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Chromatography and Ancillary Methods 31st Annual Summer Symposium on Analytical Chemistry University of Colorado Boulder, Colo. June 26-28, 1978 "Chromatography and Ancillary M e t h o d s " is the subject of the 1978 Summer Symposium of the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry. T h e symposium will be held J u n e 26-28, 1978, on the campus of the University of Colorado at Boulder. T h e symposium program has been arranged by Harold McNair of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and William Hines of Phillips Petroleum Co. Local arrangements are being made by Robert Sievers of the University of Colorado. T h e symposium is sponsored annually by the ACS Divsion of Analytical Chemistry and A N A L Y T I C A L C H E M I S T R Y .
About the University of Colorado T h e University of Colorado at Boulder is nestled against the front range of the Rocky Mountains in beautiful physical surroundings. T h e university has a total student population of 21 000. T h e Chemistry Department has 36 faculty members and 131 graduate students. T h e analytical chemistry faculty consists of J o h n Birks (atmospheric chemistry, kinetics of reactions of stratospheric significance, analytical spectroscopy), Robert Sievers (GC/MS, metal chelates, water and air pollution chemistry), and Harold Walton (liquid chromatography, ion exchange). Other faculty members, Robert Shapiro, Eldon Ferguson, and Will Castleman, also have research programs in analytical and environmental chemistry. T h e Chemistry Department faculty will be glad to discuss the research or teaching program of the university with interested attendees.
Travel For participants traveling by air, Boulder is approximately 27 miles northwest of Denver's Stapleton International Airport. As the eighth busiest airport in the U.S., Stapleton is served by frequent flights from every region, and Mexico and Canada as well. Bus service from the Denver airport to View from the Chemistry Dept. at the University of Colorado Boulder is available at intervals throughout the day. Taxi meals. Double rooms are equipped fare from the airport to Boulder is with two beds. There are no private approximatey $28. baths, b u t bath and shower rooms are conveniently located on each floor. Daily maid service and all linens are Housing and Symposium provided. Meals will be served in KitArrangements tredge Residence Halls, located close to Hallett Hall. Upon arrival in Boulder, particiHousing payment is due upon arpants with reservations in university rival and should not be made in adhousing should register at the Hallett vance. Credit cards will not be acceptHall desk. Although dormitory rooms ed. Participants may check in anytime are not air-conditioned, Boulder is after noon on Sunday. Early arrivals more than a mile above sea level, and must be approved by the manager of the air is usually cool and dry in J u n e . Hallett Hall, the Bureau of ConferRates for housing and meals, per ences and Institutes, Room 217, Acadperson, will be $56.56 for single occuemy Building, 970 Aurora Ave., Boulpancy and $41.04 for double. T h e der, Colo. 80302. rates include lodging Sunday through Although Boulder has several moTuesday night and the following tels, J u n e is a popular tourist month, meals: breakfast and lunch on Monand reservations should be made well day; breakfast, lunch, and a western in advance. T h e closest motels/hotels mountain cookout on Tuesday; and are located about one mile from breakfast and lunch on Wednesday. Duane Physics Building Auditorium No refunds will be made for missed ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, VOL. 50, NO. 4, APRIL 1978 • 439 A
News where the scientific sessions will be held. T h e dormitory is about three blocks from Duane Physics Building. If special facilities are required for handicapped participants, please con tact Professor Sievers so t h a t arrange ments can be made.
For Commuters Only Tickets are available at the front desk of Kittredge Residence Halls for the Tuesday western mountain cookout at a cost of $5.05 per person. Tick ets must be picked u p prior to 1:00 p.m. on Monday, J u n e 26. A limited number of individual meal tickets will be available a t the front desk of Kit tredge just prior to each meal. They may be purchased at $2.15 for break fast, $4.10 for lunch, and $4.15 for din ner.
Registration T h e symposium fee of $40 includes admission to all sessions, symposium materials, refreshment breaks, and university services. It does not include housing, meals, or the tours. All par
ticipants are urged to send the regis tration form together with a check for $40 made payable to the University of Colorado, before May 31,1978. Ad vance registration is imperative to en sure t h a t space will be available. After arrival, badges and conference materi als should be picked u p in the lobby of Hallett Hall on Sunday evening be tween 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. or on Mon day morning in Duane Physics Room 030G between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m.
