of an educational program in rubber technology are
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• To encourage undergraduate inter est in the field of rubber chemistry and technology i n the college of engineer ing. • To provide a means for additional training in rubber for men i n industry, both producers and consumers of ruober. W a y n e feels that the addition of a laboratory program, which will enable students to verify the principles dis cussed in t h e lectures, is clearly con sistent with these aims.
Eight Traveling Teachers Group of science teachers will soon begin pioneering in country's high schools
Detroit R u b b e r and Plastics Group education committee members go over new plans for rubber laboratory fund drive w i t h Wayne University officials. Seated ( left to right ) : H . G. Donnelly, head of Wayne's department of chemical a n d metallurgical engineering, A. R. Carr, d e a n of the engineering college, and R. W . Malcomson, chairman of the D R F G committee; standing: J. A. Mickey and E . M . Chmiel, of the Detroit group. The laboratory is scheduled t o open this fall
Buildup for Rubber Technology With an eye to industry, W a y n e University adds new laboratory to rubber technology program O T U D E N T S F R O M INDUSTRY who
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signed u p for Wayne University's spe cial courses in rubber technology will work in a brand new laboratory this fall. T h e laboratory is to supplement t h e introductory a n d advanced lectures in rubber technology which have been offered b y t h e university a n d the De troit R u b b e r and Plastics Group for several years. Representatives of W a y n e a n d the Detroit g r o u p have kicked off a cam paign to raise $25,000 for t h e n e w lab oratory. First contribution t o the fund was $1000 from Detroit Rubber a n d Plastics, which supplements an ex isting laboratory equipment fund. W a y n e is allocating additional money from its departmental equipment fund a n d will defray all expenses of equip m e n t installation. R. W . Malcomson, chairman of the education committee of t h e Detroit group, is confident t h a t t h e $25,000 3120
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goal will b e met with the combined assistance of the r u b b e r industry and the Detroit industries to w h o m con tinued advances in rubber technology are an essential. To d a t e nearly 600 men have been trained in rubber technology in Wayne's department of chemical and metallurgical engineering. T h e new program has been set u p by qualified technical men from the rubber indus try, working with t h e staff of Wayne's engineering college. The lab is to b e equipped with all necessary testing and processing equip ment, a n d its flexible design will allow for further expansion of the program. T h e course itself will consist of nine integrated experiments conducted over a 16-week period, and will b e given one evening a week for three hours. As oudined by the university and the cosponsoring group, the objectives
The eight high school teachers who will spend t h e next school year visiting science classes throughout the nation (C&EN, April 2, p a g e 1568) have been selected by t h e Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies from more than 100 applicants in 35 states. T h e group will soon begin touring the country's high schools in station wagons, supplement ing the work όϊ science teachers by presenting lecture demonstrations to science classes and b y providing lively, current information in m a n y scientific fields. The teachers chosen to launch the program are Denman Carl Evans, Okmulgee High School, Okmulgee, Okla., Merle Fisher, Madison School District 321A, Rexburg, Idaho; Elmer L. Galley, Rahway High School, Rail way, N . J.; Kenneth V. Jackman, The Hill School, Pottstown, Pa.; Wilfred W . Miller, South High School, Denver, Colo.; D a v i d D . Porter, Central Cath olic High School, Portland, Ore.; Paul H. Shover, South Mountain Junior High School, Allentown, Pa., and Frank Wesley Starr, Laurens Senior High School, Laurens, Iowa. The teachers will visit some 250 high schools in the coining year. T h e ORINS University Relations Division now plans to mail invitations to 10,000 secondary schools, selected at random, to participate in the program. W . W . Grigoriefr, chairman of the division, emphasizes that this invitation is ex tended to any U. S. high school. R. J. Stephenson, of the College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, has been ap pointed technical director of summer training for the demonstration lecture program, which is sponsored b y the National Science Foundation a n d the United States Atomic Energy Commis sion. »
Corrosioneering News Quick facts about t h e services and equipment Pfaudler offers to help you Ç ^ J
reduce corrosion and processing cost.
