treasurer. G. Murray Scott of Sarnia, executive of the Dow Chemicals of Canada, was elected councilor for 1950.
ASSOCIATIONS
MEETINGS AMD P R O G R A M S Joint Meeting in South Carolina T h e South Carolina Section of the ACS will meet jointly with the South Carolina Academy of Science at Winthrop College in Rock Hill, S. C , on April 22. The general session will begin at 10 A.M. and will be presided over by Martin D. Young, president of t h e academy. Chem istry will b e represented on this p a r t of the program by a paper entitled " E a s e of Formation of Condensed Ring Hydro carbons" by Jesse M. Cox, Ann K. McCuen, and John R. Sampey of Fumian Univer sity. T h e South Carolina Section will meet at 2:00 p.ivi. a n d J. W . Bouknight, chair man, will preside. T h e details of that part of the program follow: R.
J.
BREAZJEALE,
H.
W.
DAVIS,
AND
A. M. W H A L E Y . Directive Effects in Aliphatic Compounds. W. A. WHITTESELL. Victor-Meyer Bulb Technique. J. D. ROBERTSON A N D G. M. DICKINSON.
The Effects of Recirculation of Water on the Freeness of Pulp.
White
J. L. ABBRNETHY AND HENRY POLLOCK.
Orientation Influences in the Bromination of the Ethers of 4-Ethoxybiphenyl. BEN
and
C A R R O L L AND H. \V. DAVIS.
Ci.s-
Consulting Chemists To Hold Dinner Meeting
versity entitled "The Present Status of Cryomagnetics," and one b y F . G. Brickwedde of the Bureau of Standards en titled "Thermal Properties at L o w T e m peratures." T h e conference concluded with a n inspection of the Georgia Tech low temperature laboratory in which an extensive research program is being con ducted under the sponsorship of the Office of Naval Research, under the direction of W . T. Ziegler, research pro cessor of chemical engineering. Leaders in arranging this conference were Dr. Ziegler and I. Estermann, pro fessor of physics at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Canadian Plastics Group Elects Officers L. C. MacLeod, Montreal, executive of Monsanto Canada, Ltd., was reelected president of the Society of Plastics Indus try ( C a n a d a ) at the eighth annual conU-rcnce of the society held in Toronto recently. I loward Yates, Crystall Glass and Plas ties Ltd., Toronto was named vice-presi dent a n d T. J. Carey, Toronto, of the Canadian General Electric Co. was elected
T h e Association of Consulting Chemists & Chemical Engineers, Inc., will hold a dinner meeting on April 25 a t 5:00 P.M., at the Shelburne Hotel, New York City, in the form of a symposium on "Professional Chemical Services by Consulting Asso ciates and Individual Consultants." Speakers will be Robert S. Aries of R. S. Aries and Associates, Brooklyn, and Charles Davidoff, New York City.
Ohio A I C to Hold First Annual Meeting T h e Ohio chapter of t h e American Institute of Chemists will hold its first an nual meeting in t h e Hotel Carter, Cleve land, on April 27. Harry N. Holmes, Oberlin College, will speak on "National Problems a n d the Chemist."
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Cryogenics Conference Held at Georgia Tech A cryogenics conference sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy, was held at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga., on March 20 and 21. More than 60 scientists from 24 institutions engaged in low temperature research attended the meetings, at which recent developments in this field were discussed. Sessions were devoted t o cryomagnetics, superconduc tivity, thermal properties of matter, and miscellaneous problems. Features of the meeting were two invited review papers, one by J. H. Van Vleck of Harvard Uni-
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
ACS Local Sections PLACE
Al'KIL
Central Pennsylvania, Bucknell University, Lewisburg Delaware, DuPont Country Club, Wilmington Hampton Roads, Rogers Hall, Williamsburg ( joint meeting with Virginia ) Indiana, Hotel Warren, Indian apolis ( noon luncheon meet ing) Indiana, Antlers Hotel, Indian apolis (student meeting) Kalamazoo, McCracken Hall, Western Michigan College Maryland, Western Maryland College, Westminster Northeast Wisconsin, Lawrence College, Appleton South Jersey, DuPont Penns Grove Country Club Southeastern Pennsylvania, Gettys burg College ( ladies' night ) Virginia, Rogers Hall, Williams burg ( joint meeting -with Hampton Roads ) Washington, Cosmos Club Western New York, Norton Union, University of Buffalo
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Atomic
J. A. Timm
Forces Between Atoms, Ions, and Molecules in Crystals
Energy
K.
Applications niques in
(Annual Spring Dance)
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SUBJECT
SPEAKKB
Η. Ν. Alyea
Borkenstein
of Special Investigation
Tech
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II. L.
