ES&T LITERATURE GC columns. Bulletin 53 lists features and advantages of gas chromatogra phy (GC) columns trade-marked Deactiglas. They are deactivated by silane treatment; all columns, under 7 ft, are made from a single piece of glass with no seams. Alltech Associates 151 Chromatography data. Brochure 5917 describes Model 450 Data System/ Controller, which can handle data from four high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) systems at once. Model 165 Rapid Scanning HPLC Detector is also described. Beckman Instruments 152 Asbestos replacement. Brochure de scribes NOBESTOS and other mate rials designed to replace compressed asbestos materials in chemical pro cessing and other applications. Three grades of material are discussed. Rogers 153 Respiratory protection. Catalog ex plains needs and uses of personal res piratory protection equipment. Reg ulations, maintenance, and warnings are explained step-by-step; 17 car tridge/filter elements have NIOSH and other approvals. HSC 154 Emissions scrubbing. Brochure de scribes heat extractor, which can ex tract waste heat for use, reduce flue gas temperatures to below 100 °F, and facilitate particle and SO2 scrubbing. Thermal Transfer 155 Variable-frequency drives. Application sheet 8.07 M outlines the energy-sav ing advantages of variable-frequency drives in water and wastewater treat ment plants, and their use with pumps, blowers, and aerators. Robicon 156 Chemicals. Catalog (1983-84 ed.) lists full line of chemicals and chemical
products; ask for Bulletin 1558. Ash land Chemical 157 Oxygen monitor. Brochure describes Model 56 dissolved oxygen monitor. Portable, rechargeable, and batteryoperated, it is useful in water and sewage plants, fresh and salt-water field work, and many other applica tions. Yellow Springs Instrument
recover floating hydrocarbons (HC) from water wells and gives perfor mance data. R.E. Wright Associates 165 Laboratory supplies. September 1983 catalog lists whole line of laboratory supplies with many items for health and safety regulation compliance. Interex 166
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Hazardous materials training. Listing sets forth training and reference ma terials for prevention and control of oil and hazardous substance spillages and has a supplement on control and cleanup of toxic waste sites. Seminar Publishers 159 SCIC cation column. The Wescan Ion Analyzer for Summer 1983 describes single-column ion chromatography (SCIC) column for separating four cations in less than 1 min for analysis. Company also seeks chromatograms and articles on subject. Wescan In struments 160 Corrosion inhibitors. Brochure de scribes Conductor phosphate-based corrosion inhibitors for cooling water. Hercules 161 Blood mercury determinations. An nouncement tells about simplified procedure for determining blood mercury with only three reagents at a cost of less than 500/sampIe with an alyzer Model 511. Jerome Instrument
Particulate samplers. Bulletin 2354-1 describes fractionating and total par ticulate samplers with numerous ad vantageous features. Andersen Sam plers 167 Air classifiers. Brochure describes line of air classifiers that can deliver par ticle size control from 1 μτα to 100 mesh and 50-120 tons/h. Vibra Screw 168 High-volume sample analysis. Paper by F. Scott LaGrone explains how to cope with high-volume sample analysis in the analytical laboratory; automation is stressed. Radian 169 Particle counting. Brochure describes latest particle and colony counting system that counts bacterial colonies, plaques, and particles as small as 0.2 mm on 100-mm petri dishes. New Brunswick Scientific 170
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Control valves. Technical packet lists and describes line of fluid-operated control valves for waterworks, petro leum, and other uses. Bermad 171
Groundwater sampling pump. Infor mation sheet describes SP-201-A portable groundwater sampling pump. Also mentioned is SP-202 pump with head diameter of 1.75 in. and 0.5-gpm output at 100 ft. Fultz Enterprises
Personnel protection. Brochure, "Personnel and Product Protection: A Guide to Laboratory Equipment," reviews designs of such equipment. Labconco 172
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H2O2 waste treatment. Updated bro chure, "Municipal Waste Treatment Companies interested in a listing in this with Hydrogen Peroxide" (H 2 0 2 ), discusses control of BOD, COD, and department should send their releases filamentous bulking. FMC 164 directly to Environmental Science & Technology, Attn: Literature, 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. HC recovery from water wells. Bro 20036 chure explains how Auto-Skimmer can
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