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Now yxnj can outsert leaflets o n most packages without hand labor ! P u t y o u r product story w h e r e it will b e read—on a leaflet fastened to the outside of y o u r package. Y o u can do this, w i t h o u t slowing d o w n your production l i n e o r using costly hand labor, b y using P f a u d l e r ' s new fastaction Outsert A p p l i c a t o r , Model OA-3MC. Up to> 220 containers per m i n u t e The P f andle-x Outsert Applicator attaches your xnessage to all cylindrical containers o f plastic, glass, paper, or metal—2% t o IVA inches in length, 1% t o 6V2 inches outside diameter. (Special designs for containers outside t h e s e limits.) Fits right i n t o your production line The u n i t fits readily into most p r o duction line setups, requires only four square Jeet of floor space! There i t operates automatically and continuously, gripping free-rolling containers from your labeling machine and forwarding t h e m , w i t h leaflet accurately -attached, to t h e casing machine, ready t o pack a n d ship. Xow maintenance cost Advanced design and careful selection of materials give you a durable machine, capable of long continuous runs. And there a r e n o delicate mechanisms to fail. If you're interested in t h e advantages of oixiserts for your product, simply for^ward a sample labeled container w i t h o u t s e r t affixed correctly. Pfaixdler engineers will a n alyze your requirements and send you f u l l information. Or, if you p r e fer, w r i t e f o r Bulletin 933.
G E T 2-WEEK D E L I V E R S on these flexible standard heat exchangers Interchangeable parts a r e essential t o t h e cornerstones of industrial progress. B u t in the chemical p r o c essing field, standardization is h a r d t o achieve because of t h e great v a riety of r e q u i r e m e n t s . Traditionally each system has had to b e specially engineered. Today it is unnecessary, in many cases, to delay your operation by waiting months for " m a d e - t o - o r d e r " heat exchangers. With t h e flexibility provided in Pf audler's standard line of equipment, you can solve many process problems in t w o weeks— without resorting to special complicated designs. Any one of the five sizes of Pfaudler stainless steel heat exchangers listed below can be speeded on its way to y o u r plant. Pfaudler's n e w stocking program, plus s t a n d a r d design, m a k e this "offthe-shelf" delivery possible. These units are r e a d y for almost immediate shipment and a r e all fixed-tube sheet design. Shell and baffles are m a d e of carbon steel; tubes, t u b e sheets and bonnets a r e stainless steel. These stock units m a y be used in vertical, horizontal or inclined positions, as specified on y o u r order. General specifications: D e s i g n P r e s s u r e : 150 psi shell side; 75 psi
Pfaudler Outsert A p p l i c a t o r attaches message to your package automatically (insert).
tube side. Design T e m p e r a t u r e : 350° F. Shell and Baffles: Carbon steel. Tubes: Stainless steel, Type 316, ψ4" O.D., 18 gauge, welded. Code: Built to ASME Code U-69, but not stamped unless specified. Diaphragm: None. Support Lugs, Ears or Saddles: Shipped
unattached, or, attached if desired l o c a t i o n furnished. T u b e S h e e t s a n d B o n n e t s : Stainless steel, Type 316. S t o c k p i l e d sizes 56 sq. ft. size—8" nominal sfciell diameter; 72" tube length; baffles o n 4" centers. 104 sq. ft. size—10" nominal stiell diameter; 96" tube length; baffles o n 5" center-s. 148 sq. ft. size—10" nominal stieil diameter; 120" tube length; baffles on 5 " centers. 216 sq. ft. size—12" nominal sHell'diameter; 120" tube length; baffles of 6" centers. 316 sq. ft. size—14" nominal stiell diameter; 144" tube length; baffles on 7 " centers.
