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with t h e Food G r o u p of t h e Society of Chemical I n d u s t r y . Local sections and groups held 35 meetings. A n u m b e r of m e t h o d s for t h e analysis of t r a d e effluents were issued a n d a s t u d y of m e t h o d s of assay for crude drugs was initiated.

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Η κ Congress on M o d e r n Analytical Chemistry in I n d u s t r y will be held a t S t . Andrews University J u n e 24 t o 28. Sponsor is t h e Scottish Section, Society for Analytical Chemistry. T h e p r o g r a m a p p e a r s below: Monday, J u n e 24 Opening remarks by Chairman of the Scottish Section, Magnus Pyke. Section I. Analysis in Modern Industry Congress Lecture: "Analytical Chemis­ t r y in I n d u s t r y . "

JAMES CBAIK, Chair­

man, I.C.I., Ltd. Analytical Research in the D.S.I.R. in Relation to Industry. G. R. DAVIES, Chemical Research Laboratory. Modern Analytical Methods in the Iron and Steel Industry. B. BAGSHAWE, Brown Firth and Co., Ltd. Steelworks Analysis Using Spectrographic Methods. D . MANTERFIELD, Steel, Peech and Tozer, Ltd.

Modern Analytical Chemistry and t h e Precious Metals. A. R. POWELL, Johnson M a t t h e y & Co., L t d . Analytical Research in the Nobel D i ­ vision of I.C.I. A. F . WILLIAMS, I.C.I., Ltd. Thursday, J u n e 27 Process Analytical

Control.

B. W.

BRADFORD, I.C.I., Ltd.

Section III. Developments in Analysis for New Problems in Industry Congress Lecture: "New Analytical Reagents and Their Applications in Indus­ trial Plant Control Operations." G. F . SMITH, University of Illinois. Use of Radioactive and Stable Isotopes in Industrial Analytical Problems. A. A. SMALES, U . K . Atomic Energy Authority. An Approach to Automatic Analytical Measurements. D . A. PATIENT, Baird and Tatlock, London, Ltd. Friday, J u n e 28 Polarography.

G. C. BARKER, G. W. C.

M I L N E R , AND H. SHALGOSKY, U.K. Atomic

Tuesday, J u n e 25 Chemical Problems in the Electrical Industry. Contribution of Analysis as a Research Service. R. C. CHIBNSIDE, General Electric Co., Ltd. Application of Physical Methods of Analysis in the Gas Industry. A. B.

Energy Authority. Application of Gas Chromatography in the Petroleum Industry. A. I. M. KEULEMANS, Koninklijke Shell Lab., Amsterdam. T h e Geochemical Approach t o Prospect­

DENSHAM AND G. GOUGH, N o r t h Thames

Andrews University.

Gas Board. Some Recent Work in t h e Department of the Government Chemist. G. M. · BENNETT, Government Chemist. Analytical Developments in a Pharma­ ceutical Laboratory. D . C. GARRATT, Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd. Section I I . Application of Some Newer Analytical Techniques in Industry Congress Lecture: "Analysis and Food." L. H. LAMPITT, J. Lyons and Co., Ltd. Wednesday, J u n e 26 Recent Progress in Separating Sub­ stances of High Molecular Weight. R. L. M. SYNGE, Rowett Research Institute. Emission Spectroscopy in Industrial Analysis. M. MILBOURN, I.C.I., Ltd. Analytical Chemistry and Medical Science. A. T. JAMES, Medical Research Council. The Analyst and Infrared Spectroscopy. A.

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Parsons and Co., Ltd. Modern Analytical Chemistry in Rela­ tion to the Plastics Industry. J. HASLAM, l.C.I., Ltd.

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Information h a s been received t h a t registrations h a v e been fully subscribed b u t t h a t it is expected t h a t t h e pro­ ceedings will be published in d u e course. F u r t h e r details are available from t h e Society for Analytical Chemistry, 14 Belgrave Square, London, S.W. 1, England.

