A N A L Y T I C A L CHEMISTRY
Atomic Congress at Cleveland, December 12 to 16
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N T E R E S T S of g o v e r n m e n t , i n d u s t r y , e d u c a t i o n , medicine, a n d a g r i c u l t u r e in a t o m i c energy will be highlighted in t h e first n a t i o n a l N u c l e a r E n g i n e e r i n g a n d Science Congress t o be held a t Cleveland, Ohio, D e c e m b e r 12 t h r o u g h 16. T h e congress is being sponsored b y m o r e t h a n 25 professional, technical, a n d engineering societies, including the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
An a t o m i c exposition, held in con j u n c t i o n with t h e congress, will be open from D e c e m b e r 10 t h r o u g h 16. I t will cover a n e s t i m a t e d 80,000 square feet of floor space a n d will feature m o r e t h a n 140 exhibits b y American, C a n a d i a n , British, a n d Swiss firms. B o t h a c t i v i ties will be held in t h e Cleveland Auditorium. Congress a n d room reservation cou pons, which appeal- in t h e p r e l i m i n a r y p r o g r a m , a r e available from R . M . W a r r e n , A s s i s t a n t Secretary, A M E R I C A N CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 1155-16th St., N . W . , W a s h i n g t o n 6, D . C .
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Neutrons in Chemical Analysis.
Solvent-Extraction Separation of Uranium and Plutonium from Fission Products. J. R.
W . A.
B R O O K S B A N K , J R . , G. W . L E D D I C O T T E , AND
J. E . STRAIN, Oak Ridge N a t i o n a l L a b o r a tory. Gamma Spectrometric Analysis in Reactor
FLANARY
Technology. W. S. L Y O N , J R . , W. A. B R O O K S B A N K , J R . , S. A. R E Y M O N D S , AND
Tributyl Phosphate.
W.
R.
MCDONEL,
AND E .
AND E .
L.
ANDERSON,
CULLER,
Oak
Ridge
Nitrate
K E N N E T H A.
with
WALSH,
R . J . H E U S , AND F . T . M I L E S , B r o o k h a v e n
National Laboratory. Utilization of Isotopic Exchange for Radio chemical Separations. D . N . SUNDERMAN AND W . W . M E I N K E , University of Michigan. Decomposition of Water by Fission Recoil Particles. J. \V. B O Y L E , W . F . K I E E F E R , G. J . H O C H A N A D E L , T . J . S W O R S K I , AND
J.
J. A. G H O R M L E Y , Oak Ridge N a t i o n a l Laboratory. Separation of Protactinium from Uranium R e s i d u e s . MLTRRELL L. S A L U T S K Y , K E N N E T H S H A V E R , A N D R E W E L M L I N G E R , AND M A R Y
Lou CURTIS, Mound Laboratory. Recovery of Uranium from Leach Slurries by Continuous Ion Exchange. I. R. H I G GINS, Oak Ridge National L a b o r a t o r y . Fluoride Volatility Process for the D e contamination of Irradiated Uranium. II. H.
Phillips
Petroleum Co. Survey of Homogeneous-Reactor Chemi cal Problems. C. H . SECOY, Oak Ridgo National Laboratory. Catalog of Unique Legal Problems in Atomic Energy. Ε . Β . STASON, University of Michigan. Theoretical Approach to Dissolution of Uranium-Aluminum Alloys. H . S C H N E I D E R AND C. M . SLANSKY, Phillips P e t r o l e u m C o . U-Al Alloy Dissolution in Sodium Hydrox ide and Mercuric Nitrate-Nitric Acid Solutions.
L.
Los Alamos Scientific L a b o r a t o r y . Extraction of Protactinium from Solid Thorium Fluoride. R. H . W I S W A L L , J R . ,
H A R T , Argonne N a t i o n a l L a b o r a t o r y . Literature Resources on the Radiation Effects of High Polymers. F . A. P E C J A K AND K . H . S U N , Westinghouse Electric C o r p . R a d i a t i o n Stability of Chromium(VI) Ions in Acetate Buffered Solutions. It. L. ANDELIN
AND F .
