Local Sections SECTION AND P L A C E
American Chemical Society 103RD MEETING. Memphis, Tenn., April 20 t o 23, 1942. 104TH MEETING.
Buffalo, N . Y., Septem-
ber 7 to 11, 1942. 105TH
MEETING.
Indianapolis,
Ind.,
spring of 1943. 106TH
MEETING.
Minneapolis,
Minn.,
fall of 1943. NATIONAL
CHEMICAL
EXPOSITION.
Ste-
vens Hotel, Chicago, 111., November 17 to 22, 1942. NINETEENTH
NATIONAL
COLLOID
SYM-
POSIUM, Division of Colloid Chemistry. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo., June 18 t o 20, 1942.
O t h e r Scientific Societies AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR T H E A D VANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, Southwestern
Division. Las Cruces, N . Mex., April 27 t o 30. Annual meeting. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF C E R E A L C H E M -
APRIL,
Central Texas, Chemistry Building 15, University of" Texas, Austin Chicago, Stevens Hotel Columbus, Room 100, Chemistry Building, Ohio State University Connecticut Valley, Mount Holyoke College, South H a d ley, Mass. Eastern N e w York, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy Iowa, Chemistry Auditorium, State University of Towa, Iowa City Lehigh Valley, P a l m e r t o n , Penna. Louisiana, Richardson Chemical Laboratory, Tulane University, N e w Orleans Milwaukee, City Club Minnesota, Room 100, Chemistry Building, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Northeast Wisconsin, Lecture Room, Science Hall, Lawrence College, Appleton Philadelphia, Franklin Institute
SPEAKER
SUBJECT
17
Judson S. Swearingen
High-Pressure G a s Operation
17 24
Harry N . H o l m e s H. S. Taylor
A Chemist in Medicine Large Molecules through Atomic Spectacles
18
Everett S. Wallis
Rotatory Power and Constitution in the Sterols
28
John Russell
16
Albert L. Henne
The Acid-Base Equilibrium of Gelatin Aliphatic Fluorides
17
Herman Mark
17
E. L. Dennis
30 27
Henry Eyring Henry Eyring
29 16
Pittsburgh, Mellon Institute 16 Auditorium Rochester, Cutler Union, Uni- 20 versity of Rochester Sioux Valley, Sioux City, Iowa 25 Southeastern Pennsylvania, 30 Molly Pitcher Hotel, Carlisle Western Connecticut, Hubbard 27 Heights Golf Club, Stamford Western N e w York, University 21 of Buffalo Wisconsin, Auditorium, Chem- 28 istry Building, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Mechanism of Polymerization Reactions The Production of Military Explosives
The Theory of R a t e Processes Thermodynamic Properties and R a t e Processes a t Surfaces Henry Eyring Thermodynamic Properties and R a t e Processes a t Surfaces Howard I. Cramer Present Status of Synthetic Rubber Hoyt C. Hottel Utilization of Solar Energy Ethel L. French
Glimpses of Mexico (Ladies* Night)
Henry Eyring G. W . Campbell
Chemical Warfare
Arthur C. Cope
Synthesis and Testing of Barbituric Acid Hypnotics Metals a n d the War
Clyde E . Williams Henry Eyring
V i s c o s i t y , D i f f u s i o n , and Thermodynamic Properties of the Liquid State
ISTS. Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, 111., M a y 18 t o 22. Annual meeting. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIAL PHYSICIANS A N D SURGEONS and A M E R I CAN INDUSTRIAL. H Y G I E N E ASSOCIATION.
Hotel Gibson, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 13 t o 17. Annual meeting. AMERICAN
CERAMIC
SOCIETY.
Hotel
Netherland-Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio, week of April 19. Annual meeting. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL E N G I -
NEERS. AMERICAN
Boston, Mass., M a y 11 t o 13. INSTITUTE
ENGINEERS. 26.
OF
ELECTRICAL
Chicago, 111., June 22 to
AMERICAN L E A T H E R
CHEMISTS
ASSOCIA-
TION. Deshler-Walleck Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, June 1 and 2. AMERICAN O I L C H E M I S T S ' SOCIETY.
Rice
Hotel, Houston, T e x . , April 30 and May 1. AMERICAN SOCIETY O F B R E W I N G
INSTITUTE
NATIONAL
SOCIETY
Club,
Skytop, MATE-
Atlantic City, N . J., June 22 to SOCIETY.
The
Her-
mitage Hotel, Nashville, Tenn., April 15 t o 18.
478
PETROLEUM
ASSOCIATION.
SCIENTIFIC
APPARATUS
MAKERS
AMERICA. Hotel Hershey, Penna., June 1 t o 3 .
OF
Hershey,
1 The list of the SOCIETY'S National Officers and Directors, Editors, members of Council, Divisional and Local Section Officers, Committees, and Chapters of Student Affiliates
appears
in
CHEMICAL
AND ENGINEERING
NEWS three times a year—usually February 10, May 10, and October 10. The latest list is printed on page 187 of the February 10 issue.