Society for Analytical Chemistry Growing Membership in t h e Society for A n a l y t ­ ical C h e m i s t r y is now u p t o 1870, a n increase of 28 over last year, members were told a t t h e 83rd a n n u a l general meeting, held a t London, M a r c h 1. J. H . H a m e n c e was elected president for t h e forthcoming year, succeeding K . A. Williams. D u r i n g t h e previous year t h e society held six regular meetings a n d a meeting

T h e new Microchemical Journal is now being published b y Interscience P u b ­ lishers, I n c . , under t h e auspices of t h e Metropolitan Microchemical Society. T h e editor is Nicholas D . Cheronis, Brooklyn College. M e m b e r s of t h e edi­ torial b o a r d a r e : J o h n A. Means, Al­ fonso G. M i s t r e t t a , T . S. M a , A . A . Benedetti-Pichler, a n d Bella Rosenfeld. T w o issues totaling a b o u t 360 pages are scheduled for 1957. Subscription price is S9.60. M e m b e r s of t k e Micro­ chemical Society g e t a preferred r a t e of $4.00. I n addition t o publishing articles con­ cerning t h e philosophy, ideas, a n d tech­ niques of microchemical procedure as applied t o all areas of t h e physical a n d biological sources, t h e journal will in­ clude a b s t r a c t s of articles from a wide v a r i e t y of journals. F u r t h e r details are available from Interscience Publishers, Inc., 250 Fifth Ave., N e w York 1, Ν . Υ .

Bee km α η Instruments Estab­ lishes Process Instruments Division B e c k m a n I n s t r u m e n t s , I n c . , h a s es­ tablished a new Process I n s t r u m e n t s Division with h e a d q u a r t e r s a t Fullerton, Calif., a n d a manufacturing a n d en­ gineering facility a t Ronceverte, W . Va. A rapid increase in sales of indus­ trial a n d process control i n s t r u m e n t s h a s led t o this step, Arnold O. B e c k m a n , president, stated. M a r k H . Howlett, former sales m a n a g e r for scientific instruments, will head t h e new Process I n s t r u m e n t s Division.

Fisher Acquires Machlett Fisher Scientific Co. h a s purchased t h e laboratory a p p a r a t u s a n d supply business of E . M a c h l e t t a n d Sons. M a c h l e t t , a 60-year-old firm, will con­ tinue a t its present location, 220 E a s t 23rd St., N e w York, as a division of Fisher. VOL. 29, NO. 6, JUNE 1957

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New Computing-Data Processing Firm Established Datics Corp., a new organization offering services in electronic computing a n d d a t a processing, h a s been estab­

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lished. T h e firm, located a t 6000 C a m p Bowie Blvd., F o r t W o r t h , Tex., offers service in solving scientific a n d in­ dustrial problems o n a contract basis. K e n n e t h L . Austin, president, h a s served with Douglas Aircraft, Consoli­ dated Engineering, a n d E l e c t r o D a t a Corp.

Brooklyn Poly Offers Special Summer Course Advanced professional instruction in use of specialized physical tools in chem­ istry a n d physics will b e given a t a " N e w Summer Laboratory P r o g r a m for I n d u s t r y . " Sponsor is t h e Polytechnic I n s t i t u t e of Brooklyn. Courses will b e

CALENDAR

June Ί0 to 14 I

Symposium on Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Contact: Harald H. Nielson, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Ref. May, page 44 A

June 13 to 15 I

10th Summer Symposium, ACS Analytical Chemistry Division and

June 16 to 21 |

Annual Meeting, ASTM, Chalfonte-Haddon Hall, Atlantic City, N . J. Contact: American Society for Testing Materials, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia 3, P a . See page 28 A.

June 24 to 28 i

Congress on Modern Analytical Chemistry in Industry, St. Andrew's University, Scotland. See page 25 A.

July 10 to 17

4th General Assembly and International Congress, International Union of Crystallography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

July 16 to 25 |

XlXth Conference and XVI Congress, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Paris, France. See page 30 A.

