News • 152nd National Meeting of the Electrochemical Society. Oct. 9-14, 1977. Atlanta. Contact: The Electrochemical Society, Inc., P.O. Box 2071, Princeton, N.J. 08540 • 24th Canadian Spectroscopy Symposium. Oct. 23-26, 1977. Conference Centre, Ottawa, Canada. Contact: T. R. Churchill, Canmet, 555 Booth St., Ottawa, Ont., Canada K1A 0G1
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G C / M S Data Systems Finnigan Corp. and its subsidiary, INCOS, are presenting a series of free, one-day seminars. Nov. 10, Houston, Tex.; Nov. 12, Denver, Colo.; Nov. 17, Palo Alto, Calif.; Nov. 19, Los Angeles, Calif. Contact: Finnigan Corp., 845 West Maude Ave., Sunnyvale, Calif. 94086 Simplex Optimization i n R e s e a r c h and Development University of Houston, Houston, Tex. J a n . 10-12, 1977. S. N. Deming, S. L. Morgan, and M. R. Willcott. $250. Contact: S. N. Deming, D e p a r t m e n t of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Tex. 77004. 713-749-4809 or 713-749-2612 Waters Associates Regional Liquid Chromatography Schools Chicago, Jan. 17-18; Dallas, J a n . 1 9 20; Los Angeles, Jan. 31-Feb. 1; San Francisco, Feb. 2-3; Cleveland, Feb. 26-27, 1977. $100. Contact: Carole Wade, LC School Registrar, Waters Associates, Inc., Maple St., Milford, Mass. 01757. 617-478-2000
For Your Information Midwest R e s e a r c h Institute is interested in locating experienced and qualified potential collaborators to evaluate methods of sulfate analysis under E P A Contract No. 68-02-1728. T h e methods to be evaluated are: (1) methylthymol blue using the Technicon Autoanalyzer I, (2) methylthymol blue using the Technicon Autoanalyzer II, and (3) barium chloranilate using a manual procedure. Interested parties should contact Fred Bergman, Midwest Research Institute, 425 Volker Boulevard, Kansas City, Mo. 64110 (816-753-7600).
Thompson Packard Products, Inc., announced t h a t it has resumed direct sales responsibilities for its complete line of analytical instrument chart papers, N M R sample tubes, reference standards, and research consumables. In conjunction with this move, the company has prepared a new 84-page catalog detailing the products available. Requests for the new catalog should be directed to Thompson Packard Products, Inc., P.O. Box 910, Boca Raton, Fla. 33432 (305-3913415).
