VOLUME 40, NO. 3
MARCH 1968
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY CONTENTS REPORT FOR ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS The status of standard reference materials as gleaned from a survey of laboratory supervisors is presented by the Subcommittee on Reference Materials of the Committee on Analytical Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council.... 24 A
Our cover represents the use and need for 'accurate, reliable stand ard reference materials in mea surement science. For the results of a study of the present status of standard reference materials for analytical chemistry, see report for Analytical Chemists, page 24 A.
Additions to the list of Conference exhibitors and their products, presented in the February issue, are given. The meeting will be held Mar. 3-8, Cleveland, Ohio 53 A
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Two meetings are summarized: 11th Conference on Analytical Chemistry in Nuclear Technology, which was held in Gatlinburg, Tenn., Oct. 10 to 12, 1967, and a Workshop on Spark Source Mass Spectrometry, which was held at the National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Md., Nov. 13 and 14, 1967 71 A
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The detailed program of the Analytical Division sponsored and cosponsored technical sessions at the 155th National ACS Meeting, San Francisco, March 31 to April 5, is presented. Other meetings and courses are scheduled 85 A EDITORS' COLUMN Contributions that analytical scientists make to the space program and feedback from space technology present rich possibilities for analytical chemists 125 A LABORATORY OF THE MONTH Juniata College, Huntington, Pa., offers facilities and analytical in strumentation which encourage its chemistry students to partici pate in undergraduate research 134 A INSTRUMENTATION Dr. Muller sees advantages to the academic community in the introduction of a low-cost infrared spectrophotometer 143 A AUTHOR INDEX... 6 A BOOK REVIEWS... 111 A BRIEFS... 11 A CALENDAR OF EVENTS . . . 100 A NEW CHEMICALS... 165 A EDITORIAL... 473 FUTURE ARTICLES... 180 A MANUFACTURERS' LITERATURE . . . 167 A NEW PRODUCTS... 153 A READERS' INFORMATION SERVICE... 147 A
