some support. T h e broad technical program covered the interests of all these groups. About 2650 registrants participated in this international program. Approximately 21% of the 385 technical presentations came from groups outside the United States. Starting with museum science, the program covered not only advancements in the techniques used by analytical chemists and spectroscopists, but especially dealt with application areas where these techniques are important. Introductions and welcoming remarks were made by Du Pont's Edward C. Dunlop, program chairman, and Edward G. Brame, Jr., arrange-
ments chairman. I. M. Levitt, speaking for Mayor Frank L. Rizzo, welcomed the attendees and announced t h a t the mayor had proclaimed "Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Week" in Philadelphia. It was suggested t h a t conferees, especially the foreign visitors, could take advantage of the many historic sights afforded by Philadelphia, which, of course, had been "spruced u p " for the Bicentennial year. Some highlights of the technical program are given below. Although ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
had three
staff members at the meeting, it was not possible to cover the extensive technical program completely, and competing sessions made choices very difficult. Only a few of the many, many interesting presentations can be mentioned in our limited journal space. T h e technical program began on Monday morning with the symposium on analytical chemistry in museum science. A plenary lecture was given by Victor Hanson of the Scientific Research Laboratories of the Winterthur Museum in Delaware. T h e Winterthur has 200 period rooms on display covering the period from 1680 to 1840. In determining the composition of art objects, the research laboratory aids the curator in judging the authenticity of an object, helps the conservator develop methods to restore and conserve materials, and helps the historian to understand the method of fabrication.
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T h e lab uses an energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence instrument with a radioactive isotope for the x-ray source and a Hewlett-Packard computer for normalizing spectra. With this "Curator's Dream I n s t r u m e n t " and standards made to order for the work, a library of compositional data on thousands of silver, pewter, brass, bronze, glass, ceramics, and graphics and painted objects has been produced. Some examples were given to show the use of their analysis in determining t h e age and history of objects. In this same symposium L. J. Cline Love described the very interesting study of surfaces of gold coins and modern copies being made by her a t Seton Hall University and by scientists at Bell Laboratories and the Museum of the City of New York. Unlike other types of material, gold has so few impurities t h a t compositional analysis alone cannot determine authenticity. Surface studies are made by using scanning electron microscopy, x-ray fluorescence, and Auger spectroscopy. T h e methods give elemental compositions from about 300 to 100 Â depth and provide information on the surface topography and morphology, as well as the distribution of elements across the surfaces of coins. Especially significant may be the debris on the coins. With these techniques it is often possible to determine how a coin was made and what type of die, for instance, was used. Tbese data plus information on the history of the coin can help distinguish genuine gold coins from modern copies of the same coins. In the symposium entitled "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Instrumentation and Quantitation", emphasis was on Fourier transform NMR. Frank Bovey from Bell Laboratories illustrated the use of both 1:,C and proton N M R in quantitative analyses of vinyl polymers, with a focus on polymer structure: isotactic, syndiotactic, and random. Heinrich Kaiser had been scheduled to give a paper on " T h e Concept of Accuracy in Chemical Analysis" in the symposium on trace element analyses and reference standards. Unfortunately, Dr. Kaiser died in August 1976. Philip LaFleur, director of the Analytical Chemistry Division at the National Bureau of Standards, substituted with a talk based on his more than 10 years of experience with accuracy in trace element analysis. He particularly cited the importance of accuracy in the measurement process as the results approach some kind of "action" level. This was in reference to environmental and health standards which
