NEWS
BETHLEHEM LAB-LATHE
Southwest
THE
Regional M e e t i n g The 14th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, to be held at the Hilton Hotel, San Antonio, Dec. 4 to 6, will include a halfday session on analytical chemistry. The annual meeting of the Texas Water and Sanitation Research Foundation will be held concurrently. The program will place special emphasis on air pollution, wastes, and water. I t will also feature a Symposium on the Chemical Industry and Opportunities in Mexico. Allen V. Astin, Director, National Bureau of Standards, will be the banquet speaker on Friday evening, Dec. 5. The San Antonio Section is host. Meeting chairman is Alden Waitt (retired). Louis Koenig, research consultant, is program chairman. Registration fee is $5.00 for ACS members. Banquet tickets are $5.50. A ladies program is scheduled. There will be several industrial exhibits. Plant trips will include the Lone Star Brewery, American Lithium Chemicals, Brooke Army Medical Center, and Southwest Research Institute. The analytical program appears below:
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Friday Afternoon, Dee. 5 E. C. Smith,
T r i n i t y University,
Presiding
Introductory
Remarks.
E. C.
SMITH.
Gravimetric Determination of Potassium in Oilfield Brines. A. G. COLLINS AND J. W. WATKINS, Bureau
of Mines Petroleum Experiment Station. Determination of Titanium and Iron in Ilmenite Ores by Cerate Titrimetry. J. 0 . PAGE AND A. B. GAINER, A. & M. College of Texas.
Study of the Volatile Characteristics of Some Metal-Diketone Chelates.
E.
W.
BERG
AND J.
T.
TRUEMPER, Louisiana State University. pH Paradoxons and Their Usefulness in Analytical Chemistry. Determinations of Borates and Hardness in Waters. F. L. H A H N , Mexico, D. F. Feed Additives Analysis. Colorimetric Determination of 3,5-Dinitrobenzamide by the Janovsky Reaction. H. F. BECKMAN AND JEANNE DEMOTTIER, Texas Agricultural Ex-
perimental Station. Spectrophotometric Determination of Palladium with Phenyl
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