METROPOLITAN
MICROCHEMICAL
SOCIETY.
American Museum of Natural History. New York. N_ Y. December 21. NORTHEASTERN
WOOD UTILIZATION
COUN
CIL. Hotel ^Hanger. Boston, Mass. De cember 14. Quarterly meeting. SOCIETY OF TIIE
PLASTICS INDUSTRY.
Edge-
water Beach IHoteh Chicago, III. May 3 and 4, 1945. Annual meeting. TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION O F THE P U L P AND
Local Sections
PAPER
SPEAKER
SUBJECT
Northern West Virginia, University of West Virginia, Morgantown Panhandle Plains, Âmarillo Hotel. Amarillo, Texas Philadelphia, Engineers' Club
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A. W. Gauger
Chemistry of Fuel Beds
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Gustav Egloff
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H. S. Taylor
Pittsburgh, Auditorium. Mellon Institute Rochester, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester South Jersey, Homestead Coffee Shop Woodbury, N . J. Western Connecticut, Piccadilly Res taurant, Stamford
21
A. W. Gauger
Petroleum as a Chemical Industry Use of Isotopes in Catalytic Research Chemistry of Fuel Beds
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R. C. Hockett
19
R. E. Lothrop
19
W. H. Hartung
SECTION AND PLACE
DECEMBER
American Chemical Society 1 AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
Chicago, 111.
September 10 to 14, 1945. Annual meet ing. CHEMICAL
ENGINEERING
SYMPOSIUM,
Divi
sion of Industrial and Engineering Chem istry, Columbia University, New York. N. Y. December 29. 11th Symposium. Subject, Adsorption ruid Ion Exchange. NEW
YORK
RUBBER
GROUP.
Building
Trades Club, New York, Ν . Υ. Decem ber 15, Christmas party.
COMPRESSED
G A S MANUFACTURERS'
ASSO
CIATION. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York. Ν. Υ. January 22 and 23. tion. January 19, 1945. trochemical Conference. ELECTROCHEMICAL
Chicago
Sec
Industrial Elec
SOCIETY-,
Commodore
Hotel.
Industrial Electrochemical Conference
Research on Industrial Uses for Farm Crops Iatrochemical Conundrums
ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY,
INDU=STHV.
New York. N_ Y. February 19 to 22. 1945. Annual meetisig.
INC.
Hotel
Claridge, Atlantic City, N. J. April 12 to 14, 1945. Spring convention. INSTITUTE O F FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS.
Hotel
Seneca, Rochester, Ν. Υ. May 21 to 23. Sixth annual conference.
An Industriafi Development and Electro chemical Conference for the technical and management pezrsonuel of the midwest indus tries sponsored by t h e Chicago Section of The Electrochemical Society, will be held in the Museum off Science and Industry, 37th St. and Lake Mïichigan, Chicago, 111., January 19, 1945. The Chicago Association of Commerce, the Commonwealth Edison Co., and the Armotur Research Foundation are actively coopenating i n the conference. The primary object of the conference is to acquaint techiL-ologis~ts and executives with industrial and electrochemical progress and particularly tfcie possibilities for electrochemical devel opinent in the Chicago area. The program imcludes an Industrial Processing Symposiurrs, followed by a question and answer period for which a number of nationally knowca experts have been secured. Those planning to attend are requested to send reservations ns early as possible to O. W. Storey, ISO North Wabash Ave., Chicago 1, 111.
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OF ECONOMIC E N
TOMOLOGISTS. Hotel New Yorker, New York, Ν . Υ. December 13 to 15. AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY.
Hotei Statler,
Buffalo, Ν. Υ . April 15 to 19. 1945. 47th annual meeting. AMERICAN DRUG MANUFACTURERS
To All Our Friends
ASSOCIA
W e extend cordial wishes for
TION. The Homestead, Hot Springs, Va. May 7 to 10, 1945. Annual convention. AMERICAN ELECTROPLATERS
SOCIETY.
Wil
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liam Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa. June 18 to 21, 1945. Convention. AMERICAN
INSTITUTE
OF
MINING
CHRISTMAS and SL
AND
METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS. Hotel Penn
Prosperous I\ew Year
sylvania, New York, N . Y. February IS to 22. Annual meeting. AMERICAN LEATHER CHEMISTS
ASSOCIATION.
with early Victory amd Lasting Peace
Netherland Plaza Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. June 12 to 14, 1945. Annual meeting. AMERICAN
SOCIETY
FOR TESTING
MATERI
ALS. Hotel William Penn, Pittsburgh, Pa. February 2G to March 2, 1945. Spring meeting and committee week. 48th an nual meeting. June 18 to 22, 1945, Hotel Statler, Buffalo, Ν . Υ. AMERICAN
WATER
WORKS
InntSy Spe^den & Co.
ASSOCIATION.
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Municipal Auditorium, St. Louis, Mo. May 7 to I I , 1945. Conference.