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T. S. Ma (left), RELC International House, Singapore, and City University of New York in Brooklyn, receives the Benedetti-Pichler Award in Microchemistry. Shown with Dr. Ma are Leonard C. Klein (center) of FMC Corp., discussion leader, and P. N. Keliher of Villanova University, présider at the award symposium are mandatory. Dr. LaFleur described the protocol used at the Bureau to obtain "accurate" methods and described the meaning of a "definitive" method. Many examples were given to show the variations in results from interlaboratory tests. These data were widely scattered and were used to emphasize the importance of choosing a laboratory carefully to make analyses. Two excellent talks, among the many featured in the symposium on recent trends in mass spectrometry, were presented by M.S.B. Munson and C. C. Fenselau. In the first on chemical ionization mass spectrometry (CIMS), Dr. Munson (University of Delaware) emphasized the tremendous growth in this technique since its introduction in 1966. Although CIMS methodology is still being developed, the technique is no longer primarily a research tool, but is being used routinely by many workers. Nonspecific reagent gases, which are high energy and highly reactive and which react with almost every compound to produce ions, as well as low energy, highly selective reactant ions or reagent gases, including i-C^i\\o, N O + , and NH : ! , are needed for CIMS work. Studies have also been reported on negative ion CIMS. Sensitivity comparisons between EI (electron impact) and CI mass spectrometry are difficult to make, and literature claims vary. However, using their high-pressure mass spectrometer, Drs. Hatch and Munson have found t h a t EI, CH4, CI,
and N9/NO CI sensitivities are similar with C H 4 CI being the greatest. Relative sensitivities of different compounds for both EI and CIMS, as well as relative rate constants for reactions of different compounds with the same reactant ions, can be determined with a direct interface between a gas chro-
matograph and a magnetic mass spectrometer. T h e rate constants are determined by monitoring the decrease in signal of the reactant ion during the GC peak. Basicities of compounds may also be differentiated by this reactant ion monitoring technique. Dr. Fenselau (The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) discussed the mass spectrometer as a gas chromatographic detector. This combination produces "a powerful separation technique with a sensitive method for characterizing compounds with high structural specificity". T h e mass spectrometer can be used to record chromatograms in several ways. For nonspecific detection, total ion current is monitored. For sensitive, specific recording of the chromatographic effluent, the intensities of a small number of preselected ions are measured as a function of time. T h e mass spectrometer may also be scanned every few seconds during the separation, and intensity profiles of individual or summed ions are reconstructed from the sequential spectra. This last operation is best performed with the aid of a computer. For quantitative assays, selected ion monitoring is the most popular technique. T h e sample is not consumed unnecessarily, and because the sampling time is longer, sensitivity can be higher than t h a t available from chromatograms based on scanned spectra. T h e unique capabilities of gas chromatography with a
Foreign visitors: Upper, I to r, Paul Croissant, Past President of CSIXVIII held last year in Grenoble, France; Y. K. Chau, Canada; Jean Artaud, France. Lower, I to r, Maurice Romand, Jacques Robin, R. Bador, all from France
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News mass spectrometric detector were illustrated by studies of the synthesis of glucuronides of A 9 -tetrahydrocannabinol and its metabolites and of the pharmacology of the antitumor drug cyclophosphamide. On Tuesday morning the Lippincott Medal Award was presented to Richard C. Lord of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Jack E. Katon, president of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. In his award address Dr. Lord discussed the application of Raman spectroscopy to molecular biology and called for close collaboration between molecular biologists and spectroscopists. He cited the revolution in Raman spectroscopy brought about by the introduction of the laser which has reduced sample size requirements. Describing work done in his own