NEWS
9th Annual SAS Meeting
Thursday, Oct. 8
The 9th annual Society for Applied Spectroscopy meeting will be held in New Orleans, Oct. 4-9, 1970. Head quarters for the meeting will be the Jung Hotel. In addition to the techni cal program, there will be a full ladies' program of activities and an exhibition by more than 50 companies of new in struments, products, chemicals, and ser vices. Special events include an SAS awards luncheon and governing board meeting, an Applied Spectroscopy edi torial board luncheon, and a Coblentz infrared workshop (Friday, Oct. 9). Titles and dates of the technical sessions are:
am Major Component Analysis by Atomic Absorption Luminescence Characterization of Surfaces Symposium on Local Section Short Courses pm Phosphorescence Spectroscopic Properties and Analytical Applications of Plasmas
Monday, Oct. 5 am Analysis of Lunar Materials Advances in Spectroscopy Instrumenta tion pm Computer Applications in Spectroscopy Lasers
Tuesday, Oct. 6 am and pm Photochemical Methods Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy am Biomedical Applications of Gas Chroma tography Uv-Vis Spectroscopy—Special Applica tions pm Use of Spectroscopy in Study of the En vironment Wednesday, Oct. 7 am and pm Far Infrared Spectroscopy Internal Reflectance Spectroscopy am Chemiluminescence Gas Chromatographic Detectors Uv-Vis Spectroscopy—Special niques
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pm Hasler Award Symposium (R. Castain, University of Paris, award winner, will speak on some trends in local analy sis techniques using electron or ion beams)
Friday, Oct. 9 am and pm Nonflame Cells am New Developments in Mass Spectrom etry New Developments in Microwave Spec troscopy Mossbauer Spectroscopy
Housing arrangements may be made through Robert T. O'Connor, 9th Na tional Society for Applied Spectroscopy Meeting, P. O. Box 19687, New Orleans, La. 70119. The full program of the meeting will be published in the JulyAugust issue of Applied Spectroscopy. Other information on the meeting can be obtained from G. G. Guilbault, Dept. of Chemistry, Louisiana State Univer sity in New Orleans, Lake Front, New Orleans, La. 70122.
Computers in Chemical Industry The Association of Consulting Chem ists and Chemical Engineers are spon soring an all-day symposium on present and future uses of computers in the chemical industry, Sept. 29, 1970. The symposium will be held in the White Plains Hotel, White Plains, Ν. Υ., and will include discussions, demonstrations, lectures, and displays. Subjects to be covered include computer simulations; information transfer by computer; in teractive computer graphics in chem istry and biochemistry; general aspects of computer uses; computers in deci sion making. Speakers scheduled in clude Ralph O'Dette of Chemical Ab stracts Services, Professor Robert Langridge of Princeton University, and Professor Robert Benenati of Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. Preregistration
can be accomplished through the Asso ciation of Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Inc., 50 East 41st St., New York, Ν. Υ. 10017. The fee, including lunch and refreshments, is $40.
Symposium for Chemists on Computer Systems and Applications A computer symposium designed es pecially for chemists includes descrip tions of computer systems and applica tions in various chemical fields. The symposium is part of the American Oil Chemists' Society and International Society for Fat Research World Con gress to be held Sept. 27-Oct. 1, 1970, at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, 111. Those interested in attending should contact the symposium chair man: Leonard H. Ponder, American Enka Corp., Enka, N. C. 28728. 704667-7110. Program Chemists and Computers: An Introduc tion to the Symposium. Leonard H. Ponder, American Enka Corp. Introduction to Modern Computers: De velopment, Terminology, Uses. James Brown, Auerbach Standard EDR Reports An Off-Line System for Data Acquisition and Analysis. Raymond C. Master, Nuclear Data Time Sharing Today. J. G. Rude, Call-AComputer The Desk Top Computer: I. General Capabilities; II. Applications in a Clinical Chemistry Laboratory. Wil liam R. Dito, Pontiac General Hos pital Application of a Desk Top Computer to Chemistry. A. P. Damoglou, CSIRO, Australia A Computer Approach Toward Automa tion of a Chemical Services Lab oratory: I. Instrument Support. Eugene L. Schneider and Arvid Munson, Ral ston Purina Co. II. Management Information. .Arvid Munson and Eugene L. Schneider, Ralston Purina Co. A Computerized Search System for In frared Spectral Data. Bruno M. Vasta, Chemical Compound Informa tion, FDA Use of the Computer as a Technical Service Tool in Pesticide Formula tions. B. F. Fay, Atlas Chemical In dustries
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News Computer Processing of Gas Chroma tographic Data: Analysis of Fatty Acid Mixtures Using an Off-Line Mag netic Tape System. Gary J. Nelson, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Collection, Storage, and Processing Gas Chromatographic Data by Digital In tegrator-Paper Tape Punch Computer System. Harold E. Pattee and John A. Singleton, Market Quality Re search, USDA Digital Registration on Magnetic Tape of Data from 15 Gas Chromatographs. F. Woutman, AKZO Research Laboratories, The Netherlands Application of Nonlinear Programming to Detergent Formulations. Edmund C. Steinle, Charles D. Hendrix, Rob ert R. Fields, Union Carbide Corp. Improved Software for GC Automation Via Time-Share Computer. G. D. Dupre, J. M. Gill, J. R. Hubbard, Vidar Corp.