Tours As an experiment this year, the sci entific sessions are being held in the mornings and evenings to allow at tendees to participate in informal con versations while enjoying the beautiful outdoor surroundings. Hiking, tennis, and other sports activities, as well as various tours are available during the afternoons. T h e following tours are being planned: Central City (old restored mining town), Rocky Mountain Na tional Park, National Center for At mospheric Research, Air Force Acade
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31st Annual Analytical Summer Symposium on Chromatography and Ancillary Methods June 26-28, 1978 Sponsored by the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry and ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. 80309 Name (please print): Mailing address: Professional affiliation:
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(please indicate ages and sex of children and whether doubles or singles will be required) Π Enclosed is $40 registration fee Housing Reservation: The rates include lodging Sunday through Tuesday night and the following meals: breakfast and lunch on Monday; breakfast, lunch, and a western mountain cookout on Tuesday; breakfast and lunch on Wednesday. Π Single $56.56 Π Double $41.04, Name of roommate, if preference: I need • , do not need D, transportation to the Flagstaff cookout. DO NOT SEND MONEY IN ADVANCE FOR UNIVERSITY HOUSING OR MEALS I am interested in guided tours of: Central City • , Rocky Mountain National Park • , National Center for Atmospheric Research D, Georgetown and Vail D, Air Force Academy D Please return this form by May 31, 1978, with check for $40 made payable to the University of Colorado to: Bureau of Conferences and Institutes, Room 217, Academy Building, 970 Aurora Ave., Boulder, Colo. 80302 For general information contact: Robert E. Sievers, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. 80309 (303-492-8083)
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my and Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs), and Georgetown (old mining town) and Vail (overnight—leave Wednesday afternoon, return T h u r s day). Please indicate your interest in these tours by checking the appropri ate boxes on the registration form. F u r t h e r information will be furnished upon request.
Monday Morning, June 26 Chromatography and Ancillary Techniques F. W. Karasek, Presiding 8:20 Opening Remarks. R. E. Siev ers, U of Colorado 8:30 N e w Selective D e t e c t o r s for Gas Chromatography. W. A. Aue, Dalhousie U, Canada 9:30 Rapid Analysis of Complex M i x t u r e s of Organic Compounds E x t r a c t e d from Airborne P a r t i c u late Matter. F. W. Karasek, U of Waterloo, Canada 10:15 Application of Special T e c h niques of Gas Chromatography to Water Pollution Analysis. F. E. Onuska, Canada Centre for Inland Wa ters 10:45 Characterization of Isomer ic Compounds via Gas and Plasma Chromatography. D. F. Hagen, 3M Research Center 11:15 Panel Discussion. Aue, Kar asek, Onuska, Hagen
Monday Evening GC/MS Ε. Bonelli, Presiding 7:00 Digital Gas Chromatograp h y - M a s s Spectrometry. R. Board, Hewlett-Packard 7:30 D i r e c t Injection L C / M S / COM Progress U s i n g a Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer. J. Henion, Cor nell U 8:00 Discussion 8:30 S o m e Analytical Applications of Crossed-Beam L C / M S . M. J. McAdams, C. K. Blakley, M. L. Ves tal, U of Houston 9:00 Pollutant Analysis via N e g a tive Ion Chemical Ionization. D. Beggs, Hewlett-Packard 9:30 Discussion
Tuesday Morning, June 27 Capillary GC Columns S. Cram, Presiding 8:30 High-Efficiency, High-Reso lution Capillary GC; Current Sta-
News tus and Future Trends. M. Novotny, U of Indiana 9:30 Discussion 10:00 Wide Bore Glass Capillary Columns for Isolation and Identifi cation. J. Walrad, International Fla vors and Fragrances 11:00 Development of Capillary GC Methods: Separation, Quantita tion, and Troubleshooting. S. Cram, Varian 11:45 Discussion
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Wednesday Morning, June 28 HPLC H. McNair, Presiding 8:30 Current Status of HPLC. H. McNair, VPI&SU 9:00 Simultaneous Multicomponent Detection in LC. L. Klatt, ORNL 9:30 Discussion 10:00 Liquid Chromatography on Porous Polymer Gels. H. F. Walton, T. Hanai, U of Colorado 10:30 Trace Analysis of Fluo rescent Substances in Biological Fluids by HPLC. R. Majors, Varian 11:00 Combined TLC-Spectroscopy Techniques for Analysis of Microsamples. Haleem J. Issaq, NCI Frederick Cancer Research Center 11:30 Optimizing Reversed-Phase Sorbents for Analytical and Pre parative HPLC. M. Gurkin, MCB 12:00 End of Symposium
News Optical Society of America Names Award Winners
T h e Optical Society of America announces winners of three awards to be presented by the Society during 1978. T h e winner of the 1977 R. W. Wood Prize is Peter Fellgett whose discovery of the multiplex advantage has led to the modern renaissance of Fourier transform spectrometry. He is professor and head of the D e p a r t m e n t of Cybernetics at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. T h e award will be presented at t h e Eleventh Congress of the International Commission for Optics, September 10-17,1978, in Madrid, Spain. T h e 1978 Frederick Ives Medal will be presented to Harold H. Hopkins, professor of applied optics a t the University of Reading. Professor Hopkins is recognized for his many outstanding contributions to the field of optics, including aberration theory, optical design, image evaluation, coherence theory, interferometry, a n d fiber optics. Presentation of the medal will take place at the annual fall meeting of t h e Society, October 31-November 3,1978, in San Francisco. Eli Yablonovitch of the Division of Applied Sciences of Harvard University will be the recipient of the Adolph Lomb Medal for 1978. Dr. Yablonovitch is honored for his pioneering work in laser physics, including the understanding of the optical breakdown strength in laser window materials, the development of ultrashort CO2 laser pulses, and the identification of laser plasma heating processes. P r e sentation will be at the 1978 fall meeting of the Society.