If none of these e x a c t l y fit: your needs, a wide variety of othezr sizes a r e also available for fast delivery. We can help you w i t h u n u s u a l jobs, too. Please ask u s a b o u t them. Pfaudler will build h e a t exchangers to meet your special r e q u i r e m e n t s in m a n y different alloys including Nickel, Inconel, Monel, Hastelldy, Titanium a n d K a r b a t e . Although Pfaudler standards a r e based on % " tubes, we can give you designs for a n y required tube size, a n d a n y t e m p e r a t u r e or p r e s s u r e . Engineers in the P f a u d l e r h e a t e x changer design d e p a r t m e n t are at y o u r service to work out the a n s w e r s w i t h you. Why not g e t i n touch w i t h t h e m when you h a v e a special h e a t exchanger problem? Arid write for y o u r free copy of M a n u a l N"umber 837 titled, "Pfaudler H e a t Exchangers a n d Condensers." This m a n u a l con tains valuable performance: a n d t h e r m a l design d a t a a s well as a complete description of Pfaudler h e a t exchangers and condensers. JUNE
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1957-58 Fulbright Awards OVERHEARD AT ,
Applications are now being received for 1957-58 lecturing and advanced research awards under the Fulbright Act. Forms are obtainable from the Conference Board of Associated Research Councils, Committee on International Exchange of Persons, 2101 Constitution Ave., Washington 25, D. C. To ensure consideration applications must be postmarked no later than Oct. 1, 1956. Grants in chemistry are listed as follows:
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Betty Gurnee is a typist at whaf she used to call a "smelly old plant" ... you and I will recognize the process as acidulation.
A short drama . .. reading time 50 seconds. He: "Got a bunch of camels around here n o w ? I used to fill this bottle twice a week." Betty: "Nobody, I repeat, nobody used to miss that water cooler on their w a y out of the plant. But, since we got the new doo-dad out there . . . why, it's almost like a bonus." He: (Exit, with bottle, muttering) That "doo-dad" ^vas a Simpson Mix-Muller. Betty's Boss had two reasons for buying it and only one had to do with personnel relations. He found that the Mix-Muller saved him^he cost of ventilating one whole section of his plant. With it, he was able to control dust and noxious fumes from acidulation at the mixing source . . . because the Simpson Mix-Muller can be readily adapted for air exhaust or completely enclosed. Control of dust and noxious or toxic fumes from dusty and dangerous processes is only one of the m a n y adaptabilities of thie Simpson Mix-Muller. I t can be as easily adapted for heating, cooling or chemical reaction while mixing becaxise it's designed and built to act as an integral part of a process. Some of these processes are described in our new "Handbook o n Mulling". Write for your copy today and remember . . «. mixing and the integration of mixing facilities is our business at National, i t has been for over 40 years.
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Austria, Graz Institute of Technology, powder metallurgy. Belgium, University of Ghent, nuclear chemistry; Universities of Liege and Brussels, chemistry (research award ). Chile, University of Chile, radiochemistry. Denmark, Royal Danish College of Pharmacy, organic chemistry used in pharmaceutical problems ( research award); Arhus University, chemistry (research award). Finland, Turku University and Abo Academy, radiochemistry; wood chemistry (research award, institution unspecified) . France, University of Paris, chemistry; University of Poitiers, structural organic chemistry. Germany, University of Wuerzburg, biochemistry (research award); Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, physical chemistry (research award). Iraq, Baghdad, chemistry. Italy, several projects in chemistry available from conference board committee. Japan, Nagoya University, agricultural chemistry and chemistry; Osaka University, chemical technology. United Kingdom, unspecified institution or field, chemistry; Colonial Territories, biochemistry, chemistry, and pharmacology; Trinidad, Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, sugar chemistry and technology. • Approximately $300,000 will be allocated for student scholarships, employee tuition sharing and gift matching, research grants, and cost-of-education grants, through B. F. Goodrich Co.'s 1956 aid to education program. The company will award seven fouryear scholarships to high school graduates this fall, ranging from $100 a year to full tuition and living costs. For each scholarship Goodrich will make an additional contribution to the college or university chosen. On the tuition sharing plan, the company will refund to the employee 50% of the cost of his tuition and laboratory fees for courses relating to his job or job po-
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