News active Computer-Controlled Experimental Systems. M. B. Denton, U of Arizona 10:30 Recent Advances in Multielement Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. K. R. O'Keefe, Colorado State U 11:00 Characterization of Complex Chemical Systems. J. W. Frazer, Lawrence Livermore Labs 11:30 Numerical Considerations in Multielement Analysis. D. Leggett, U of Houston Wednesday Afternoon The Environment—Water
Advanced Concepts in Automated Instrumentation J. Gill, Presiding
2:30 Automated Analysis: Some New Concepts. D. Burns, Technicon Instruments Corp. 3:00 Case Histories in Lab Automation. R. E. Dessy, VPI & SU 4:00 Role of Microcomputers in Analytical Instrument Automation. J. Gill, Spectra-Physics 4:30 Systems Engineering in Laboratory Automation. T. Hirschfeld, Lawrence Livermore Labs
T. Gjerde, J. S. Fritz, G. Schmuckler, Iowa State U 11:00 Evaluation of Association Constants for Complexes by HighPerformance Liquid Chromatography. C. Horvâth, W. R. Melander, A. Naham, Yale U 11:30 Techniques of Capillary Liquid Chromatography. Y. Hirata, M. Novotny, Indiana U
Surface Characterization J. W. Rabalais, Presiding
D.C.K. Lin, Presiding
2:30 Perspective View of EPA's Priority Pollutants. L. H. Keith, Radian Corp. 3:00 Analysis of Toxic Pollutants from Industrial Wastewater. D. A. Flory, H. A. Lichtenstein, A. E. Rubinstein, Spectrix Corp. 3:30 Analytical Approaches to the Study of Nonvolatile Organic Compounds in Water. W. H. Glaze, F. Saleh, G. R. Peyton, W. Kintsley, North Texas State U
Thursday Morning, Oct. 25 High-Performance Liquid Chromatography C. Horvâth, Presiding
9:00 Plenary Lecture: Contemporary High-Performance Liquid Chromatography. I. Halâsz, Universitàt des Saarlandes, Germany 10:30 Anion Chromatography with Low-Conductivity Eluents. D.
9:00 Plenary Lecture: Analytical Chemistry of Surfaces. D. M. Hercules, U of Pittsburgh 10:30 Electrochemistry of Super Lattices. A. T. Hubbard, U of California 11:00 Surface Analysis with Ion Beams. N. Winograd, Pennsylvania State U 11:30 Electron Spectroscopy Applied to Characterization of Electrode Surfaces. N. R. Armstrong, U of Arizona
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The new high purity, glas Now there's only one name you need to remember for virtually all your solvent needs — OmniSolv. It's MCB's new line of multi-purpose, glass-distilled solvents. Forget about being understocked or overstocked with a different solvent for each application. There's always a fresh supply of OmniSolv as handy as your local MOB distributor. And you'll be pleased to find it's competitively priced. MCB guarantees OmniSolv to be of the highest purity and to fulfill all the requirements for:
Ion-Selective Electrodes Κ. Kadish, Presiding
9:00 Plenary Lecture: Recent Ad vances in Ion Selective Electrodes. H. Freiser, U of Arizona 10:30 Potential Generating Pro cesses at Ionic Interfaces, Field Ef fect Devices, and Biosensors. R. P. Buck, U of North Carolina 11:00 Bioselective Electrodes Using Bacterial Cells. R. K. Kobos, Virginia Commonwealth U 11:30 Sources of Error in Using Ion-Selective Electrodes. R. Durst, NBS
raphy. C. Reese, Hoffmann-La Roche 3:30 ASTM Method for Testing Fixed-Wavelength Photometric Detectors Used in Liquid Chroma tography. R. A. Henry, on behalf of ASTM Committee A19.09. 4:00 Combined Liquid Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer Using Flame Vaporization. M. L. Vestal, C. R. Blakely, U of Houston 4:30 Detectors for Use with HighSpeed Liquid Chromatographic Separations. R. P. W. Scott, Hoff mann-La Roche
Surface Characterization
Thursday Afternoon
A. Ignatieff, Presiding
Detection Systems In Liquid Chromatography
2:30 Characterization of Molecu lar Composition and Structure on Electrode Surfaces. R. W. Murray, U of North Carolina 3:00 Chemically Modified Sur faces Using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. J. Evans, U of Minne sota 3:30 Identification of Chemical States in Surface Layers C. Wagner, Surfex Co.
R. P. W. Scott, Presiding
2:30 Ultramicro Isolation and Analysis of Peptides and Proteins by HPLC and Fluorescence Detec tion. S. Stein, Roche Institute of Mo lecular Biology 3:00 Characteristics of Detectors for Preparative Liquid Chromatog
4:00 Surface Reactions Induced by Active Ion Beams. J. W. Rabalais, U of Houston 4:30 Chemisorption on Surfaces: CO on Nickel. A. Ignatieff, U of Houston
Contemporary Chromatography J. C. Giddings, Presiding
2:00 Production Scale Gas Chro matography in Separation of Fla vors for the Food Industry. G. Guiochon, Ecole Polytechnique, France 2:30 Retention Characteristics of Polymers in Thermal Field-Flow Fractionation. J. C. Giddings, U of Utah 3:00 Utility of High-Temperature Thermotropic Liquid Crystals as Stationary Phases for Novel GasLiquid Chromatographic Separa tions. W. L. Zielinski, Jr., G. M. Janini, NBS 3:30 Gel Permeation Chromatog raphy of Small Molecules. J. N. Lit tle, R. R. McGough, Waters Associates
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