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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Nov. 17 to Dec. 1
31st E x p o s i t i o n of Chemical Industries. New York Coliseum. E x hibits will include laboratory equipment and supplies. Contact: International Exposition Co., 200 P a r k Ave., New York, Ν . Υ.
Nov. 2 9 to Dec. 1
I n t e r n a t i o n a l Symposium on Polymer Characterization. Columbus, Ohio. Sponsor: Battelle Memorial I n s t i t u t e . Contact: K. A. Boni, Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 K i n g Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43201.
Dec. 5 to 7
Conference on Communication P r o b l e m s i n t h e M a t h e m a t i c a l Sciences. Providence, R. I. Contact: Gordon L. Walker, Ameri can Mathematical Society, P . O. Box 6248, Providence, R. I. 02904.
Dec. 7 to 9
A C S Southwest Regional Meeting. Marion Hotel, Little Rock, Ark. Includes Analytical Division Sessions. Contact: Dr. E . Hall, Chemistry Dept., Graduate I n s t i t u t e of Technology, Little Rock, Ark. 72202. Page 61 A, July.
Dec. 2 6 to 2 9
E i g h t h S e m i n a r on Electrochemistry. Karaikudi, India. Contact: Secretary, Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology, Cecrinagar, Karaikudi-3, India, Page 60 A, N o v .
J a n u a r y 22 t o 25—Louisiana S t a t e University A n n u a l S y m posium on Analytical Chemistry. Baton Rouge, La. ConC o m i n g Events tact: James W. Robinson, D e p a r t m e n t of Chemistry, Louisi ana State University, B a t o n Rouge, La. 70803. Page 56 A, Dec. J a n . 28 t o Feb. 2—ASTM W i n t e r Meeting. Chalfonte H a d d o n Hall, Atlantic City, N . J . Contact: American Society for Testing and Materials, 1916 Race St., Phila delphia, P a . 19103. Feb. 1 t o 2—Third Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, American Chemical Society. Marriott M o t o r Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa. Includes analytical chemistry sessions. Contact: Dr. Lyle Phifer, American Viscose Division, P M C Corp., Marcus Hook, P a . Page 61 A, July. Feb. 19 to 22—53rd A n n u a l Meeting T A P P I . Hilton Hotel, N e w York City. Contact: Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, 360 Lexington Ave., New York, Ν . Υ. 10017. F e b . 22 t o 24—20th A n n u a l Meeting American Academy of F o r e n s i c Sciences. T h e Drake Hotel, Chicago, 111. Contact: Lt. Irwin G. Haviland, D e p t . of Police, 1121 South State St., Chicago, 111. 60605. Mar. 4 to 8—Nineteenth P i t t s b u r g h Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. Pittsburgh, P a . Contact: J o h n O. Frohliger, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, P a . Page 66 A, Sept. Mar. 31 to Apr. 5—155th N a t i o n a l A C S Meeting. San Francisco, Calif. Contact: E . C. Dunlop, E . I. du P o n t de N e m o u r s & Co., Wilmington, Del. 19898. Apr. 17 to 19—Conference on S t r u c t u r e A n a l y s i s : T h e r m a l Vibrations, Disorder, and P h a s e T r a n s i t i o n s . University of York. Contact: T h e Institute of Physics and T h e Physical Society, 47, Belgrave Square, London, S. W . 1, England. Page 60 A, Aug. Apr. 17 to 19—Fourth Conference on Spectroscopy. H o t e l Métropole, Brighton, E n g land. Contact: Institute of Petroleum, 61, New Cavendish St., London, W. 1, E n g ,! land. Page 65 A, July. ι Apr. 18 to 19—Joint Meeting on Limits of Detection in Analysis. Twente Technologi cal University, Enschede, T h e Netherlands. Contact: Mr. R. Goulden, Woodstock Agricultural Research Centre, Shell Research Ltd., Sittingbourne, K e n t , England. Page 64 A, Aug. Apr. 29 to May 2—Conference on Biochemical Analysis and I n t e r n a t i o n a l T r a d e E x hibition of Biochemical Analysis. Munich, Germany. Contact: Prof. E . Werle, 8 M u n c h e n 15, Nussbaumstr. 20, Germany. Page 61 A, N o v . M a y 5 t o 9—Spring Meeting of T h e Electrochemical Society. Statler Hilton Hotel, Boston, Mass. Contact: T h e Electrochemical Society, Inc., 30 E a s t 42nd St., New York, Ν . Υ. 10017. M a y 9 to 10—ACS Central Regional Meeting. Akron, Ohio. Contact: Glenn Brown, D e p t . of Chemistry, K e n t State University, Kent, Ohio. M a y 13 t o 17—Seventh N a t i o n a l Meeting of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. Sheraton-Chicago Hotel, Chicago, 111. Contact: Dr. E . L a n t e r m a n , B o r g - W a m e r Corp., R. C. Ingersoll Research Center, Wolf a n d Algonquin Rds., Des Plaines, 111. 60018. Page 66 A, Aug. M a y 14 to 18—Gas C h r o m a t o g r a p h y Symposium. E a s t Berlin. Contact: Dr. H . G. Struppe, Underkommission fur Gas-Chromatographie, DDR-705, Leipzig, Permoserstrasse 15, East Berlin. Page 63 A, July. J u n e 12 to 14—ACS N o r t h w e s t Regional Meeting. Portland State University, Portland, Ore. Contact: Harold Zeh, Reynolds Metals Co., Troutsdale, Ore. 97060. J u n e 13 to 14—ACS G r e a t L a k e s Regional Meeting. Sheraton Schroeder Hotel, Mil waukee, Wis. Includes analytical chemistry sessions. Contact: D r . Henry J. Peppier, Universal Foods Corp., 433 E a s t Michigan St., Milwaukee, Wis. 53201. P a g e 63 A, N o v . J u n e 17 t o 18—Seventh Conference on V a c u u m Microbalance Techniques. T e c h n o logical University of Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands. Contact: P a t Gaskins, Sec'y, Seventh Conference on V a c u u m Microbalance Techniques, 7500 Jefferson St., P a r a m o u n t , Calif. 90723. U.S.A.