National Laboratory. Extraction of Americium
G. ΛΥ. LEDDICOTTE, O a k Ridge N a t i o n a l Laboratory. Some Aspects of Radiation-Induced Cross Linking and Degradation. A. R. SHULTZ, M i n n e s o t a Mining a n d M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o . Isotope Effects in Gamma-Ray-Induced Reaction of Hydrogen and Hydrogen Per oxide in Aqueous Solutions. SHEFFIELD GORDON,
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H Y M A N AND J. J . K A T Z , A r g o n n e N a t i o n a l
Laboratory. Electrorefming as a Method for Removing Fission Products from Uranium Fuels. LEONAHD
W.
NIEDRACH
AND A R T H U R
C
GLAMM, Knolls L a b o r a t o r y , General Electric Co. Solvent Extraction Separation of U-233 and Thorium from Fission Products by Means of
R. G. W Y M E R AND R. E . B L A N C O ,
Oak Ridge N a t i o n a l L a b o r a t o r y .
A s u b s t a n t i a l p e r c e n t a g e of t h e nearly 300 technical p a p e r s t o b e p r e s e n t e d a t t h e congress are being sponsored b y t h e A M E R I C A N C H E M I C A L SOCIETY. These include t h e following: Nuclear Engineering Literature. MOND
L.
MURRAY,
North
College. Literature
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Technology.
VIRGINIA
RAY
Carolina
Nuclear
Power
STERNBERG,
State
THE CHEMICALS NORMALLY USED IN THE LABORATORY
Reactor West-
inghouse Electric C o r p . Radiation Ha2ards and Protective M e a s ures. Pertinent Literature. JOHN P. BINNINGTON, Brookhaven National Labora tory. Compilation of Nuclear Data. K A T H A R I N E W A Y , N a t i o n a l Research Council. Problems in Nuclear Terminology. R . T . OVERMAN
AND D .
R.
SMITH,
Oak
Ridge
National Laboratory. Organization of an Atomic
Energy I n
formation
D.
Service.
HOYLAND
OVER 4 0 0 0
YOUNG,
Argonne N a t i o n a l L a b o r a t o r y . Literature of Instrumentation for Radio logical
Studies.
MARJORIE
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COMSTOCK,
FINE ORGANICS
Brookhaven National Laboratory. Literature on Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations.
STAINS AND SOLUTIONS
M. I N G R A M AND W . B . M A S O N ,
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L^niversity of Rochester. Applications of Radioisotopes in Chemical Studies. J. W . B O R L A N D , Allied Chemical and D y e Corp. Tracer Techniques Applied to Sulfur Vulcanization. Reversion in Mercaptobenzothiazole Vulcanization.
IRVING
E.
H.
TURK,
J.
E.
R E I N , AND
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Tributyl Phosphate. A. T. GRESKY, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Fused-Salt Processing of Liquid Metal Reactor Fuels. C. J. RASEMAN,
AND J. WEISMAN,
Brook-
haven National Laboratory. Reaction-Rate Study of the Dissolution of Low-Hafnium Zirconium in Hydrofluoric Acid Solutions.
LABORATORIES
R. G. BAUMAN, L. HERSCH,
G. R. HILL AND TENNYSON
SMITH, University of Utah. Water-Quality Problems in Nuclear Energy Development. S. K. LOVE AND W. F. WHITE, U. S. Geological Survey. Solubility of Uranium(IV) Orthophos phates in Perchloric Acid Solutions. JAMES M. SCHREYEB AND L. R. PHILLIPS, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory. Spectrophotometric Investigation of Uranyl Phosphate Complex Formation in Perchloric Acid Solution. C. F. BAES, J E . , Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Extraction of Iron(III) from Acidic Sulfate Solutions by Di-n-decylamine Sulfate in Benzene. C. F. BAES, J R . , Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Studies in Carbonate-Uranium System. C. A. BLAKE, Κ. Β. BROWN, D. G. HILL, R. S. LOWRIE, AND J. M. SCHMITT, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory. Recent Developments in High-Tempera ture e.m.f. Measurements. M. H. LIETZKE, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Reduction of Uranium(VI) by Iron(H) in Phosphoric Acid Solution. C. F. BAES, JR., Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Process for Recovery of Large Quantities of Cesium-137 from Fission-Product Wastes. W. H. BURGUS AND H. W. MILLER, Phillips
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The i l l u s t r a t i o n s h o w s a set u p f o r t h e p h o t o electric t i t r a t i o n o f f l u o r i d e s .