Movies of ASTM Standards Motion pictures of four ASTM stan dards are now available. These films, of particular interest to the plastics field, are the first of a long series of films based on ASTM standards on ma terials and products of every type. All films are 16-mm, color with sound, and are available on a rental or purchase basis. The films demonstrate the fun damentals of the ASTM standard meth ods of tests and recommended practices, rather than each detailed step. The films are designed for training pur poses and a printed copy of the entire standard will accompany each film. The films available now are : ASTM Test for Density of Plastics by the Density-Gradient Technique (D 1505). Running time: 9 min, $135; weekly rental: $55. ASTM Test for Apparent Tensile Strength of Ring or Tubular Plastics by Split Disk Method (D 2290), and ASTM Test for External Loading Prop erties of Plastic Pipe by Parallel-Plate Loading (D 2412). Running time 14 min, $210; weekly rental: $80 Measuring the Density of Smoke from the Burning or Decomposition of Plastics (D 2843). Running time: 10 min, $150; weekly rental: $60.
Inquiries should be sent to the Ameri can Society for Testing and Materials, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa, 19103.
Annual AOAC Meeting The Association of Official Analytical Chemists will hold its 84th annual meet ing Oct, 12-15, 1970, at the Marriott Motor Hotel, Twin Bridges, Washing ton, D. C. The latest developments in analytical methodology for many com modities and materials important to ag riculture and public health areas will be presented and discussed. About 1500 chemists, microbiologists, physi cists, and their administrators are ex pected to attend, representing Federal, 34 A ·
State, Provincial, and local government agencies, universities, and industries throughout North America, Over 230 papers will be given on new techniques, methods, and instrumentation for analysis of drugs, feeds, fertilizers, foods, food additives, pesticides, flavors, beverages, contamination of foods, ana toxins, and related subjects. A special feature of the meeting is a symposium on analytical methods for forensic sci ence areas to be held all day Thursday, Oct. 15. Another symposium will be held on international cooperation in study and standardization of analytical methods. A roundtable discussion of pesticide formulations problems will be held in conjunction with a scientific session on the subject. Dr. L. S. Stuart of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture will present his AOAC Presidential address on Oct. 12 at the opening session. Other notable speakers will be on the daily program. A highlight of the meeting will be a banquet on Monday evening, Oct, 12. A special event of the evening will be the presentation of the Harvey W. Wiley Award for outstanding contribu tions to analytical chemistry. About 35 firms will exhibit the latest laboratory equipment and supplies. Registration will continue from Sunday afternoon, Oct. 11, through Thursday morning, Oct, 15. The registration fee will be $3.00. Anyone interested is invited to attend. Contact Luther G. Ensminger, Executive Secretary, AOAC, P. O. Box 540, Benjamin Franklin Station, Wash ington, D. C. 20044.
crystallography, and lunar materials analysis. Mr. William Young, Head of the Re search Laboratory of the Boston Mu seum of Fine Arts, will be guest speaker on Thursday evening; he will discuss the use of nondestructive analysis in the examination of art works.
Industry Items Varian Data Machines, 2722 Michelson Dr., Irvine, Calif. 92664, manufac turer of the Model 620/i and 520/i com puters, has more than doubled its small-computer service organization with customer-service personnel in cen ters located throughout the country and in Europe. Aim is to aid noncomputer experts using its computers and decrease downtime from problems in electromechanical devices used in con junction with the integrated circuit-de signed computers. The contract ser vice offered provides routine preventive maintenance and, in case of trouble, help on short notice. Digiscan Services, Inc., 425 Broad Hollow Rd., Melville, Ν. Υ. 11746, an nounces an ir spectra digitizing ser vice. The system optically scans mi crofilm images of ir spectra to produce a digitized magnetic tape consisting of curved coordinates. In addition, the computer-controlled optical scanner will optionally produce a magnetic tape, for retrieval purposes, consisting of peak coordinates. The service costs from $1.00 to $2.00 per spectrum pro cessed.
Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference The 28th Pittsburgh Diffraction Con ference will be held Nov. 4-6, 1970, at Mellon Institute, Carnegie-Mellon Uni versity, Pittsburgh, Pa. Papers on any aspect of diffraction, microscopy, crys tal physics and chemistry, biological and macromolecular physics, and in strumentation are invited. Abstracts of 400 words or less should be sent be fore Sept, 8 to the program chairman, Ed McGandy, Dept, of Biochemistry and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa, 15213. Two symposia of invited papers and several special sessions of contributed papers are planned. Contributed papers on the symposium topics are also welcome. A symposium on polymeric materials and a symposium on macromolecular struc ture analysis by electron microscopy and Fourier transform methods will be held. Other planned sessions include as subjects electron microscopy and dif fraction, small-angle X-ray scattering, charge density determination by X-ray diffraction, biomedical and chemical
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Coulter Electronics, Inc., Hialeah, Fk., has acquired Particle Technology, Inc., California-based developer and manufacturer of particle-sensing instru mentation. The combined new line will include both nonoptic electronic and optical counters capable of counting, sizing, and analyzing airborne and liq uid-borne contaminants plus a unit for on-line production analysis. Super Refractories, Ltd., an affiliate of W. C. Spicer Co., Ltd., of Winchcombe, England, announce that their products will be handled in the U.S. through Engineered Materials, Division of Hi-Purity Materials, Inc., P.O. Box 363, Church St. Station, New York, N. Y. 10008. The products are a line of high-quality single crystals, fused mag nesia (purity of 99.99% with chemical analysis available), castable magnesia of high purity, fused calcium zirconate, and electrofused zirconia. High purity oxides and silicates may be custom fused.