July 26

Conference on Control of Chemical Additives in Food. Sponsors: Society for Analytical Chemistry, Association of Public Analysts (of Great Britain), Food Law Institute of the U.S., American Bar Asso­ ciation (Division of Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law), and Society of Chemical Industry (Food Group). Royal Institution, London, Eng­ land. Contact: Society for Analytical Chemistry, 14 Belgrave Square, London, S.W. 1.

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, Purdue University, Lafayette, I n d .

Ref.

April P a r t I, page 21 A

Aug. 7 to 9—Sixth Annual Conference on Industrial Applications of X-Ray Analysis, Denver Research Institute, University of Denver. Coming Events Aug. 20 to 22—Conference on Liquid Scintillation Counting, Northwestern University, Evanston, 111. See page 34 A. Aug. 26 to 30—Eighth Annual Infrared Spectroscopy Institute, Fisk University, Nash­ ville, Tenn. See page 34 A. Aug. 28 to 30—International Symposium on Gas Chromatography, Instrument Society of America, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. Sept. 8 to 13—132nd National Meeting, ACS, New York, Ν . Υ. Sept. 11 to 13—Fourth Ottawa Symposium on Applied Spectroscopy, Canadian Association for Applied Spectroscopy, Victoria Museum, Ottawa. Oct. 14 to 16—Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, Annual Meeting, Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D . C. Nov. 2 to 10—International Congress and Exhibition of Measuring Instrumentation and Automation, Nordwestdeutsche Ausstellungs-Gesellschaft m. b . H., Ehrenhof 4, Dtisseldorf, Germany. See page 39 A.

NEWS held at various times between June 3 and August 12. The schedule of courses is as follows:

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OXYATOR now permits contin­ uous o p e r a t i o n in the determination of Oxygen in metal Research by Ledoux & Company h a s resulted in this n e w and advanced Model 3TG-2 Oxyator. N o w f o r t h e first t i m e , c o n t i n u o u s o p e r a t i o n h a s been m a d e possible. T h i s n e w a n d important feature incorporates the u s e of t h e m u l t i p l e s a m p l e l o a d i n g a r m which permits the introduction of a n e w s a m p l e i m m e d i a t e l y u p o n t h e c o m p l e t i o n of t h e p r e v i o u s d e ­ termination. The results are greater speed a n d lower costs in t h e deter­ m i n a t i o n of O x y g e n i n m e t a l s .

June 3 to 7. Applied Infrared Spectros­ copy. June 3 to 7, 10 to 14, 17 to 21. New Polymerization Techniques and Stereospecific Polymers. Evening lectures—same dates. June 10 to 21. Industrial Applications of X-ray Diffraction. July 8 to August 12. Application of Ion Exchange Resins and Membranes. June 24 to 28. New Electrolytic Tech­ niques. Full details are available from Mrs. Doris Cattell, Summer Laboratory Pro­ gram, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 99 Livingston St., Brooklyn 1, Ν. Υ.

ASTM Meets June 16 to 21 Symposia on determination of gases in metals, spectrochemical analysis for trace elements, a n d determination of dissolved oxygen in water will constitute p a r t of t h e a n n u a l meeting program of t h e American Society for Testing Materials. T h e meeting will b e held a t the Chalfonte-Haddon Hotel, Atlantic City, J u n e 16 t o 2 1 . I n addition t o 32 technical sessions, 50 or more of A S T M ' s m a i n technical committees a n d subcommittees h a v e also scheduled a host of meetings. P a p e r s of possible interest t o analysts are set forth below. T h e program is still t e n t a t i v e . Tuesday, J u n e 18, 9:30 A.M.

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Gases in Metals. D . L. GUERNSEY AND R. H . FBANKLIN, Massachusetts Institute

of Technology. Application of Vacuum Fusion to GasMetal Studies. W. G. GULDNER AND A. L. BEACH, Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Oxygen Determinations Using a Plati­ num Bath and Capillary Trap, W. G. SMILEY, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory,

University of California. Bromination-Carbon Reduction Method for Determination of Oxygen in Metals. M A U R I C E CODELL AND GEORGE NORWITZ,

Pitman-Dunn Lab., Frankford Arsenal. Emission Spectrometric Determination of Oxygen in Metals.

