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9th Annual Chemical Engineering Symposium Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, A. C. S. Palmer House, Chicago, III., December 28 and 29, 1942 T H E Ninth Annual Chemical Engineering Symposium of the Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, AMERICAN
CHEMICAL
SOCIETY,
will
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held Monday and Tuesday, December 28 and 29, 1942, a t the Palmer House, Chi cago, Ill. This Symposium on Industrial Reaction Rates is intended to deal primarily with the applications of chemical kinetics com bined with transfer rates to the rational design of process equipment a n d t h e calcu lation of schedules of operation. Great strides have been made in t h e theoretical aspects of chemical kinetics through the media of statistical mechanics, b u t rela tively little literature i s available on the translation of such information into the terminology of the chemical engineer. Registration. All persons attending the meeting must register. T h e regis tration fee is $1.00 for members of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, students,
and nonchemist visitors, a n d $2.00 for chemists and chemical engineers who are not members of the SOCIETY. Registra tion will be in the foyer of the fourth floor of the Palmer House. Officers R. N . Shreve, Purdue University, Chair man. T. H . Chilton, E. I . du P o n t de N e mours & Co., Inc., Vice Chairman. Whitney Weinrich, Gulf Research & De velopment Co., Secretary-Treasurer. Executive Committee L. W . Bass, New England Industrial Research Foundation. F. J. Curtis, Monsanto Chemical Co. C. C. Furnas, Yale University. H. E . Howe, Editor, Indutrial and Engi neering Chemistry. H. F . Johnstone, University of Illinois. T. K . Sherwood, Massachusetts Insti tute of Technology.
Program of Papers. All papers will be presented in Room 17 of the Palmer House. Each paper is allotted 30 minutes for presentation followed b y 15 minutes for discussion. Local Committee Harry McCormack, Chairman, Illinois Institute of Technology. Κ. Μ. Watson. R. J. Altpeter. R. C. Kintner. C. A. Herbst. Symposium Committee E . W. Comings, University of Illinois. C. M. Cooper, E . I. du Pont de N e mours & Co., Inc.
Nominees for Offices in the A . C. S. THE
following members of the
AMERICAN
CHEMICAL
SOCIETY
have been nominated for the offices indicated, and balloting is now in progress: President-Elect. T. A. Boyd, C. S. Marvel, Thomas Midgley, Jr., Linus Pauling, W. T . Read, Ε . Η. Volwiler, Hobart H. Willard, Robert R. Williams; Councilors-at-Large. M. L. Crossley, Vincent du Vigneaud, George Glockler, W. N . Jones, O. E . May, W. Albert Noyes, Jr., George Scatchard, R. L. Shriner, Robert B. Sosman. The committee which counted the vote for nominations consisted of H. L. Hallcr, Raymond M. Hann, W. Gordon Rose, E. R. Smith, and Charles L. Parsons. Ballots must be received in the office of the Secretary of the SOCIETY on or before December 15, 1942.
T. B. Drew, Columbia University. P. D . V. Manning, International Min erals & Chemicals Corp. Κ. Μ . Watson, University of Wisconsin. O. A. Hougen, Chairman, University of Wisconsin.
Monday, December 2 8 Morning Session E . W. COMINGS,
Chairman
8:00 t o 10:00 A. M.—Registration. 10:00 A . M . — H E N R Y E Y R I N G , H . M . H U L BERT, AND R. A. H A R M A N . Theory of
Absolute Reaction Rates. 11:00 A. M. W. S. ΒΟΝΝΕLL AND WHIT NEY WEINRICH. Isomerization of N o r mal Butane.
Afternoon Session P . D . V. MANNING,
Chairman
2:30 P. M.—P. H. EMMETT.
Rate of A m
monia Synthesis. 3:15 P. M.—C. W. D E A N E .
Kinetics in
Acid Media. 4:00 P. M . — H . F. HOERIG, D O N H A N S O N ,
AND O. L. KOWALKE. Phase Esterification.
