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M O R R E L L . Separation o f Oxygenated Or ganic Mixtures b y W a t e r Extractive Dis tillation. A. C. W A L K E R . G r o w i n g Piezoelectric Crystals. ( W i t h experiirt12 f o r n o n m e m b e r s . Course I is on t h e development of executives in the chemical and process in dustries, a n d will fce h e l d M o n d a y s for 12 weeks starting F e b . 9 . Course I I , on high polymers, begins F e b . 10 and lasts for 1 3 Tuesdays. C o u r s e I I I , molecular spectroscopy applied to c h e m i c a l analysis, is a 10-week course to b e held Mondays, beginning F e b . 9. All lectures are from 7:30 t o 9:30 P.M. Further information m a y b e obtained from N . M. Kapp, Box 4 2 7 , H o u d r y P r o c ess Corp., Marcus H o o k , Pa.
Case-CMRA Lecture Series Announced T h e department o f chemistry a n d chemical engineering o f Case Institute of Technology is sponsoring a lecture series on chemical market research i n coopera tion with t h e Chemical Market Research Association. Lectures w i l l be h e l d on t h e Case campus, Cleveland, o n T u e s d a y evenings a t 7:30 b e g i n n i n g F e b . 3. T h e first half of t h e series will cover all of t h e known t e c h n i q u e s u s e d b y t h e market analyst for g a t h e r i n g a n d present ing market information. T h e second half will include actual erase studies of all types of chemical industries w h e r e t h e s e m e t h ods a r e p u t into practice. Registration fce for t h e series will be $25. Inquiries should b e sent t o William von Fischer, Department of Chemistry a n d Chemical Engineering, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland 6 , Ohio.
Southwest ACS-AIChE Student Meet Planned T h e annual Southwest regional meeting of ACS Student Affiliâtes and A I C h E student members has b e e n s c h e d u l e d for J a n . 29 t o 31 at Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Tex. Technical papers and p l a n t trips to near-by industries will feature t h e meeting, a n d a b a n q u e t will b e held on Friday night, Jan. 30. I n q u i r i e s concerning t h e meeting s h o u l d be a d d r e s s e d to Bill Holmes, 215 S n e e d Hall, Texas T e c h nological College, L u b b o c k , T e x .
Electrochemical Society Plans Biological and M e d i c a l Sessions A symposium on the application of electrochemistry to biology a n d m e d i c i n e will be presented at the s p r i n g meeting of the 83
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MEETINGS AND PROGRAMS Electrochemical Society, to be held at New York City's Hotel Statler, April 12 to 16. Tentative titles of sessions are: General; Electrochemical Phenomena of Nerve Transmission and Muscular Reac tions; Electrochemical Studies of Proteins, Blood, and Plant Cells; Membrane Poten tials; Eleetrokinetic Phenomena in Biol ogy and Medicine; and Clinical Applica tions.
Detroit on Friday, Jan. 9. Members and guests will meet for lunch and will spend the entire afternoon listening to several representatives of the Dow Corning Corp., who will speak on silicone materials. Weed Control Conference The seventh annual meeting of the Northeastern Weed Control Conference will be held Jan. 7 to 9 in the Hotel New Yorker, New York City. The various sec tions will feature technical papers on horticultural crops, agronomic crops (turf), control of woody plants—special problems, and public health.
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Ionic Catalyzed
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W . J. Youden
Interpretation of Chemical
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Coal Hydrogénation
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Polymerization
W m . C. W i l d m a n
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Ernest D . Yeager
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John C. Kephart
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\V. J. Youden
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R. K. Summerbell
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E. C. Kornfeld
Moeller
Kanawha Valley,' North Charles ton Recreation Center Kansas City, University of Kan-
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Harold C . Urey
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C. G. Overberger
Kansas State College, Chemistry Building, Manhattan Kansas State College, Chemistry Building, Manhattan Lehigh Valley, Easton, P a . Louisiana, Tulane University, New Orleans Milwaukee, Knickerbocker Hotel
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C. G. Overberger
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W m . G. Young
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F. Y. Wiselogle H. B. Jonassen
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Substituted Phenylcyclohexanes as a Route to Certain Natural Products Ultrasonics: Tool of the Chemist Preparation of Chlorophyll and Related Products from Alfalfa Delaware Chemical Symposium Adventures in Rare Earth C h e m istry Dioxane Contributions of Chemical Structural Studies in the Field of Antibiotics Chemical Evidence of the Origin of the Planets Ionic Catalyzed Polymerization The Decomposition of Azo Compounds in Solution Allylic Rearrangements Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis Complex Ions as Catalysts in Homogeneous Phase Reactions Textiles a n d the Chemical Industry The Rare Earth Elements Symposium on Public for Chemists
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W. J. Youden
Interpretation of Chemical
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H. L. Bender
Bakélite Plastic Progress
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Theraid Moeller E. H. Wichers
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The Rare Earth Elements The Present Status of Atomic Weights Recent Studies o n the Veratrum Aikaioids Adventures in Rare Earth Chemistry The Principles of Experimental Design Complex Ions in Analytical Chemistry Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Their Utilization The New Codified Patent L a w Bond Energies and Their Significance for Chemistry The Decomposition of Azo Compounds in Solution The Decomposition of Azo Compounds in Solution Agricultural Chemicals
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W . J. Youden
Interpretation of Chemical Data
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M . J. Kopac
Submicro Methods in Enzymatic Cytochemistry
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J. Fried
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Theraid
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W . J. Youden
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