Petroleum Co. Hot Laboratory Preparations in Kilocurie Level. G. W. PARKER, W. J- MARTIN, G. E. CREEK, AND P. M. LANTZ, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory. Laboratory Development of a Process for Preparation of Kilocurie Quantities of BaI40-La140.
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Oak
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R. C. PALANGE, G. G. ROBECK,
AND C. HENDERSON, U. S. Public Health Service. Radiation Damage to Radiochemical Proc essing Reagents. G. I. GATHERS, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Determination of Pile Constants by Chemi cal Methods. C. E. CROUTHAMEL, Argonne National Laboratory, AND E. TURK, Phillips Petroleum Co. Synthesis of Thorium-228 from Actinium227.
S e d i m e n t a t i o n test, p a r t i c l e size d e t e r m i n a t i o n , t u r b i d i t y test, p h o t o m e t r y , spec t r o s c o p y , n e p h l o m e t r i c m e a s u r e m e n t , etc.
EDWARD
C. M. SLANSKY, Phillips Petroleum Co. Trends in the Design of Cyclotrons after
Η. W. KIRBY, G. R. GROVE, AND D. L.
TIMMA, Mound Laboratory. Properties of Plutonium
Hexafluoride.
BERNARD WEINSTOCK AND JOHN G. MALM,
Argonne National Laboratory. Chemical Systems for Nitrogen-15 Isotope Enrichment.
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H a r v e y Diehl, professor of chemistry, Iowa State College, a n d Harold W . W a s h b u r n , vice president a n d director of research, Consolidated Engineering Corp., were announced a s recipients of awards administered b y t h e A M E R I ANALYTICAL
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analytical chemistry. T h e awards, announced a t t h e recent fall meeting of t h e A C S a t Minneapolis, will be presented a t t h e spring meeting a t Dallas in April 1956. Diehl is recipient of t h e Fisher Award in Analytical Chemistry, sponsored b y t h e Fisher Scientific C o . Objective of t h e award is t o recognize a n o u t s t a n d i n g contribution t o analytical chemistry b y a resident of t h e United States or Canada. Diehl, 45-year-old analyst with a B . S . a n d P h . D . from t h e University of Michigan, h a s been a t Iowa S t a t e since 1939. H e h a s done m u c h work in coordination a n d chelate chemistry a n d in applying electronics t o analytical techniques. H e is widely recognized as a teacher a n d writer. W a s h b u r n is recipient of t h e Beckm a n Award in Chemical I n s t r u m e n t a tion, sponsored b y B e c k m a n I n s t r u m e n t s , I n c . T h i s award, established in 1953, recognizes a n o u t s t a n d i n g cont r i b u t i o n in t h e development of instrum e n t s for chemical analysis or analytical i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n of industrial processes. W a s h b u r n , age 5 3 , holds a B . S . a n d P h . D . from t h e University of California and a n M . S . from M a s s a c h u s e t t s I n s t i t u t e of Technology. H i s degrees a r e all in t h e field of electrical engineering. Following a period of university teaching a n d industrial experience, he became vice president of Consolidated Engineering Corp. in 1937. H e h a s done m u c h research in developing t h e technique and promotion of t h e use of t h e mass spectrometer as a n analytical tool.
Southeastern Regional Meeting H P H E S o u t h e a s t e r n Regional Meeting of A C S local sections will be held in Columbia, S. C , N o v e m b e r 3 t o 5. T h e p r o g r a m includes nine symposia, p r e s e n t a t i o n of t h e S o u t h e r n C h e m i s t Award t o J . C. Warner, A C S PresidentElect, a n d a r o u n d table on local section programs a n d A C S speaker t o u r s . T h e following papers will be of special interest t o analytical chemists :
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