Rates of Vapor
Evening 7:00 P . M.—Dinner, Room 17, Palmer House. HARRY MCCORMACK, Toastmaster
Tuesday, December 2 9 Morning Session C. M . COOPER,
Chairman
9:00 A . M.—FARRINGTON D A N I E L S .
diction of Reaction Rates.
Spring Meeting of the A . C. S., Detroit, Mich., April 1 2 - 1 6 , 1 9 4 3
Pre
Dr. Skinner joined the bureau in 1904 as a food inspection chemist and has seen many changes in the organization he helped to build. In the old days it was known simply as the Bureau of Chemistry. Later it took on soils work and became Chemistry and Soils. A few years ago it became Chemistry and Engineering, indi cating another change in the scope of the work. Since Pearl Harbor the bureau has been engaged in many vital war projects as one of the seven scientific agencies brought together in the Agricultural Research Ad ministration, under the direction of E. C. Auchter. During his long career as a government chemist, Dr. Skinner has held office in various scientific organizations, and has served as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Agriculture and the Board of Regents of the University of Maryland.
Data Published on Selective Service Equipment for studying reaction rates, Chemical Engineering Dept., University of Wisconsin
9:45 Α. M.—D. Μ. Ηurt. Principles of Reactor Design. 10:30 A. M.—C. C. DEWITT.
Correlation
of Rate Data.
W . W . Skinner Appointed Chief, Chemistry and Engineering, USDA
1 1 : 1 5 A . Μ.—Κ. Μ. WATSON. Rate Equa
tion for Heterogeneous Catalysis. Afternoon Session
of the wide interest in BECAUSE this subject and the need for obtaining trained men for our Pro duction Army, we give below refer ences to information we have pub lished on occupational deferments, including those of men in training, and the need for technically trained persons. Future developments will be brought to the attention of our readers. Chemical and Engineering News
T. B. DREW, Chairman
(NEWS EDITION previous to 1942) 2:00 P. M.—R. H. WILHELM, W. C. JOHNSON, F. S. ACTON, AND J. A. CAW-
Vol. 18 (1940), pages 890, 1127 Vol. 19 (1941), pages 129, 311, 457,
LEY. Transverse Heat Transfer in Cata lyst Beds. 2:45 P. M.—Rates of Catalytic Hydro genation. (α)
Ν. Κ. ANDERSON- AND C. A. ROWE.
Experimental Equipment and Pro cedure. (6)
459, 489, 520, 587, 681, 797, 1164, 1412, 1464 Vol. 20 (1942), pages 110, 157, 472, 579-80, 788, 812, 837-39, 985, 1099, 1100, 1219, 1294, 1370, 1514, and 1536.
R. B. BECKMANN, A. E. PUFAHL,
AND O. A. HOUGEN.
Experimen
tal Results. 3:30 P. M.—J. DUDOMAINE, R. L. Swain,
AND O. A. HOUGEN. Rate of Base Ex change in Water Softeners. A. E. Laurence, formerly chief chemist for the Solo Works Division, Perfect Mfg. Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, is now employed in the development department of the Thiokol Corp., Trenton, N. J., on the compounding of synthetic rubbers.
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
WILLIAM
W. SKINNER has been ap-
pointed chief of the Bureau of Agri cultural Chemistry and Engineering, U. S. Department of Agriculture, to fill the vacancy left by the death of Henry G. Knight last July. Born in Baltimore, Md., in 1874, Dr. Skinner has had 38 years of intimate as sociation with the work of the bureau, which he has helped direct as associate chief since 1939. From 1935 to 1939 and from 1921 to 1927 he was assistant chief. In 1927 he was assigned to other duties in connection with chemical and tech nological research in the bureau.
Vol. 33 (1941), pages 1, 135, 283, 561 Vol. 34 (1942), pages 2, 131, 259, 648, 1134
Willis R. Whitney, vice president in charge of research of the General Electric Co., has been awarded the 1943 John Fritz Medal "for distinguished research, both as an individual investigator and as an outstanding and inspiring administrator of pioneering enterprise, coordinating pure science with the service of society through industry".
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