News the North American Thermal Analysis Society meeting in Chicago. The award is given to "acknowledge and encourage work in and distinguished service to the field of dynamic thermal analysis." Professor Dollimore has authored over 160 research papers, the majority of which deal with the problems aris ing from the thermal decomposition of solids. Over 250 papers have been au thored and published in the field of thermal analysis by Dr. Dollimore and his associates at Salford.
Call for Papers 9th Annual Symposium on Applied Vacuum Science and Technology Holiday Inn-Tampa International Air port Hotel and Convention Center, Tampa, Fla. Feb. 11-13. Cosponsored by the Florida Chapter of the Ameri can Vacuum Society and the U.S. De partment of Energy. The program will include presentations on new analyti cal techniques and surface science.
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Two-hundred-word abstracts for pa pers with a 15-20 min presentation time should be submitted by Dec. 28, 1979, to: Dr. W. E. Swartz, Jr., Dept. of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla. 33620, 813-9742228 or 974-2220. Contributed papers will be presented Feb. 11-12. Feb. 13 is reserved for special sessions high lighting current energy research and development.
Symposium on the Neurochemical and Clinical Applications of Liquid Chromatography with Electrochemical Detection (LCED) Lafayette, Ind. May 15-16. Papers re lated to sample preparation tech niques, chromatographic conditions, data processing, and detector design will be considered. The aim is to es tablish quality control guidelines on methodology used in different labs. Abstracts should be 200-300 words and will be due April 1. Final titles will be due Feb. 1, but responses indi cating interest in attending or pre
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22nd Rocky Mountain Conference Denver Convention Complex, Denver, Colo. Aug. 11-14. Sponsored jointly by the Rocky Mountain Society of Ap plied Spectroscopy and the Rocky Mountain Chromatography Discus sion Group. General papers and poster sessions in all areas of chemistry are invited along with the following spe cific symposia: atomic spectroscopy, chromatography, NMR of macromolecules, FTIR, electroanalytical tech niques, environmental, ion chromatog raphy, mass spectrometry, and EPR. Standard ACS form abstracts of no more than 200 words must be submit ted by March 24 to Jerry R. Turbett, Rockwell International, P.O. Box 464, Golden, Colo. 80401.
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News Meetings The following meetings are newly listed in ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. The 1979/1980 meetings listed earlier appear in the September issue. m Workshop on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Dec. 18-19,1979. Cleveland, Ohio. Sponsored by the Materials Re search Laboratory and the Chemis try, Macromolecular Science and Pharmacology Departments. Con tact: Jack L. Koenig, School of En gineering, Department of Macromolecular Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 • Society for Optical and Quan tum Electronics: Lasers 79 Dec. 17-21, 1979. Orlando, Fla. Contact: Lasers 79, P.O. Box 245, McLean, Va. 22101 • International Winter Confer ence 1980 on Developments in Atomic Plasma Spectrochemical Analyses Jan. 7-11. Hilton Cond-
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ada Beach-La Concha Hotels and Convention Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Contact: Internation al Winter Conference 1980, ICP Information Newsletter, Chemis try, GRC Towers, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 01003 Gordon Research Conferences Electrochemistry Conference, Jan. 27-Feb. 1; Chemical Oceanography Conference, Jan. 28-Feb. 1. Miramar Hotel, Santa Barbara, Calif. $215. Contact: Dr. Alexander M. Cruickshank, Director, Gordon Re search Conferences, Pastore Chemical Laboratory, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I. 02881,401-783-4011 or -3372 Data Collection in Electron Mi croscopy and Analysis March 25. City University, London. Spon sored by the Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group of the Institute of Physics. Some discussion topics are: types of data handling and the extent to which equipment may be used sequentially or simultaneous ly in electron imaging and diffrac tion, X-ray microanalysis, Auger
microscopy, and electron energy loss spectrometry. Contact: Meet ings Officer, The Institute of Phys ics, 47 Belgrave Square, London SW1X8QX England ACS 14th Middle Atlantic Re gional Meeting. April 23-25. Sheraton-Valley Forge Hotel, King of Prussia, Pa. Contact: Henry C. Beck, P.O. Box 133, Swarthmore, Pa. 19081, 215-387-2255 12th Annual Symposium on Ad vanced Analytical Concepts for the Clinical Laboratory April 24-25. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Contact: Charles D. Scott, Oak Ridge Na tional Laboratory, P.O. Box X, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830. Novem ber, ρ 1341A
Short Courses An Experimentalist's Approach to Liquid Chromatography Houston, Tex. Dec. 10-11,1979. Rich ard A. Henry and Brian A. Bidlingmeyer. $300. Contact: Dr. Stanley N. Deming, Dept. of Chemistry, Univer-
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