Nobel Hall of Science A "Nobel Hall of Science" honoring the accomplishments of American Nobel laureates in chemistry, physics, and medicine was opened at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry on J a n u a r y 30,1978. T h e Nobel Hall, the first such exhibit in the world, att e m p t s to further public understanding of the nature and importance of basic research. T h e exhibit contains photographs, slides, models, a film, and historic artifacts of the 110 Americans who have received the Nobel Prize in the sciences through 1976. It also shows how the new knowledge gained from their basic discoveries has been applied to society. Included in the exhibit is a slide program about the life and work of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish scientist who invented dynamite and established the Nobel prize program. T h e exhibit is made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation under its Public Understanding of Science Program, as well as a grant from the Nobel Foundation, the Chicago Community Trust, and other organizations.
Electrons Can Make PCB's Water Soluble In research conducted by chemical engineers at the Massachusetts Instit u t e of Technology, high-speed electron b o m b a r d m e n t has been shown to alter the composition of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's)—compounds known for bioaccumulation and subsequent toxic effects. This finding raises hopes t h a t the use of high-speed electrons (electrons accelerated to almost the speed of light) may be the answer to the t r e a t m e n t of industrial wastewater highly contaminated with PCB's and other trace organics. T h e discovery was made as the team, headed by Edward W. Merrill, explored the effect of electron bomb a r d m e n t on sewage sludge. According to Dr. Merrill, an easily attainable level of electron bombardment— about 10 krad—was sufficient to degrade P C B ' s present in laboratory water samples. Dr. Merrill postulates t h a t when high-speed electrons hit the water molecules, the molecules are split into highly reactive hydrogen and hydroxyl radicals. T h e hydroxyl radicals then attack the P C B ' s in water and convert them into molecules with a hydroxyl functional group, which renders the molecules water soluble. PCB's degrade extremely slowly in the environment and accumulate in body
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because they are thousands of times more soluble in fatty tissues t h a n in water. In their experiment, the water samples with P C B ' s were analyzed before and after electron b o m b a r d m e n t by high-performance liquid chromatography. T h e H P L C analysis showed t h a t more t h a n 90% of t h e P C B ' s initially present disappeared after doses of less t h a n 10 krad.
Save Helium Now Helium, a rare gas widely used for its inertness and its unique ability to remain liquid at temperatures close to absolute zero, is "a vital nonrenewable resource". T h a t is the conclusion of the National Research Council's committee, which just completed a four-month assessment of possible helium-conservation policies for the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Foremost on the committee's list of recommended actions was the call for an immediate halt to all venting of helium separated from natural gas. Natural gas producers are currently venting helium separated from the other components of natural gas into the atmosphere, rather t h a n storing it. Helium occurs naturally in the earth's atmosphere at only about 5 p p m . However, it is found in all natural gas, particularly in U.S.produced gas, which contains 0.3-0.4% helium. Extensively utilized in chromatography as a carrier gas, helium is also used for purging and pressurizing, in leak detection, h e a t transfer, and in controlled atmospheres and breathing tests. T h e superconductivity of helium a t near absolute zero temperatures also finds applications in developing technologies such as fusion reactors, high-temperature gas turbines, laser-based missile defense systems, and super conducting magnets. These potential uses, coupled with t h e ever-declining natural gas reserves, could cause an insufficiency in helium supplies in 20-30 years, just as the truly significant demands for the element would be emerging.
Literature Searching via Communications Satellite T h e day when the scientific community can obtain full texts of journal articles by communications satellite may be nearing. T h e J a n u a r y issue of Physics Today [published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP)] reports t h a t an experimental project entitled "Assessment of Data Base Searching via Communications Satel-
News lite" is underway at AIP, with the financial support of the National Science Foundation. According to the report, the project is designed to evaluate the remote searching of a computerized file of abstracts of journal articles and also the ability to transmit the full text to the user almost instantly. Participating in this test project are NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Ames Research Center, Lewis Research Center, and California Institute of Technology's J e t Propulsion Laboratory. Using a communications "linku p " between computer terminals routed through the geosynchronous Communications Technology Satellite, scientists a t the participating laboratories examine AIP's data base, consisting of abstracts from all AIP and member society journals published over the past several years. Upon finding an abstract of interest, the user flashes AIP, where copies of the requested material can be sent by facsimile transmitter a t the rate of one page every 30-90 seconds. After a year of actual operation, the timeliness and economic advantages of the system will be evaluated.
