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Raymond If. Stoughton, Clin ton Laboratories. Ρ lu toni u m Proj ect, Oak Ridge, Tenn. William Lloyd Evan vast presi dent of ACS* and pr ssor emeri tus, Ohio State University; C A. Biiehler, head of chemistry depart ment, University of Tennessee
f. II. Wood, Uftiversity of Tennessee; J. L. Gabbard9 chtiirman, East Tennessee Section, and Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp.; Wm. Lodder9 représentalive from office of National ACS Secretary, Washington; and J. A. Bacon, University of Tennessee
East Tennessee Holds 2nd Meeting-in-MiniaÉire The East Tennessee Section, ACS, held, its second annual mee tin g-in-mi mature at Oak Ridge, Tenu., June 1. Approximately 200 attended, and the program was restricted ï^ïfour papers, to allow each speaker ample t i m e to cover tihe tirnèl^ topics selected. A. D. B/Ielavcsn spoke on "Rlienium, Its Occurrence, Recovery, and Properties". This transitional element does not occur in nature in concentrations higher than a few parts per million. Flue dust concentrates from the roasting of molybdenite have been investigated. Douglas Hill discussed "Chemistry of t h e Stable Isotopes". At present there is demand for isotopes of the nonradioactive elements for nuclear studies. Nuclear properties as determined from radioactive decay products A. O. Melaven, associate of chemistry, University nessee, speaks on
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must be checked wherever possible by repeating the measurements on t h e much larger amounts of material which should become available from isotope separations. The subject of C. D. Coryell was "Fission Produces'*. The development of piles and the large-scale separation of plutonium from the products of fission chain reac lions required an extensive program of such radiochemical study. Groups a t the Clinton Laboratories, Iowa S^tate College, the University of California, and the Hanford Engineer Works have given a great deal of new information o n the radioactive properties. R. W. Stoughton talked on "Chemistry of the Transuranic Elements", discussing four methods for the separation of plutonium from uranium and fission products.
Douglas Hill, associate professor of chemistry, Duke University, on leave tvith Tennessee Eastman Co.
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Charles D. Coryell, chief of fission products section, Clinton Laboratories, Oak Ridge
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Above. J. /v. Rttberf sarifl R. C. Gunness, Standard Oil Co. (/fir/.); Walter G. If hitman, iMIT, consultan I: ('. If". Walls, Standard of Intl.; L. W . Moore; Sc€»tt If alker ami Daniel Silverman of Statiftlind. Below. E. K. Broivn, Casper-iïreyhull refinery ζ A. C. Ilershey. If ood River refinery ; II. M. Steininger. Sngttr Creek refinery: II. C. Sehnetzler^ fteodes h a refi n ery
Standard Oil Holds Joint Technical Meeting C o n t i n u i n g t h e i r p o l i c y of b r i n g i n g t o g e t h e r key r e s e a r c h p e r s o n n e l for d i s c u s s i o n of p r o b l e m s i n p e t r o l e u m c h e m i s t r y , t h e S t a n d a r d Oil Co. ( I n d . ) a n d affiliates, P a n A m e r i c a n P e t r o l e u m a n d T r a n s p o r t Co., S t a n o lind Oil a n d Gas C o . , a n d t h e U t a h R e fining Co., held their fourth joint t e c h n i c a l m e e t i n g M a y 13 t o 18 a t E d g e w a t e r Park, M i s s . Sixty-eight technical papers w e r e presented, u n d e r t h e general h e a d i n g s of m o t o r gasoline, lubricants, process develop m e n t , general research, technical service, c h e m i c a l p r o d u c t s , a n d m i s cellaneous. Λ p r o c e s s for m a k i n g gasoline from natural gas was de scribed, a n d it was pointed o u t that s u c h a process i s c l o s e t o c o m m e r c i a l f e a s i b i l i t y , possibly p r o m i s i n g e v e n t u a l l y to m e e t t h e c o u n t r y ' s neetls for m a k i n g o i l s a n d l i q u i d f u e l s f r o m coal w h e n p e t r o l e u m s u p p l i e s are ex hausted.
Above, left. L. W": Aloore, Pan American Refining Corp. Above. M. T. Ca rpe n, ter, Whiting Labo ratories 9 and Bruce Κ. Brown, S tarif! artl Oil ( J W . ) .
Right. During intermission. T. It. Rogers, D. P. Barnard9 and W. II. itah Ike, associate directors of re search; II7. B. Plitrrtmer, manager chemical products department; J. It. Forrester, director of technical serv ice* all of Standard Oil (Ind.); C. R. llarte, assistant superintendent of technical service, Whiting refinery; C. W. IVyseivander, Utah Oil Re fining Co.; H. G. Schnetsler, chief chemist, Neodesha refinery; A. B. Brown, assistant superintendent technical service, Whiting refinery; E. W. Adams, assistant director of research, Indiana V O L U M E
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