laboratory, Dr. Lord illustrated the correlation of spectral data with molecular conformation of biomolecules. Later in the symposium, W. G. Fateley, Kansas State University, shared stories from the colorful life of Ellis R. Lippincott. L. F. Bellamy from England discussed the origins of changes in CH stretching frequencies in alkyl compounds and offered a hypothesis to explain them. Also on Tuesday morning, during the session on analytical chemistry for clinical laboratories, M. McCracken and D. Krottinger spoke on an automated analyzer system developed in their laboratory at the University of Illinois. T h e first talk involved the instrumentation developments of the system and was followed by examples of applications. T h e instrument, all under microcomputer or minicomputer control, uses microamounts of sample and reagent and has a sample throughput of typically 300-600 samples per hour. Applications illustrated included enzyme activities, equilibrium methods, and slow and fast reaction rates. In the symposium on trace element analyses, A. Townshend from the University of Birmingham, England, discussed candoluminescence spectrophotometry and the work their group has been doing with this technique. T h e phenomenon itself has been known for a century and consists of emission from certain trace elements when a solid material is placed in a flame. Unlike many flame techniques the luminescence is generated in the solid matrix, not the flame, and can thus be stored and remeasured. T h e emission is measured with a flame emission spectrometer or a MECA (molecular emission cavity analysis) spectrometer. T h e latter is made by Anacon, Inc. (see NEW PRODUCTS,
Foreign visitors: Upper, I to r, Maurice Stoeptler, Vernon Frank, Kurt Holland-Moritz, all from Germany. Lower, I to r, C. L. Chakrabarti, Canada; B. D. L'vov, USSR; J. P. Matousek, Australia page 62 A, this issue). T h e matrix may vary, but quite a bit of work has been done with CaO with an activator such as bismuth or the rare earths. Other papers in this session dealt with the determination of nitrogen-containing compounds by MECA and specifically with the determination of some drugs, amino acids, proteins, and other biologically important compounds. MECA is another tool in the arsenal of the analytical chemist for trace analysis. At the Anachem Award symposium on Wednesday morning, awardee J o h n M. Vandenbelt of Parke, Davis & Co. explained how standards for ultraviolet instrumentation evolved. Problems with instrument performance led to the use of various means to check on the accuracy and consistency of instrument operation and led eventually to the development of glass filters with appropriate absorption. Dr. Vandenbelt also spoke on wavelength displacement and variations from the Beer-Lambert law. From his experience with antibiotics at Parke, Davis, he illustrated how knowledge of the properties and substituent groups and their interactions was used to interpret spectra and provide structural information. In the Wednesday morning symposium on process control analyzers, G. Ralph Johnson of the Yokogawa Corp. of America described the installation by Suntech, Inc., of a process on-line,
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x-ray energy-based, sulfur-in-oil analyzer developed by the Yokogawa Electric Works in J a p a n . T h e actual installation at Sun Oil Co. in Marcus Hook, Pa., is used to blend high and low sulfur stocks. Although there is a Du Pont SO2 analyzer on the boiler stacks, an on-stream sulfur analyzer for maximum efficiency was needed. T h e company's experience with the equipment since it was p u t into use in late 1975 included running checks in the lab with a Philips x-ray fluorescence unit. Operation has been satisfactory with the unit on-stream close to 99% of the time. T. S. Stevens from Dow Chemical Co. discussed two interesting applications of on-line ion chromatography in process control. Ion chromatography is a new analytical technique t h a t uses two ion-exchange columns in series followed by a flow-through electrical conductivity detector. T h e first column separates the ions in the injected sample. T h e second column suppresses the conductance of the electrolyte in the eluent but not t h a t of the separated ions. T h e first application involved the use of an automated, onstream ion chromatograph for the determination of chloride, sulfite, sulfate, and orthophosphate in boiler blow-down water. Stevens discussed a second industrial application in which chloride and chlorate are determined in 20% sodium hydroxide. At the symposium on furnace atom-
