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Call for Papers LABCON '82 Chicago, 111. Sept. 28-30. The conference is devoted to all areas of analytical chemistry and will feature an exhibition of laboratory instrumentation and equipment. Papers in all areas are invited. An abstract of 200 words must be submitted by April 1 to Claude A. Lucchesi, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, 111. 60201, 312-492-3479.
Capillary Gas Chromatography Washington, D.C. May 27-28. Stuart Cram and Milos Novotny. $395, ACS members; $465, nonmembers
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Toxicology: Principles and Practice Washington, D.C., May 26-28. Morris Joselow. $625, ACS members; $695, nonmembers.
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Other 1982 meetings are listed in the January and February issues. • 14th Annual NCCLS Meeting. March 31-April 2. Cherry Hill, N.J. Contact: Joan Logue, National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, 771 East Lancaster Ave., Villanova, Pa. 19085. 215525-2435 m 64th Annual Meeting of the Scientific Apparatus Makers Association (SAMA). May 8-12- Washington, D.C. Contact: SAMA, 1101 16thSt.,N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. M 14th Ohio Valley Chromatography Symposium. June 17-18. Hueston Woods State Park Lodge, Ohio. Contact: Jean MacGee, Ohio Valley Chromatography Symposium, 9469 Treetop Lane, Cincinnati, Ohio 45247. 513-385-8979 m 10th Symposium of the IMEKO Technical Committee on Photon Detectors. S e p t 20-22. Berlin, West Germany. Contact: J.Krochmann, Institut fur Lichttechnik der Technischen Universitat Berlin, D-1000 Berlin 10, Einsteinufer 19. • Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America. October 1822. Tucson, Ariz. Contact: Optical Society of America, 1816 Jefferson Place, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20036.
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The Technology Division of the GCA Corporation will analyze the extent of contamination at two hazardous waste dump sites: the Kin Buc Landfill in Edison, N.J·, and the PAS hazardous waste incinerator in Oswego, N.Y., under a $200 000 contract from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Technology Divison of GCA performs environmental research and development programs and provides laboratory analysis of pollutants and hazardous wastes for industry and the government. It is located at 209 Burlington Rd., Bedford, Mass. 01730,617-275-9000. Langley-Ford Instruments has expanded its corporate headquarters and manufacturing space by 5000 ft2. The company manufactures digital and analog correlators and other electronic instruments for science and industry. It is located at 29 Cottage St., Amherst, Mass. 01002, 413-549-5572. EMI GENCOM Inc. of Plainview, N.Y., is the exclusive U.S. distributor of plastic and liquid scintillation radiation detectors manufactured by Nuclear Enterprises Ltd., Edinburgh, Scotland. The Scottish firm has been producing these detectors for 25 years. For full information on the complete range contact EMI GENCOM Inc., 80 Express St., Plainview, N.Y. 11803, 516-433-5900. The Environment Protection Authority of Victoria, Australia, has made available a 63-page booklet entitled Chemical Analysis of Polluted Soils (Publication No. 139, November 1981). Standard laboratory procedures for various soil pollutant analyses are outlined. Single copies can be obtained free of charge by writing the Information Services Branch, Environment Protection Authority, 240 Victoria Paradé, East Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia.
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Varian Associates has become the worldwide distributor for a line of mechanical pumps and accessories made to Varian specifications by the French firm CIT-Alcatel. In addition Varian will use Alcatel pumps in its own products. For more information contact Mike Grandinetti, Varian Associates, Lexington Vacuum Division, 121 Hartwell Ave., Lexington, Mass. 02173,617-861-7200. The Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Klinische Chèmie will award a second DM 10 000 prize in honor of the late Gabor Szasz for outstanding advances in the field of clinical enzymology with special bearing on methodological or theoretical progress. Applications for the prize, to be awarded in 1983, should be submitted in triplicate by Nov. 1, 1982, and must be accompanied by copies of scientific papers published or accepted for publication for the years 1981 and 1982. Address correspondence to G. Gundlach, Biochemisches Institut der Justus Liebig-Universitât, Friedrichstr. 24, 63 Giessen, Federal Republic of Germany. A new scientific association, The International Humic Substances Society (IHSS), has been organized with the overall goal of furthering the study and understanding of humic substances. Its initial aim is to establish standards for the collection of humic and fulvic acids. Annual dues are $20. For further information contact Ronald L. Malcolm, U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Mail Stop 407, Denver, Colo. 80225, or Patrick MacCarthy, Colorado School of Mines, Chemistry Department, Golden, Colo. 80401. The National Bureau of Standards now has available the latest NBS Standard Reference Materials Catalog describing nearly 1000 different SRMs. Published approximately every three years, the catalog lists other publications in the SRM series, gives mailing addresses for various international sources of Certified reference material, includes an alphabetical index and a numerical index to SRM certificates, and gives ordering information for all items. Copies are available for $5.50 prepaid from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20204. Use stock number 003003-02382-5.
