News of Surrey, Guildford GU2 5XH, U.K. • 6th National Conference on Spectrochemical Excitation and Analysis. Sept. 9-11. Edgertown, Mass. Contact: Hank Griffin, MS 10-16, Texas Instruments Inc., 34 Forest St., Attleboro, Mass. 02703. 617-222-2800, Ext. 3037 • 6th Annual Symposium of the Baton Rouge Analytical Instru ment Discussion Group. Sept. 16-17. Baton Rouge, La. Contact: Gary Lash, BRAIDG, P.O. Box 14233, Baton Rouge, La. 70808 • 8th Annual Meeting of the Fed eration of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies. Sept. , 20-25. Philadelphia, Pa. Contact: R. A. Barford, U.S. Department of Agri culture, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. 19118. 215-2475800, Ext. 263. January, page 44 A • 28th Canadian Spectroscopy Symposium. Sept. 28-30. Ottawa, Canada. Contact: J. W. McLaren, Di vision of Chemistry, National Re search Council of Canada, Montreal Rd., Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R9 • 16th International Symposium on Advances in Chromatography. Sept. 28-Oct. 1. Barcelona, Spain.
Contact: Albert Zlatkis, Chemistry Dept., U of Houston, Houston, Tex. 77004. 713-749-2612. January, page 44 A • 25th ORNL Conference on Ana lytical Chemistry in Energy Tech nology. Oct. 6-8. Gatlinburg, Tenn. Contact: A. L. Harrod, Analytical Chemistry Division, Oak Ridge Na tional Lab., Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830 m ACS 11th Northeast Regional Meeting. Oct. 18-21. Rochester, N.Y. Contact: D. A. Smith, Chemistry Di vision, Research Laboratories, East man Kodak Co., 1669Lake Ave., Rochester, N.Y. 14650. 716-458-1000 • l l t h Annual North American Thermal Analysis Society Meeting. Oct. 18-21. New Orleans, La. Contact: Robert C. Johnson, Du Pont Central Research and Development Dept., Experimental Station, Bldg. 228, Wilmington, Del. 19898. 302-772-2198 • 2nd International Symposium on New Spectroscopic Methods for Biomedical Research. Oct. 19-21. Columbus, Ohio. Contact: Karen Waite, Battelle Columbus Laborato ries, 505 King Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43201. 614-424-4179. March, page 448 A
• 1981 Annual Meeting of the Op tical Society of America. Oct. 26-30. Kissimmee, Fla. Contact: Optical So ciety of America, 1816 Jefferson Place, N.W., Washington, DC. 20036. 202-223-8130 • Petroanalysis '81. Oct. 27-29. London, England. Contact: I. A. McCann, Conference Officer, Insti tute of Petroleum, 61 New Cavendish St., London, W1M8AR, U.K. 01636-1004, Telex 264380. October, page 1284 A • ACS 33rd Southeastern Regional Meeting. Nov. 4-6. Lexington, Ky. Contact: E. V. Brown, Dept. of Chem istry, U of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. 40506. 606-257-4741 m ACS 17th Midwest Regional Meeting. Nov. 5-6. Columbia, Mo. Contact: R. C. Thompson, U of Mis souri, Columbia, Mo. 65201. 314-8222439 • Symposium on Practical Aspects of Modern HPLC. Nov. 9-10. West Berlin, Germany. Contact: I. Molnar, Wissenschaftliche Geratebau Dr. Ing. H. Knauer GmbH, Hegauer Weg 38, D-1000 Berlin 37, GFR m Eastern Analytical Symposium. Nov. 18-20. New York, N.Y. Contact:
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