News ic absorption, B. V. L'vov of the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute presented electrothermal atomization as the way toward absolute methods of atomic absorption analysis. According to Dr. L'vov, " I t is advisable to distinguish between several stages in the solution of the problem of absolute methods of analysis (requiring no standards)." These include "stability of calibration as a function of time; the identical calibration for various AA spectrometers of the same type; possibility of recalculation of calibration for different measurement conditions; elimination of matrix effects on calibration obtained for pure element; (and) theoretical calibration on the basis of some fundamental constants". Based on these considerations, Dr. L'vov, using commercially available devices for nonflame atomization, analyzed the state-of-the-art of atomic absorption spectrometry. In the Lippincott Medal Symposium held Wednesday afternoon, Howard J. Sloane of Beckman Instruments described an infrared method to examine material extracted from t h a t collected on charcoal tubes. T h e latter are used to collect air from the immediate breathing zone of workers as required by OSHA standards. Beckman has developed a system with an infrared instrument, computer, and software to automate identification of trace components by the filed library of infrared spectral data in the computer. In the system the computer can pick peaks, apply weight factors, search and match, and finally tabulate peaks according to criteria given the computer. Applications are likely in areas where the universe of possible compounds is relatively limited to approximately 30. On Thursday morning the Benedetti-Pichler Award in Microchemistry was presented to T. S. Ma of the City University of New York. In his award address, which included many accounts of his travels abroad this past year, Dr. Ma discussed the development of micromethods and some of their applications. He defined microchemistry as dealing "with the principles and techniques for using the minimum amount of working material to obtain the desired chemical information". He stressed that microchemistry encompasses many different areas of chemical experimentation and is available to all workers confined to very small sample sizes, with no restriction on equipment and techniques used. Other activities at the FACSS meeting included an instrument exposition, technical films, short courses, work-
shops, and an elaborate social program. There was also an employment service coordinated by Bell Laboratories' David Nash who reported there were only 30 applicants for about 50 job openings. This represents a contrast from the experience of employment services at other technical meetings and an encouraging sign for those looking for work. Jeanette Grasselli of the Standard Oil Co. is program chairlady, and Mitch Kapron and J a m e s A. Burns, Jr., are arrangements cochairmen for the fourth annual FACSS meeting scheduled for Nov. 7-11, 1977, at Cobo Hall, Convention Center, in Detroit, Mich. A paperback book of long abstracts of the technical papers given at the third FACSS meeting is available for $5.00 plus $1.00 for domestic postage and $2.00, foreign, from Edward B. Ruffing, Scherago Assoc, Inc., P.O. Box 874, Upper Montclair, N.J. 07043.
Meetings • 1977 Gordon R e s e a r c h Conference on Electrochemistry. Jan. 17-21. Miramar Hotel, Santa Barbara, Calif. $175. Contact: Alexander M. Cruickshank, Director, Gordon Research Conferences, Pastore Chemical Laboratory, U. of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I. 02881. 401783-4011 • 24th Annual Conference of the Western Spectroscopy Association. Jan. 26-28. Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, Calif. Contact: A. Abu-Shumays, Varian Instrument Div., Palo Alto, Calif. 94303 • Meeting and Exhibit of American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Feb. 14-18. Town & Country Hotel, San Diego, Calif. Contact: H. L. Kimball, P.O. Box 302, New Hartford, Conn. 06057. 203-3795747 • 28th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. Feb. 28-Mar. 4. Cleveland Convention Center, Cleveland, Ohio. Contact: Edwin S. Hodge, Carnegie-Mellon U., Mellon Institute, 4400 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. .15213. Page 762 A, Aug. 1976 • International Symp. Clinical Chemistry & Chemical T o x i c o l o gy of Toxic Metals. Mar. 3-5. Monte Carlo, Monaco. Contact: F. William Sunderman, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, U. of Connecti-
