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MEETINGS AND PROGRAMS LSU Symposium on M o d e m Analytical Methods The fifth annual L S U Symposium on Modern Methods of Analytical Chemistry will b e held in Baton Rouge, Jan. 2 8 to 31, 1952. Preregistration is requested where possible, and correspondence should be addressed to Philip W . West, Coates Chemical Laboratories, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. Registra tion fee, including mixer and banquet ticket, is $8.00. Registration for students, without banquet ticket, is $2.00. Under new university arrangements accommoda tions may be had o n the campus at Pleas ant Hall for $2.00 per day. T h e following papers will b e given: R. H. MULLER.
Instrumentation
W. D. COOKE. Coulometric Titrations D O N A L D D E FORD.
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tions with Externally Generated Reagents M. T. KELLEY. Activation Analysis S. A. REYNOLDS. Radioactivity Analysis O L E N N A N C E . A Survey of Applications
of High Frequency Methods P. W. W E S T . Inorganic Microchemistry L. P. ZTLL. Partition Chromatography N. D . CHERONIS. Qualitative Organic Analysis SIDNEY
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Inorganic Analysis D. R. Taylor, as banquet speaker, will have as his subject "Water—Believe It or Not/*
Plastics Exposition Looms as Sell-Out Industrial response to the Fifth National Plastics Exposition to take place in Ex position Hall, Philadelphia, next March 11 to 14, already has marked this event as one of the nation's most powerful concen trations of industrial activity. N o fewer than 110 exhibitor companies were allotted space at t h e drawing late in September, accounting for all the exhibit space then laid out. Immediately, The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., the sponsoring body, authorized the setting up of 19 additional booths, available on a first-come first-served basis. Within a few weeks, many of these, t©o, h a d been reserved. On experience gained from the four previous National Plastics Expositions, a total sell-out was regarded as assured.
Textile Chemists Elect Officers T h e n e w national officers of t h e Ameri can Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists recently elected at the annual convention in N e w York, are as follows: president, C. Norris Rabold, Erwin Mills, Inc.; vice presidents, George O. Linberg, Belle Chemical Co., and J. Robert Bonnar, General DyestufF Corp.; secretary, Harold C. Chaphv treasurer, William R. Moor-
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Soap Producers To H o l d Convention The governmental outlook on supply problems of the soap industry and related fields will receive intensive coverage in a panel discussion at the 25th Anniversary Convention of t h e Association of Ameri can Soap & Glycerine Producers, Inc., Jan. 21 to 2 3 in N e w York City. The discusison panel i s one of t h e num ber of unusual program features designed to augment the theme "'Get the Whole Picture." T h e program i s being prepared in recognition of the fact that today's decision^making in soap and related industries rests o n factors beyond t h e individual con cern o f the company. Other panels and speakers of similar prominence will deal with problems of production, marketing, government relations, and economic trends to develop this theme. General economic trends will be considered at a combined meeting. Group meetings on specialty and in dustrial soaps are scheduled, as well as a combined session on the developments in the glycerol a n d fatty acid industries. Trends in usage of glycerol will be dis cussed along with recent manufacturing advances, such as the u s e of ion exchange resins. A special meeting of primary interest to producers of fatty acids will include a panel discussion "What We're Looking for from Fatty Acid Producers," presented by representatives of leading consumer in dustries.
C I C - N R C Symposium On Corrosion T h e Physical Chemistry Division of the Chemical Institute of Canada and the Associate Committee o n Corrosion Re search and Prevention of the National Re search Council o f Canada are jointly spon
soring a symposium on metals and their reactions in Ottawa, O n t , Jan. 2 8 to 30, 1952. G. V. Raynor of t h e University of Birmingham will be among the featured speakers at t h e sessions and John Convey, director of the Mines Branch in Ottawa, will b e the special dinner speaker. Among the distinguished guests taking part in the discussions will b e A. E. van Arkel, pro fessor of inorganic chemistry at t h e Uni versity of Leyden, Holland. Delegates are requested to make thenown hotel reservations by writing the Lord Elgin Hotel, where rooms will b e avail able to those stating they will attend the symposium. Further enquiries about the symposium should be sent to Garnet T. Page, general manager of the C I C , 18 Rideau St., Ottawa, Ont., Canada.
Instrument Society Schedules Future Events At the recent national meeting of the Instrument Society of America, Los Angeles was chosen for the 1956 meeting. This is in line with the policy of t h e soci ety in making meeting preparations five years in advance. The 3954 meeting will b e an Interna tional Instrument Conference and Exhibit to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the formation of the Instrument Society of America. The calendar follows: 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
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Forensic Sciences Meeting The fourth annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences will foe held March 6 to 8, 1 9 5 2 , at the Biltmore Hotel, Atlanta, Ga. A l l those interested in presenting papers are urged to submit their titles immediately t o A. W. Freireich, Program Chairman, 180 Hemp stead Ave., Malverne, Ν. Υ. The complete proceedings of t h e third meeting of t h e academy are i n t h e hands of t h e printer and may b e ordered from Ralph F . Turner, Department o f Police Administration, Michigan State College,
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Catalysis Club Chooses Officers Officers elected for t h e Catalysis Club of Chicago for 1 9 5 1 - 5 2 are: John W . Teter, Sinclair Research Laboratories, president; Bernard S. Shoemaker, Stand ard Oil Co. (Ind. ), president-elect; George S. John, Standard Oil Co. ( I n d . ) , secre
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS American Chemical Society 121st National Meeting, Buffalo, Ν . Υ.. March 2 3 - 2 7 , 1952. Milwaukee, Wis., March 30-April 3, 1952. 122nd National Meeting, Atlantic Citv. N. J., Sept. 1 4 - 1 9 , 1952. 123rd National Meeting, L o s Angeles, Calif., March 1 5 - 2 0 , 1953. Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 18th Annual Chemical Engi neering Symposium, Evanston, 111., D e c . 27-28. Other Organizations American Association for the Advancement of Science. Annual Meeting. Philadel phia, D e c . 2 6 - 3 1 .
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