Chemicals · G u m s · W a x e s 117 Liberty St.,
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10:00 Λ .Μ.—Greetings. T h e Electro chemical Society, Chicago Section. H . R. ALLEY, Chairman. 1 0 : 1 0 A.M.—Chicago's Status as an I n d u s t r i a l C e n t e r . W . O. B A T C H E L D E R . c o m m e r c i a l vice p r e s i d e n t . G e n e r a l E l e c t r i c C o . a n d p r e s i d e n t of I n d u s trial Development Committee, Chi c a g o A s s o c i a t i o n of C o m m e r c e . E . P . QUEP.L, manager. Industrial Depart m e n t , C h i c a g o A s s o c i a t i o n of C o m merce. 1 0 : 4 5 A . M . — E l e c t r i c P o w e r for C h i c a g o I n d u s t r i e s . T . G . L K C L A I R . staff e n gineer. Commonwealth Edison Co. 1 1 : 4 5 A . M . — T r e n d s in I n d u s t r i a l R e search. H A R O L D VAGTBORG, director, Armour Research Foundation, Chi cago. 12:00-1:00—Luncheon. C a f e t e r i a of M u s e u m of Science a n d I n d u s t r y . 1:00 P . M . — T r e n d s in O u r N a t i o n ' s Electrochemical Industries. S. D . KIRKPATRICK, president. Electrochem i c a l S o c i e t y , a n d e d i t o r , Chemical and .Metallurgical Engineering. 1 : 4 0 P.M.—Reminiscences and Future Prospects in Electrochemistry. C. F . B U R G E S S , C h a i r m a n of t h e B o a r d s of D i r e c t o r s of B u r g e s s B a t t e r y C o . a n d C F . Burgess Laboratories, I n c .
INDUSTRIAL· PROCESSING SYMPOSIUM 2 : 10 P . M . — B a s i c E c o n o m i c F a c t o r s Af f e c t i n g t h e E s t a b l i s h m e n t of a n E l e c trochemical Industry. R. B. W I T T E N BERG, International Minerals & Chemical Corp. (7) 3 : 1 0 P . M . — E l e c t r i c i t y — a n Indispens a b l e A g e n t for I n d u s t r i a l P r o g r e s s . Η . Ε. D R A L L E , Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. (S) 3 : 4 0 P . M . — O p p o r t u n i t i e s for E l e c t r o chemical Industries. C. A. C R O W L E Y , G r a h a m , Crowley & Associates, I n c . (9) 4 : 1 0 P . M . — I n f o r m a l D i s c u s s i o n P e r i o d . C o m m i t t e e of e l e c t r o c h e m i c a l s p e c i a l ists t o answer questions on electro chemical processes. (G)
e x p e c t e d t o t a k e a, p r o m i n e n t p a r t in t h e ex position. A s u r v e y of A m e r i c a n a n d M e x i c a n busi n e s s i n t e r e s t s , t o d e t e r m i n e w h e n t h e bulk of t h e i n d u s t r i e s w o u l d h a v e t h e i r p r o d u c t s r e a d y for u n v e i l i n g , i n d i c a t e d t h a t most m a n u f a c t u r e r s w a i t o n l y on g o v e r n m e n t per m i s s i o n to b e g i n l a r g e - s c a l e civilian p r o d u c t i o n . S p o n s o r s of t h e e x p o s i t i o n p l a n to b u i l d i t i n t o a n o t h e r L e i p z i g fair, p a t t e r n e d a f t e r t h e p r e - l l i t l e r e x p o s i t i o n in G e r m a n y , w h e r e m o s t of t h e w o r l d ' s l a r g e firins ex h i b i t e d t h e l a t e s t d e v e l o p m e n t s of their products.
P r e s i d e n t C. S . M a r v e l h a s a d d e d ï t . T. M i l n e r , U. S. D e p a r t m e n t of A g r i c u l t u r e , N o r t h e r n Regional Research Laboratory, P e o r i a 5 , 111., t o t h e C o m m i t t e e o n Analysis of C o m m e r c i a l F a t s a n d Oils.
Products of Tomorrow Exposition T h e F i r s t N a t i o n a l P r o d u c t s of T o m o r r o w E x p o s i t i o n i s t o be h e l d in C h i c a g o n e x t spring, probably topening about M a r c h l a the Chicago Coliseum, Wabash a t 15th St., u n d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n of M a r c u s W . H i n s o n . T e l e v i s i o n a n d allied fields of e l e c t r o n i c s , food, p l a s t i c s , a n d t h e field of s y n t h e t i c s a r e
J a m e s W. F e r g u s o n will b e t h e n e w e d i t o r of t h e Accelerator, official p u b l i c a t i o n o f the m i d w e s t c o o p e r a t i n g s e c t i o n s of t h e A M E R I C A N C H E M I C A L S O C I E T Y . H e h a s b e e n with E l i L i l l y a n d C o . in I n d i a n a p o l i s , since 1942.