V. A. FASSEL, W.

Z. GORDON, AND R. W. TABERLING, Insti­

tute for Atomic Research and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State College. Tuesday, J u n e 18, 2:20 P.M.

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Thursday, June 20, 8:00 A.M. Symposium on Determination of Dissolved Oxygen in Water Study of the Accuracy of Methods of Testing for Dissolved Oxygen in High Purity Water. K. G. STOFFBR, Arabian American Oil Co. Polarographio Measurement of Dissolved Oxygen. W. W. ECKENFELDER, JB.,

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Engineering Experiment Station. Determination of Dissolved Oxygen by Means of a Cambridge Analyzer. H. Â. GRABOWSKI, Combustion Engineering, Inc. Further details are available from the American Society for Testing Materials, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia 3, Pa.

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14 papers — 117 pages

Literature of Resins and Plastics 7 papers — 39 pages

Literature of Textile Chemistry 6 papers — 67 pages

Literature of Food Industry 10 papers — 86 pages

Literature of Petroleum Chemicals 10 papers — 121 pages

1 3 General Papers 109 pages sources and how to use them foreign language problems

from Special Publications D e p a r t m e n t American Chemical Society 1155 S i x t e e n t h S t r e e t , N . W . W a s h i n g t o n 6, D . C .

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The XVIth International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry, to be held in Paris July 18 to 24, promises to be a large meeting with 900 scientific papers sent in by authors of 38 nations. Lectures on physical, inorganic, and organic chemistry will be given in addition to the papers, and four symposia will be held on scientific bases of elastomers, fibers, and plastic tests; electrochemical methods of analysis; criteria for the purity of proteins; and geochemistry. The program for the symposium on modern electrochemical methods of analysis is given below. Almost simultaneously with the congress, the X l X t h Conference of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry will take place July 16 to 25 in Paris. Meetings are scheduled for the committees of the sections on physical, inorganic, organic, biological, and analytical chemistry. A number of excursions to places of interest in the area will be organized in connection with the congress, and a special program is planned for the ladies.

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July 23 Introduction. I; M. KOLTHOFF, Minneapolis. Application of Electroanalytical Methods in Fused Salt Media. Chronopotentiometry. H. A. LAITINEN, Urbana. Ampérométrie avec deux électrodes indicatrices. H. L. KIES, Delft. Potentiométrie à intensité constante. R. GAUGUN, Paris.

Courbes intensité-potentiel dans les échangeurs d'ions. J. COURSIEB, Paris. Coulometric Determinations. F. COTA, Prague. Coulometrie und das Coulomb als uni-

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Sendai. Cinétique d'adsorption et processus à l'électrode. P . DELAHAY, Baton Rouge. Electroseparation of Traces of Elements Using Potentiostats. L. ROGERS, R. C. D E G E I S O , AND C. F . MORRISON, J R . , Cam-

bridge, U. S. A. New Techniques in Radiological D e terminations Using Gamma Scintillation Spectrometry and Polarography. L. LOVE, San Francisco.

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Anwendungmôglichkeiten der Hochfrequenzmesstechnik in der analytischen Chemie. F . OEHME, Jena. Newer Methods for the Measurement of electrolytic Conductivity. V. S. G R I F -

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A n intensive course in instrumental analysis is being offered b y t h e D e p a r t m e n t of Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic I n s t i t u t e , August 12 t o 23. T h i s is t h e second year t h a t this lecture-laboratory program h a s been offered t o chemists a n d chemical e n gineers in industry a n d teaching. Stephen E . Wiberley a n d R o b e r t A. Osteryoung of R P I will direct t h e course. Lecturers will include experts in t h e fields of x-ray analysis, determination of organic structures b y p h y s ical methods, spectrastructure correlations in t h e infrared, emission spectroscopy, a n d organic analysis b y electrometric methods. L a b work will involve use of a wide variety of instrumentation. Closing date for registration, which is limited, is August 1. F u r t h e r details

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