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James Mitchell Wins Percy L. Julian Award James W. Mitchell, head of the analytical chemistry department at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J., has received the 1981 Percy L. Julian Outstanding Research Award from the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers. Mitchell was cited for his "contributions and achievements in advancing the accuracy of trace element analyses." His research at Bell Labs has focused on the development of techniques for identifying contaminants and trace elements in high-purity materials, such as those used to fabricate optical fibers for lightwave communications.
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• 8th ANACHEM Symposium. Oct. 15-16. Dearborn, Mich. Contact: T. M. Schmitt, BASF Wyandotte Corporation, Wyandotte, Mich. 48192. 313-282-3300. July, page 981 A m Workshop on Analytical Chemis try Related to Canada's Nuclear Industry. Oct. 19-21. St. Jovite, P.Q., Canada. Contact: R. M. Cassidy, Gen eral Chemistry Branch, Station 320C, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada, KOJ 1J0 • Association of Official Analytical Chemists Annual Meeting. Oct. 19-22, Washington, D.C. Contact: Kathleen Fominaya, Program Assis tant, Box 540, Benjamin Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044 m Workshop on Chemistry and Analysis of Hydrocarbons in the Environment. Nov. 26-27. Barcelona, Spain. Contact: Workshop Office, J. Albaiges, Expoquimia, Plaza de Espafia, Barcelona-4, Spain. Telex: 53117FOMB-E • American Water Works Associa tion Water Quality Technology Conference. Dec. 6-9. Seattle, Wash. Contact: John Hookey, Meeting Di-
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For Your Information The National Bureau of Standards has made available three new Stan dard Reference Materials. SRM 469, available for $77, is a 5-mm bead of an aluminum-tungsten alloy for evaluating the resolution of scanning electron microscopes. SRM 1644 is a generator column used for preparing accurate concentrations of anthracene, benzo(a)anthracene, and benzo(a)pyrene in water. SRMs 1691a-1696, available for $420 each, are seven gas mixtures of sulfur dioxide in nitrogen for calibrating instruments and tech niques used in the analysis of stack gases. To order, contact the NBS Of fice of Standard Reference Materials, Chemistry B311, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234. 301-921-2045. Flow General has been appointed distributor for U.S. Gelman products in France and French North Africa. The products include process filtra tion equipment and supplies, clinical diagnostic supplies, and laboratory fil tration goods. Contact Christian Polichard, General Manager, 17/19 Rue de Verdun, 92600 Asnieres, France. Telephone: 793-85-21; telex: 612041 Flow FRA. "Scientists, Engineers, and Techni cians in Private Industry, 1978-80" has recently been released by the Na tional Science Foundation (NSF). The report builds on a series of surveys of private employers conducted for NSF by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and presents data and analyses on employ ment of technically trained personnel in industry during that period. Copies are available at $2 each from the Su perintendent of Documents, U.S. Gov ernment Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Request stock number 038-000-00472-7. A videotape-workbook training program for instrumentation techni cians and plant operators has been an nounced by Instrument Society of
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