NEWS June 17 to 21—Fourth International Materials Symposium. University of California, Berkeley. Contact: Professor G. Somorjai, D e p t . of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 94720. June 19 to 21—Summer Symposium on Analytical Chemistry. Subject: Computer Assisted Analytical Chemistry. Sponsor: Analytical Division, ACS and ANALYTICAL Contact: R. O. Crisler, Ivorydale Technical Center, Procter and CHEMISTRY. Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio 45217. June 23 to 28—71st Annual Meeting, A S T M . San Francisco Hilton and Sheraton, San Francisco, Calif. Contact: American Society for Testing and Materials, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia, P a . 19103. June 25 to 28—International Symposium on Gas Chromatography and Its Exploitation. Copenhagen. Contact: Mr. C. L. A. Harbourn, British Petroleum Research Centre, Chertsey Rd., Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, England. Page 61 A, July. July 8 to 11—Second International Symposium on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Sâo Paulo, Brazil. Contact: L. W. Beeves, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências, e Lettres, University of Sâo P a u l o , Caiza Postal, 8105, Sâo Paulo, Brazil. July 15 to 19—Second Society for Analytical Chemistry Conference. University of N o t t i n g h a m . Contact: C. A. Johnson, Second SAC Conference, 1968, 14 Belgrave Square, London, S. W. 1, England. Page 65 A, July. Aug. 18 to 23—Second International Conference on Thermal Analysis. Holy Cross Prof. P a u l D . Garn, University of Akron, Akron, College, Worcester, Mass. Contact: Ohio 44304. Page 59 A, Aug. Aug. 27 to 30—International Conference on Molecular Luminescence. Lake Shore Campus, Loyola University, Chicago, 111. Contact: E d w a r d C. Lim, Loyola University, Lewis Towers, 820 N o r t h Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. 60611.
Gas Chromatography— Mass Spectrometry Abstracts Gas Chromatography— Mass Spectrometry Abstracts The Science & Technology Agency, 3, Dyers Bldg., Holborn, London, E.C.I, England, lias announced the provision of an abstract service for those interested in combined gas chromatographymass spectrometry. Abstract cards pertaining to literature and patents in this field will include sufficient detail to indicate to the general reader the nature and value of the contribution and to enable the specialist to assess its importance in relation to his own work. The first year the abstracts will include current papers and papers published from 1957. Abstracts should appear within one month of publication of papers. Yearly subscription rates are £55 or $166 payable in advance. The subscription includes annual subject and author indexes.
Industry Items B-D Laboratories, Inc., subsidiary of Becton, Dickinson and Company, P. O. Box 243, Cockeysville, Md. 21030, has changed its name to BioQuest. Included under this designation are Balimore Biological Laboratory and Falcon Plastics. A proposal to merge has been announced by the Presidents of Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis, and Baird-Atomic, Inc., Cambridge, Mass. The transaction is subject to approval by shareholders of BairdAtomic and the Boards of Directors of both companies. The Directors of Orion Research Inc., and Geochron Laboratories, Inc., both of Cambridge, Mass., have agreed in principle to the acquisition of
Geochron by Orion. The stockholders of both companies will vote on the transaction in the near future. Varian Aerograph's Midwestern sales force has moved to new offices in the Chicago area. These specialists in gas chromatography are now located at 205 W. Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, 111. 60068. Tel:. (312) 825-7773. Ventron Corp., Beverly, Mass., announces that its subsidiary, Magnion, Inc., has acquired Strand Labs, Inc. Strand Labs electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometers and microwave test equipment are complementary to Magnion's present product lines of scientific electromagnet systems, pulsed N M R spectrometers, and related research instrumentation. Ventron has also acquired all of the remaining outstanding stock of Alfa Inorganics, Inc., from Aldrich Chemical Co. Alfa Inorganics, Inc., was started as a jointly owned venture four years ago by Ventron and Aldrich. The Picker Nuclear division of Picker X-Ray Corp, 1275 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, Ν. Υ. 10605, has assumed responsibility for the sales and service of the Associated Electri cal Industries line of mass spectrom eters and electron microscopes through out Canada. Picker Nuclear has been marketing A.E.I, scientific instruments in the U. S. since 1962. I t will now rep resent the Manchester, England, com pany's products in Canada through its affiliate, Picker Nuclear Canada, Ltd. Research Appliance Co., Allison Park, Pa., manufacturers of air pollu tion sampling instruments announces the appointment of Gans-Fryling Co, 2030 16th St., North, Arlington, Va,, as its sales representative in the Washing ton, D. C , Va., and Md. areas. Circle No. 123 on Readers' Service Card
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