Eleventh A n n u a l Chemical Engineering Symposium on Adsorption and Ion Exchange Division of Industrial and Engineering Brander
Matthews
Theatre,
Columbia
University,
December
R e g i s t r a t i o n . All persons a t t e n d i n g t h e m e e t i n g m u s t register. Admission to t h e sessions will be b y badge only. R e g i s t r a tion will b e in t h e lobby of t h e Me ,T s F a c u l t y C l u b (two doors a w a y from B r a n d e r M a t t h e w s T h e a t r e on 117th S t . ) from S : 30 t o 9 : 3 0 A . M .
Registration Fees M e m b e r s of American Chemical Society a n d Division of Industrial and Engi neering Chemistry S I . 00 Other members of American Chemical Society 1 . 50 Nonchemists, nonchemical engineers, and s t u d e n t s 1.00 Chemists or chemical engineers not mem bers of the AC"· 3 . 00 P r e r e g i s t r a t i o n . Preregistration is urged. Tliose w h o have not received a card a r e asked t o write t o T . B. D r e w , Box 32, l i a v c m e y e r Hail, C o l u m b i a University, N"-ew Vork 2 7 , Ν . Υ., furnishing t h e follow i n g information: C'j) Business address (b) W h e t h e r (1) A member of the Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2) Λ member of t h e ACS (3) A s t u d e n t , nonchemist, or nonchemical engineer. (Ί) Americiiii chemist or chemical engineer, not a member of the ACS Cc) Lnnnheon reservation 21 26
420
29,
West
Chemistry, 117th
New
York, Ν.
Υ.,
1944
Because of t h e wartime food restrictions the luncheon (price SI.25) reservations m u s t be received by T . B. Drew by noon, W e d n e s d a y , December 27, 1944, two d a y s in a d v a n c e of t h e meeting. S y m p o s i u m C o m m i t t e e . S. P . B u r k e , Chairman; A. W . Hixson, T . B . D r e w , A. B. K a y , P . W. S c h u t z . Local C o m m i t t e e . Τ . Β . D r e w , Chair man; J . M . C h u r c h , J. W. H o o p e s , J r . , W. D . T u r n e r , J . B. K i r k l a n d . Division of I n d u s t r i a l and E n g i n e e r i n g Chemistry. T h o m a s II. Chilton, Chair man; F r a n c i s J . C u r t i s , Vice Chairman; William A. P a r d e e , Secretary-Treasurer.
Program All p a p e r s will be presented in B r a n d e r Matthews Theatre. T i m e for discussion has been i n c l u d e d in t h e time a l l o t t e d on the program. Friday M o r n i n g and A f t e r n o o n S. P . B U R K E ,
St.,
ACS
Presiding
8:30— Registration 9 : 3 0 — 1. E R N S T B E I C L A N D W A L T E R G. P E R L . F o r m a t i o n a n d P r o p e r t i e s of Activated Carbon. 1 0 : 1 0 — 2. J O H X W . H A S S L E R A N D W I L LIAM E. M C M I N N . Recent Studies on t h e N a t u r e of A c t i v a t e d C a r b o n .
CHEMICAL
1 0 : 5 0 — 3. P A U L H . EMMETT. Summary of M e t h o d s for M e a s u r i n g Surface Areas of P o r o u s A d s o r b e n t s . 1 1 : 3 0 — 4. R O G E R K. TAYLOR. Water A d s o r p t i o n M e a s u r e m e n t s on Silica Gel. 1 1 : 4 5 — 5. W A L T E R A. P A T R I C K . Therm o d y n a m i c a l S t u d i e s of Physical Adsorption. 1 2 : 1 0 — 6. G E O R G E H . S C H E F F L E R . The ^Density a n d R e l a t e d P r o p e r t i e s of Some Active Carbons. 1:00— S y m p o s i u m L u n c h e o n , Men's Faculty Club. 1:00— E x e c u t i v e a n d Symposium C o m m i t t e e M e e t i n g L u n c h e o n , Men's Faculty Club. 2 : 0 0 — 7. STERLING B. HENDRICKS. B a s e E x c h a n g e of Silicates. 2 : 4 0 — 8. E R N E S T W . T H I E L E . Recent D e v e l o p m e n t s in t h e T h e o r y of Percolat i o n a n d of R e l a t e d Processes. 3:20— Recess. 3 : 4 0 — 9. D O N A L D S. HERR. The C h e m i s t r y a n d Application of I o n Exchange Resins. 4:20—10. S I D N E Y SUSSMAN, F R E D E R I C K C . N A C H O D , AND W I L L I A M W O O D . Met a l R e c o v e r y by A n i o n E x c h a n g e . 5:00—Reception, Men's Faculty C l u b L o u n g e . T h e h o s t will b e Columb i a U n i v e r s i t y School of E n g i n e e r i n g .
A N D ENGINEERING
NEWS
