News Call for Papers 36th Pittsburgh Conference and Exhibition New Orleans, La. Feb. 25-Mar. 1, 1985. Papers are being solicited in all areas of analytical chemistry and ap plied spectroscopy disciplines. For in structions on preparing abstracts, con tact Linda Briggs, Pittsburgh Confer ence, Department J-009,437 Donald Road, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15235; 412-7957667. The deadline for receipt of ab stracts is Aug. 15,1984. Abstracts re ceived after this date cannot be guar anteed consideration for inclusion in the 1985 technical program.
Meetings • Johnson Conference on Air Sampling for Toxics at Hazardous Waste and Chemical Spill Sites. July 9-13. Johnson, Vt. Contact: Rich ard Heffelfinger, Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43201; 614-424-5249 or Thomas Kochaba, ASTM, 1916 Race St., Phil adelphia, Pa. 19103; 215-299-5560 • 7th International Symposium on Near-Infrared Reflectance Analy sis. July 10-11. Tarrytown, N.Y. Con tact: Mary Testani, Technicon Indus trial Systems, 511 Benedict Ave., Tarrytown, N.Y. 10591; 914-681-3083 • 20th Annual Meeting of the Microbeam Analysis Society. July 16-20. Bethlehem, Pa. Contact: A. D. Romig, Jr., Physical Metallurgy 1832, Sandia Laboratories, Albuquer que, N.M. 87185; 505-844-8358 or J. I. Goldstein, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Bldg. §5, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. 18015; 215-861-4221 • 4th Analytical Electron Micros copy Workshop. July 16-20. Bethle hem, Pa. Contact: D. B. Williams, De partment of Metallurgy and Materi als Engineering, Bldg. #5, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. 18015; 215-861-4224 or David C. Joy, Bell Laboratories, Room 15-211,600 Mountain Ave., Murray Hill, N.J. 07974; 201-582-7216 m Inter/Micro-84. July 16-20. Chi cago, 111. Contact: Nancy B. Daerr, McCrone Research Institute, 2508 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, III. 60616; 312-842-7105 m XXIII International Conference on Coordination Chemistry. July 29-Aug. 3. Boulder, Colo. Con tact: Courtland Pierpont, Campus Box 449, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. 80309. October, p. 1240 A
• 36th National Meeting of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry. July 29-Aug. 4. Washing ton, D.C. Contact: AACC, 1725 Κ St., N.W., Suite 1010, Washington, D.C. 20006; 202-857-0717. December, p. 1448 A • 1984 Denver Conference on Ap plications of X-ray Analysis. July 30-Aug. 3. Denver, Colo. Contact: Mildred Cain, Denver Research Insti tute, University of Denver, Denver, Colo. 80208; 303-871-2141 • 2nd Conference on Character ization of Ceramics and Glasses. July 30-Aug. 4. Alfred, N.Y. Contact: R. L. Snyder, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Al fred, N.Y. 14802 m 26th Rocky Mountain Confer ence. Aug. 5-9. Denver, Colo. Con tact: Jan Guernsey, 5531 Bitterbush Way, Loveland, Colo. 80537; 303669-9216. January, p. 47 A m 7th International EPR Sympo sium. Aug. 5-9. Denver, Colo. Con tact: Gareth R. Eaton, Department of Chemistry, University of Denver, Denver, Colo. 80208 m NMR Symposium. Aug. 5-9. Con tact: Francis P. Miknis, University of Wyoming Corp., Box 3395, Laramie, Wyo. 82071 m 2nd International Symposium on Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy. Aug. 12-17. Chambersburg, Pa. Con tact: Phil Williams, Grain Research Laboratory, 1404-303Main St., Win nipeg, Manitoba R3C 3G8, Canada; 204-949-3344 m International Conference on Lu minescence. Aug. 13-18. Madison, Wis. Contact: William M. Yen, De partment of Physics, 1150 University Ave., Madison, Wis. 53706; 608-2637475 m 31st Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science. Aug. 18-24. Winnipeg, Cana da. Contact: JoAnne Cottingham, Ca nadian Society of Forensic Science, 171 Nepean St., Suite 303, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0B4, Canada; 613-2357221 • Symposium on Concentration Techniques for Biological Testing of Environmental Samples. Aug. 24-31. Philadelphia, Pa. Contact: I. H. Suffet, Environmental Studies Institute, Drexel University, Phila delphia, Pa. 19104 or Murugan Malaiyandi, Environmental Health Directorate, Health and Welfare Canada, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L2, Canada. Septem ber, p. 1085 A m Symposium on FT-IR Charac terization of Polymers. Aug. 26-31. Philadelphia, Pa. Contact: Hatsuo
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Ishida, Department of Macromolecular Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106; 216-368-4285. January, p. 47 A • 188th ACS National Meeting. Aug. 26-31. Philadelphia, Pa. Contact: A. T. Winstead, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St., N. W., Wash ington, D.C. 20036; 202-872-4397 • 5th European Conference on Analytical Chemistry. Aug. 26Sept. 1. Krakow, Poland. Contact: Zygmunt Kowalski, Academy of Min ing and Metallurgy, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland • 4th International Meeting of the Electrophoresis Society. Aug. 27-31. Gôttingen, F.R.G. Contact: Volker Neuhoff, Max-Planck-Institut fur experimentalle Medizin, Herman-ReinStrasse 3, D-3400 Gôttingen, F.R.G. • 9th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy. Aug. 27Sept. 1. Tokyo, Japan. Contact: W. Spindel, National Research Council,2101 Constitution Ave., Washington, D.C. 20418 • 4th International Symposium on Isotachophoresis. Sept. 2-5. Hradec Krâlové, Czechoslovakia. Contact: Z. Prusik, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry CSAV, Flemingovo nam.2,16610 Praha 6, Czechoslovakia • International Symposium on Quantitative Luminescence Spectroscopy in Biomedical Sciences. Sept. 4-5. Ghent, Belgium. Contact: Willy Baeyens, State University of Ghent, Farmaceutisch Instituut, Harelbekestraat 72, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium • 9th National Conference on Spectrochemical Excitation and Analysis. Sept. 4-7. Edgartown, Mass. Contact: Hank Griffin, Texas Instruments, Inc., 34 Forest St., MS10-16, Attleboro, Mass. 02703; 617-699-3037. January, p. 47 A • International Symposium on Mass Spectrometry in the Health and Life Sciences. Sept. 9-12. San Francisco, Calif. Contact: Marilyn F. Schwartz, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, Calif. 94143 m Biotech 84—2nd World Conference on the Commercial Applications and Implications of Biotechnology. Sept. 10-12. Washington, D.C. Contact: Biotech 84, Suite 1190, 2 Penn Plaza, New York, Ν.Υ. 10121; 212-279-8890 • 4th Annual American-Eastern European Symposium on Liquid Chromatography. Sept. 10-14. Szged, Hungary. Contact: Huba Kalâsz, Department of Pharmacology,
