THE CHEMICAL WORLD THIS WEEK • Causes of smog a r e pinned down
and in
some cases are controlled to a high degree. Smog is a nationwide problem, yet control remains an enigma peculiar to each area. Page 1108. • Phenol from petroleum sources is in produc tion at Standard Oil of California's Richmond re finery. Cumene intermediate made from propyl ene and benzene. Page 1114. • Monsanto
"senior
scientists*'
past 10 years the cement industry has expanded about 3 0 0 % . Page 1134. t Atomic p o w e r c o s t s predicted to be lower than coal-produced (after about eight-year shakedown). Capital cost will be high, fuel costs low. Page 1136. t Betty Sullivan adds G a r v a n M e d a l to her list of honors. Page 1138.
program
recognizes accomplishments of scientific and en gineering researchers and gives th.em certain privileges and honors. Page 1114.
• Fisher A w a r d g o e s t o F. G. Smith for his de velopment of new techniques and methods of analysis. Page 1138.
• Decreasing demand for synthetic rubber is
• Volwiler will r e c e i v e SCI Medal for "con spicuous services to applied chemistry." Award will b e m a d e Oct. 12. Page 1140.
causing some employment cut-backs along the Gulf Coast. Further cut-backs in production are rumored in some quarters. Page 1118.
• In denying A C S membership t o α Communist
• Antibiotics banished orthodoxy i n organic re search. Before their discovery7, experiment led imagination, rather than imagination the experi ment. Page 1120. • Organosilicon synthesis revolution may fol low recent introduction of arganosilylmetallic reagents. Page 1122. r Forty-five s t a t e s okay polio v a c c i n e t e s t s . Despite occurrence of sporadic refusals to par ticipate, main problem is still lack of material to satisfy demand. Page 1122. ί W i l l pilot plants lose t o computers?
MIT
computer solves a Du Pont problem in 30 hours ( after equations were prepared ) that woxild take several years to duplicate in semiworlts produc tion. Page 1126. ^ Refractory properties of hafnium c a r b i d e measured at Oak Ridge National Lab—compare very favorably with other industrial carbides. It is harder than boron carbide. Page 1128. • M o r e nitrogen than w e need?
ODJM'S new
nitrogen goal of 3.5 million tons will "be exceeded by 300,000 tons in 1957, according t o Commerce Department's survey. Page 1130. • Budget cuts will cripple NIBS industry pro grams for precision. measurements and calibra tion work. Page 1180. ^ C e m e n t paces living standard i n Brazil as
demand for building materials increases. In the
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the admissions committee and Board say they are setting u p no political standards for member ship b u t rather saying ACS members must b e free to think as they wish and to report scientific results as hunestly obtained. Page 1146. ^ "Atomic Experiments for Boys" should serve to interest them in finding out for themselves something about the interesting universe they in habit. Page 1154.
^ Ten Commandments of Safety stated for guidance of supervisors. As a supervisor in a position of trust, you arc indeed your brother's keeper. Page 1156. ^ Corrosive chemicals no threat to fluorocarbon elastomer developed in cooperative research bv Army's Office of Quartermaster General and M. W. Kellogg. Page 1158. ^ Further chlorine expansion unlikely in next three or four years. By 1960 daily demand will have grown to 12,000 tons from present rate of 7700 tons per day. Page 1168. • Fermentation alcohol may die on the vine
as some suggest. Use of both molasses and grain for alcohol was sharply reduced the first seven months of fiscal year. Page 1170. • Hand-to-mouth
buying c r e a t e s danger
to
supplies in many industries. Textile and metal fields are two that are indulging in tidbit buy ing. Page 1172.
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