Fisher
The Road Ahead
27
II. H.
Strain
28
R. E. Gibson
Chromatography of Plant ments Rockets and Ram-Jets
Pig
25
J. O. Hendricks
Theoretical Aspects of Adhesives
25
F. L. LaQue
27
E. C. Crocker
Corrosion—How To Recognize It and What to D o About It Chemistry of Flavors and Odors
29
J. A. Timm
Forces Between Atwrns, Ions, and Molecules in Crystals
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W. E. Hanford G. T. Wernimont
Creative Organic Research Statistica1 Methods in Chemistry
American Association of Petro leum Geologists, Research Group, Chicago, ΠΙ. I American Association of Textile ι Chemists and Colorists, North ern New England Section, Lowell Textile Institute, Lowell, Mass. American Institute of Chemists, New York Chapter
24
Emil Ott
The Team Approach to Research and Development
21
C. R. Trommer
A New Method of Measuring Penetration and Wetting
Cincinnati Drug & Chemical Association, Hotel Alms
28
K. S. Watson
Metropolitan Microchemical So ciety, American Museum of Natural History» New York
20
W. G.
Methods of Achieving Profes sional Status in the Minds of the Public (Discussion Meet ing) Water Purification and Industrial Progress in the Ohio River Valley Low Pressure and Vacuum Tech niques and Applications in Microanalytical Chemistry
O t h e r Local Groups American Chemical Society 117th National Meeting (divided ». De troit, Mich., April 16-20, 1950. 118th National Meeting, Chicago, ill Sept. 3 - 8 , 1950. Second National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, Notre Dame University, South Bend, Ind., June 15-17, 1950. 119th National Meeting (divided). Bos ton Mass., April 1-5, 1951; Cleveland, Ohio, April 8-12, 1951. Division of Physical and Inorganic C h e m istry, Symposium on Anomalies i n Re action Kinetics. University of Minne sota, Minneapolis, Mum. June 19—20.
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S o d i u m sulfide ( F e 8 p p m Max.)? S o d i u m Sulfhydrate (Fe 5 p p m M a x . ) , a n d S o d i u m Tetrasulfide (other S o d i u m Salts, 1.0% Max.) e x emplify the care H o o k e r uses in t h e p r e p a r a t i o n of these products. T h i s q u a l i t y enables you to t u r n out u n i formly excellent products a t no i n crease in cost. T h e r e is a d d e d saving d u e to the fact t h a t the clean solution of sulfide a n d sulfhydrate can be used w i t h o u t settling or d e c a n t i n g — a w o r t h w h i l e time saver—Purity Pays Dividends.
S O D I U M SULFIDE
SODIUM SULFHYDRATE
Ha2S
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Mol. Wt 78.1 Μ. Ρ 100°C Light buff colored solid in flake form. Rapidly soluble in water; slightly solu ble in alcohol; insoluble in ether. Also available in solid form.
NoSH
hydrosulfide)
Moi. Wt 56.1 Μ. Ρ 55°C Light lemon colored solid in flake form. Completely a n d rapidly soluble in water, alcohol and ether. Also avail able as a liquid.
ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS
(Flakes)
NaSH 70 to 7 2 % Na 2 S 2 . 5 % Max. NaCl 0 . 8 % Max. N a 2 S 0 3 and N a H C 0 3 . . . 0 . 4 % M a x . Fe 5 p p m Max. Cu, Ni, Cr, M n , Pb 1 pprn M a x . Water of crystallization. . . 28 to 2 6 %
Na2S 60 to 6 2 % NaCl 1.5% Max. Other Na Salts 2 . 0 % Max. Fe 8 ppm Max. Cu, Ni, Cr, Mn, P b 1 ppm Max. Water of crystallization . . . . 3 5 % Min.
Hooker's popularity as a source of sulfides is due in good m e a s u r e to its painstaking efforts to m e e t t h e proces sing requirements of its c u s t o m e r s . P r o m p t s h i p m e n t from a m p l e stocks k e e p customer's i n v e n t o r y r e q u i r e m e n t s to a m i n i m u m . Particular attention is paid to cleanliness of shipping containers to insure t h a t n o i m p u r i t i e s m a r t h e quality o f the finished p r o d u c t . Your first step t o sulfide satisfaction is to write for samples a n d d a t a sheets. Please m a k e y o u r request on y o u r c o m p a n y letterhead.
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Mol. Wt 174.23 Melting R a n g e . . .3.5 to 17°C It is a d e a r dark red liquid with an odor of hydrogen sulfide. ANALYSIS
Na2S4 40.44% Sulfur 30.27% Other sodium salts including sodium thiosulfate, sodium carbonate and sodium sulfate 1.0% Max. USES
USES
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Student affiliates from colleges in northern O h i o were guests of trie C o l l e g e of Wooster, Wooster, O h i o , for a miniature ACS m e e t i n g on March 2 4 and 2 5 . Pictured above are studeots w h o presented papers: Ruth Ann Carson, Carl G . L o v e , C. R. Bresson, all o f Wooster; D a v i d Heiser, D e n i s o n University; F o r e s t D a v a u l t , Ohio Northern; D o n n a M . Stroh, B o w l i n g Green State; a n d Marjorie Hulett, William V. Johnston, Clinton Rila, Charles Grabiel, all o f Wooster
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