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cut School of Medicine, Farmington, Conn. 06032 • International Symposium on N u clear Techniques in Exploration, Extraction, & Processing of Mineral Resources. Mar. 7 - 1 1 . Vienna, Austria. Contact: John H. Kane, Energy Research & Development Adm., Washington, D.C. 20545 m 173rd ACS National Meeting. Mar. 20-25. New Orleans. Contact: A. T. Winstead, ACS, 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 • American National Metric Council Third Annual Conference and Exposition. Mar. 21-23. McCormick Inn, Chicago. Contact: George B. Buchanan, American National Metric Council, 1625 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 • S c a n n i n g Electron M i c r o s c o p y / 1977 Meeting. Mar. 29-30. Chicago. Contact: Om Johari, HT Research Institute, 10 West 35th St., Chicago, III. 60616 • 1st International Congress on Toxicology. Mar. 30-Apr. 2. Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario. Contact: Robert G. Burford, G. D. Searle & Co. of Canada Ltd., 400 Iroquois Shore Rd., Oakville, Ont., L6H 1M5, Canada • Fifth Conference on Chemical and M o l e c u l a r Lasers. Apr. 18-20. Contact: W. Q. Je f fers, Helios Inc., P.O. Box 2190, Boulder, Colo. 80302 • ACS 11th Middle Atlantic R e gional Meeting. Apr. 20-23. U. of Delaware, Newark. Contact: W. A. Sheppard, Du Pont Experimental Station, Central Research Lab, Wilmington, Del. 19898 • 7th Annual Symposium on the Analytical Chemistry of P o l l u tants. Apr. 24-27. Lake Lanier Island, Georgia. Sponsored by ACS Divisions of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry. Contact: Elaine McGarity, Environmental Research Lab, College Station Rd., Athens, Ga. 30601 m AOAC 2nd Annual Spring Meeting. May 4-6. Stouffer's Inn, Cincinnati, Ohio. Contact: Howard P. Moore, Chief, Consumer Analytical Laboratories, Ohio Dept. of Agriculture, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068 (614-866-6361); or John Feldman, Laboratory Director, Food and Drug Administration, 1141 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (513-684-3511) m 151st National M e e t i n g of the Electrochemical Society. May 8-13. Philadelphia. Contact: The Electrochemical Society, Inc., P.O. Box 2071, Princeton, N.J. 08540 • N e w York Microscopical Soci-
News ety's Dialogues in Microscopy '77 Meeting. May 14-19. Statler Hilton Hotel, New York City. Contact: John A. Reffner, Program Chair man, New York Microscopical Soci ety, Institute of Materials Science, U. of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. 06268. Page 968 A, Oct. 1976 • International Symposium on Microchemical T e c h n i q u e s 1977. May 22-27. Davos, Switzerland. Contact: Wolfgang Merz, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Untersuchungslaboratorium, WHU, D-6700 Ludwigshafen, East Germany • Symposium on Minicomputers and Large-Scale Computations. May 29-^June 2. Montreal, Canada. Contact: Peter Lykos, Illinois Insti tute of Technology, Chicago, III. 60616. 312-567-343. Page 661 A, July 1976 • 25th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. May 29-June 3. Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. Contact: Κ. Ε. McCulloh, A145, Chemistry Build ing, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC. 20234 • 2nd Joint Conference of the American Chemical Society and the Chemical Institute of Cana da. May 29-June 3. Queen Eliza beth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec. In cludes analytical chemistry sessions. Contact: M. W. Kirkwood, Du Pont of Canada Ltd., P.O. Box 660, Mon treal, P.Q. H3C 2V1, Canada. 514861-3861. Page 1150 A, Dec. 1976 m ACS 11th Great Lakes Regional Meeting. J u n e 6-8. U. of Wiscon sin, Stevens Point. Contact: W. B. Gitchel, Zimpro Inc., Rothschild, Wis. 54474 m ACS 30th Annual S u m m e r Sym posium. J u n e 13-15. U. of Massa chusetts, Amherst. Sponsored by ACS Division of Analytical Chemis try. Contact: S. Siggia, GRC Tower 1, U. of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 01002 m 32nd ACS N o r t h w e s t Regional Meeting. J u n e 15-17. Portland State U., Portland, Ore. Contact: J. K. Long, Mogul Corp., 2852 N. W. 31st Ave., Portland, Ore. 97210 • Laser 77 Opto-Electronik, The 3rd International Congress and International Exhibition. J u n e 20-24. Munich, Germany. Contact: Munchener Messe-und Ausstellungsgesellschaft mbH, Messegelande, Miinchen, Germany • 1977 International Conference on Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. J u n e 20-24. Univer sity of South Carolina, Columbia,