GC/MS Methods for Analysis of Drugs of Abuse As part of the efforts by the National Institute of Drug Abuse to help accelerate drug abuse research, Battelle's Columbus Laboratories is conducting a program on the validation of new analytical methods based on integrated GC/MS systems. These systems with the unique separation capabilities of GC and identification potential of M S will be used to determine the amount of drugs of abuse in plasma and urine. Under the program, various laboratories in the U.S. with G C / M S instruments will be selected as possible participants and will be provided with biological samples containing specific drugs. T h e identity of the drugs will be disclosed to the laboratories, but only Battelle will know the concentration. T h e laboratories will then analyze the sample by methods also provided by Battelle in rough draft form. When the methods are perfected finally, they will be collected in eight booklets and published by the National Institute of Drug Abuse. In the booklet, drugs will be grouped according to structure and methods. T h e institute will disseminate the booklets to numerous toxicology, clinical, forensic, and other laboratories in the country.
Call for Papers 27th Annual D e n v e r Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis University of Denver, University Park Campus. Aug. 1-4. Papers on x-ray analysis with particular emphasis on x-ray powder diffraction and x-ray fluorescence are invited. Prospective authors should submit extended abstracts (approximately two pages, single spaced) not later than April 21, 1978, to: C. O. Ruud, Denver Research Institute, University of Denver, Denver, Colo. 80208.
The following meeting is newly
Capillary Gas Chromatography Washington, D.C. May 19-20. Milos Novotny and S t u a r t Cram. $245, ACS members; $295, nonmembers Laboratory Safety—Recognition and M a n a g e m e n t of Hazards New York City. May 22-24. N o r m a n Steere and Maurice Golden. $275, ACS members; $325, nonmembers Gas Chromatography, Theory and Practice Blacksburg, Va. J u n e 6-9. Harold M. McNair. $395, ACS members; $455, nonmembers
Meetings in A N A L Y T I C A L C H E M I S T R Y .
Creative Problem Solving New York City. May 18-19. Moshe Rubinstein. $195, ACS members; $235, nonmembers
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• Occupational Health & Safety Regulation Seminar. Apr. 10-11. Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. Contact: Nancy McNerney, Government Institutes, Inc., 4733 Bethesda Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20014. 301-656-1090
Microprocessors and Minicomputers Blacksburg, Va. J u n e 11-16. Raymond Dessy. $455, ACS members; $515, nonmembers H i g h - P r e s s u r e Liquid Chromatography Workshop Boston. J u n e 24-25. David Freeman. $245, ACS members; $295, nonmembers
Short Courses ACS Courses. For more information, contact: Department of Educational Activities, American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth St., N. W., Washington, DC. 20036. 202-872-4508 Carbon-13 N M R Spectroscopy Philadelphia. Apr. 20-22. George C. Levy and Paul Ellis. $255, ACS members; $305, nonmembers Maintenance & Troubleshooting Chromatographic S y s t e m s Workshop Houston, Tex. Apr. 21-22. J o h n Q. Walker, M. T. Jackson, and M.P.T. Bradley. $225, ACS members; $265, nonmembers Toxicology for Chemists Washington, D.C. May 2-4. Joseph Borzelleca and Frederick Sperling. $395, ACS members; $465, nonmembers Gas C h r o m a t o g r a p h y - M a s s S p e c trometry New York City. May 18-19. J. Throck Watson and O. David Sparkman. $195, ACS members; $235, nonmembers
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Microprocessors Milwaukee, Wis. Apr. 10-15. $375. Contact: Dept. of Engineering & Applied Science, U. of Wisconsin-Extension, 432 North Lake St., Madison, Wis. 53706 Microchemical Analysis Chicago. Apr. 24. $450. Contact: McCrone Research Institute, 2508 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. 60616 Instrumental Surface Analysis Academic Center, East Brunswick, N.J. Apr. 24-26. Cedric J. Powell. $470. Contact: T h e Center for Professional Advancement, P.O. Box H, East Brunswick, N.J. 08816 Transmission Electron Microscopy Academic Center, East Brunswick, N.J. May 9-11. J o h n R. Nichols and Joseph F. Gennaro. $410. Contact: T h e Center for Professional Advancement, P.O. Box H, East Brunswick, N.J. 08816 Acoustic Microscopy Chicago. May 14-16. $450. Contact: Sonoscan, Inc., 720 Foster Ave., Bensenville, 111. 60106. 312-766-7088
