NEWS
Canisius College in Buffalo, Ν. Υ., will hold its fifth gas chromatography institute, April 15 to 19. Emphasis will be on the current practice and applica tion of gas chromatography. The topics to be covered are the elementary theory of gas chromatography; column and instrument technology; instru mentation, trace analysis, new column technology, and preparative chroma tography; medical applications and data processing; and new developments in the field. Several prominent chromatograph manufacturers will partici pate. The fee for this course is $100 and includes two textbooks, Further information may be obtained from Dr. Herman Szymanski, GCI Director, Canisius College, Buffalo 8, Ν. Υ.
The program on Technique of In frared Spectroscopy will comprise thirty hours of lectures and laboratory work, integrated to give comprehensive instruction in both theory and prac tice. The lectures will deal with the fundamental optics of infrared spec trometers and the factors determining their design and performance, infrared spectrophotometry, qualitative and quantitative analysis, and techniques for the preparation of samples for spec troscopic study. Afternoon laboratory work designed to introduce the student to the practical side of these topics will be carried out in small groups with the extensive infrared instrumentation of the Spectroscopy Laboratory, aug mented by the most recent instruments loaned by the manufacturers of infrared equipment. The work will be super vised by experienced personnel both from M.I.T. and from the manufac turers. The second program, Applications of Infrared Spectroscopy, will consist of lectures by staff and guests on theo retical aspects of the interpretation of spectra, on group frequencies and in tegrated intensities, and on applications of infrared and other spectroscopic methods to the solution of chemical re search problems. Afternoon hours will be devoted to practice, in small groups closely supervised by the staff and visit ing lecturers, in the interpretation of the infrared spectra of complex molecules. Lecture, laboratory, and conference rooms used for the program are com pletely air-conditioned. Participants may reserve rooms in the Institute dormitories and all other Institute facilities will be open to them.
Infrared Spectroscopy Course a t MIT
Electronics in the Laboratory
Two intensive courses on infrared spectroscopy (Technique, June 17-21, and Applications, June 24-28) will be offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the summer of 1963. The courses will be in charge of Dr. Richard C. Lord, Director of the Institute's Spectroscopy Laboratory, and Dr. Dana W. Mayo, Lecturer in Chemistry, and visiting lecturers will include Dr. F. A. Miller, Mellon Insti tute, Professor E. R. Lippincott, Uni versity of Maryland, Dr. L. J. Bellamy, British Ministry of Aviation, and Pro fessor E. R. Blout, Harvard University. Application forms and full information may be obtained from Dr. J. M. Aus tin, Director of the Summer Session, Room 7-103, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 39, Mass.
A three-week laboratory course, "Electronics for Scientists," will be held July 7 to 27, at the University of Illi nois, Urbana, 111. This course was de veloped at the University of Illinois to permit scientists to gain a working ability in practical electronics and a solid foundation in principles as related to scientific instrumentation in a mini mum time. Applicants must have a college degree. The tuition and labora tory fee is $270 for the 3-week period. Applications should be sent in the form of a letter on company letterhead stating the name and college of the ap plicant, years attended, degrees, age, present location, and general type of work. Applicants should write to Dr. H. V. Malmstadt, 318 Noyes Labora tory, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111.
Clinical Chemistry Congress
RGI
MODEL 1040 CARBON ANALYZER
The Fifth International Congress of Clinical Chemistry will be held in De troit, Mich., from August 19 to 23 at the joint invitation of the American Association of Clinical Chemists and the Canadian Society for Clinical Chemistry with the authority of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. The scientific sessions will include four major symposia with invited speakers and other short papers by members of the Congress. More information is available from Dr. D. G. Remp, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit 2, Mich.
Gas Chromatography Institute
this special purpose chromatograph for the automatic analysis of carbon measures the thermal conductivity difference between C0 2 and He. HIGH SENSITIVITY -
0 0 . 0 1 % full
scale (or 1 ppm per 1 % of scale at maximum sensitivity). F A S T — 45 seconds after sample has been burned and flushed in a standard laboratory furnace. D I R E C T R E A D I N G — in percent con centration on a strip chart recorder so that a permanent record is made as well as any identification the operator may wish to record concerning the sample, heat number, etc*
see this instrument in operation at the Pittsburgh Conference write for data sheet to:
RCI
RESEARCH and C O N T R O L INSTRUMENTS, INC. 5 LOWELL AVENUE, WINCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
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