S.C. Contact: R. O. Kagel, FT-IR Conference, Environmental Ser vices, 628 Bldg., Midland, Mich. 48640. Page 762 A, Aug. 1976 • 3rd International Conference on Ion Beam Analysis. J u n e 27-July 1. Georgetown U., Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Naval Research Laboratory and Georgetown U. Contact: Eligius A. Wolicki, Radia tion Technology Div., Naval Re search Lab, Washington, D.C. 20375 • 4th SAC Conference of the Ana lytical Division of the Chemical Society. July 17-22. U. of Birming ham, England. Contact: The Secre tary, Analytical Division, Chemical Society, Burlington House, London W1VOBN, UK U 29th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Clini cal Chemistry. July 17-22. Chica go. Contact: American Association for Clinical Chemistry, 1725 Κ St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 m 5th International Conference on Thermal Analysis. Aug. 1-6. Kyoto, J a p a n . Contact: The Secre tariat, ICTA V, do Society of Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis, Japan, Daiichi Kanamori Bldg., 15-31 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan • International Conference of X-ray Optics & Microanalysis. Aug. 18-24. Sheraton-Boston Hotel, Boston, Mass. Sponsored by the Microbeam Analysis Society and coor dinated with the Electron Microsco py Society of America. Contact: Robert E. Ogilvie, Room 13-5069, Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology, Cambridge, Mass. 02139 • International Solvent Extraction Conference, ISEC 77. Sept. 9-16. Toronto, Ontario. Sponsored by the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering, and the Society for Chemical Industry. T h e program includes analytical ses sions. Contact: M.H.I. Baird, Secre tary, ISEC 1977, Chemical Engi neering Dept., McMaster U., Ham ilton, Ont. L8S 4L7, Canada • S c a n n i n g and Transmission Electron Microscopy Meeting. Sept. 12-14. U. of Glasgow, Scot land. Sponsored by the Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group of the Institute of Physics. Contact: Meetings Officer, The Institute of Physics, 47 Belgrave Square, Lon don SW1X8QX, UK • 7th International Vacuum Con gress and 3rd International Con ference on Solid S u r f a c e s . Sept. 12-16. Vienna, Austria. Contact:
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Nancy Hammond, Executive Secre tary, American Vacuum Society, 335 East 45th St., New York, Ν. Υ. 10017 m 1977 General Assembly of Gesellschaft D e u t s c h e r Chemiker. Sept. 12-16. Miinchen, West Germany. Includes Analytical Chemistry Divi sion sessions. Contact: GDCh-Geschâftsstelle, Postfach 90 04 40, D6000 Frankfurt/Main 90, West Germany • 50th Anniversary of the Discovery of Electron Diffraction Meeting. Sept. 19-21. Imperial College, London. Organized by the Institute of Physics in collaboration with the Royal Microscopical Society and the Faraday Division of the Chemical Society. Contact: Meetings Office, The Institute of Physics, 47 Belgrave Square, London SW1X8QX, England • 9th Meeting of the British Mass Spectroscopy Group. Sept. 27-29. University of Swansea, Wales. Contact: J. R. Chapman, Secretary, British Mass Spectroscopy Group, ΑΕΙ Scientific Apparatus Ltd., Barton Dock Road, Urmston, Man chester M31 2LD, England U 152nd National Meeting of the Electrochemical Society. Oct. 9-14. Hyatt Regency Hotel, Atlanta, Ga. Contact: The Electrochemical Society, Inc., P.O. Box 2071, Prince ton, N.J. 08540 m 1977 Annual Meeting of the Opti cal Society of America. Oct. 1014. Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ont-, Canada. Organized in coopera tion with the Atomic and Molecular Physics and the Optical Physics Di visions of the Canadian Association of Physics. Contact: Optical Society of America, 2000 L St., N.W., §620, Washington, D.C. 20036 • 91st Annual Meeting of the Asso ciation of Official Analytical Chemists. Oct. 17-20. Marriott Hotel, Twin Bridges, Washington, D.C. Contact: Luther G. Ensminger, AOAC, Box 540, Benjamin Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044. m 24th Canadian Spectroscopy Symposium. Oct. 23-26. Confer ence Centre, Ottawa, Canada. Con tact: T. R. Churchill, Canmet, 555 Booth St., Ottawa, Ont., Canada K1A 0G1 m Fourth Annual Meeting of the Federation of Analytical Chemis try and Spectroscopy Societies. Nov. 7-11. Convention Center, De troit, Mich. Contact: Mitch Kapron, Ethyl Corp., 1600 W. Eight Mile Rd., Ferndale, Mich. 48220. 313542-6940