CHEM-
AMERICAN SOCIETY F O R T E S T I N G
ELECTROCHEMICAL
TECHNOLOGISTS.
Symposium on M e d i c i n a l Chemistry
O F REFRIGERATING
ENGINEERS. Skytop Penna., June 7 to 9. RIALS. 26.
FOOD
Hotel Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, April 16 and 17. Semiannual meeting.
ISTS. Hotel Netherland-Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio, M a y 25 t o 27. AMERICAN
OF
Hotel Nicollet, Minneapolis, Minn., June 15 t o 17. Annual meeting.
A s PART of their annual joint meeting, "^^ the Virginia Academy of Science and the Virginia Sections of the AMERICAN
CHEMICAL
SOCIETY
will
field. T h e symposium will b e held at t h e Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, V a . , Saturday, M a y 9, 1942, a t 9 A . M. Persons interested in t h e various aspects of medicinal chemistry are cordially invited. The program includes t h e following papers: ALFRED BURGER.
Introduction.
C. R. ADDINALL. Recent Developments in Medicinal Chemistry. JACKSON
P.
ENGLISH.
Sulfanilamide
Chemistry. J.
STANTON
PIERCE
AND H .
B.
HAAG.
Chemistry and Pharmacology of N e w e r Local Anesthetics. FREDERICK
BERNHEIM
AND
ALFRED
BURGER. A Basis for the Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis. Discussions of t h e prepared addresses will be opened b y Luther R . Modlin, Jr., Division of Chemotherapy, U . S. Public Health Service, Washington, D . C. Further information m a y be procured upon application t o Alfred Burger, D e partment of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, V a .
sponsor a
Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry. Speakers from Virginia educational and industrial institutions and from other states will present papers in this general
CHEMICAL
AND
ENGINEERING
NEWS
1 9 t h C o l l o i d Symposium Boulder, Colo., June 18 to 20, 1942 H P HOSE planning to attend the Boulder, Colo., Colloid Symposium, held under the auspices of the Committee of Colloid Science of the National Research Council and the Colloid Symposium Committee of the Division of Colloid Chemistry of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, are advised
to make early reservations since Colorado is a popular vacation center. T h e University of Colorado summer session, usually enrolling over 4,000, promises t o be large this summer and in addition numerous conventions are scheduled for Boulder during the summer months. Rooms at t h e Boulderado, Albany, and Monticello Hotels range from $1.25 single t o $4.50 double. Blanchard's Lodge is situated 3.5 miles up Boulder Canyon and has both rooms and cottages available a t prices ranging from $1.25 single to $3.00 double. Estes Park and Estes Park Village are located 31 miles t o the northwest of Boulder on a beautiful, paved, easy ascent mountain highway, and Denver is 3 2 miles southeast on a paved, plains highway. Good hotels are available at both places. T h e Boulder, Estes Park, or D e n ver Chamber of Commerce will send d e scriptive literature and lists of hotels and cottage camps to anyone requesting them. Inquiries regarding housing facilities should be sent directly t o the hotels; for other information address Frank E . E . Germann, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
A k r o n Rubber G r o u p M e e t s n p H E spring meeting of the Akron R u b ber Group was held March 20 a t t h e Akron City Club with 200 in attendance. Mr. Weitz, General Electric Co., delivered a very interesting lecture on applications of radiations from filament and gaseous sources. H e demonstrated the newer types of lighting equipment and discussed their value in everyday life. A pertinent example was color and the kinds and degree of light available for effective blackouts. T h e following officers were elected t o guide this group through 1942-43: Chairman, T . L. Stevens; Vice Chairman, A. E . Sidnell; Secretary-Treasurer, W . J. Krantz.
Chemical Club of Philadelphia H P H E Chemical Club of Philadelphia a t its annual meeting, March 30, elected the following officers: president, F . S. ("Jerry") Dubbs, American Cyanamid & Chemical Corp.; vice president, Charles A . Wagner, C. A. Wagner Co.; treasurer, W. R. E . Andrews, W . R. E . Andrews Sales Co.; secretary! G. B . Heckel, Jr., The Paint Industry Magazine. T h e club has been rather inactive dur-
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ing the past year, but has determined to reorganize on a sound basis. A proposed new Constitution and By-Laws, modeled somewhat upon that of t h e N e w York Chemical Sales Group, was submitted for approval by John F. Kirk, General Chemical Co., and will come u p for final action at t h e next meeting, scheduled for April 13.
Civilian Defense Talk Covers Combustion A s T H E first lecture in a series on "^^ "Citizens' Defense and Protection", sponsored b y t h e Civilian Defense Corps i n the Cincinnati Metropolitan Region o n t h e University of Cincinnati campus, "Incendiary Bombs" was presented b y Saul B. Arenson, professor of inorganic chemistry. The talk was t h e first o n incendiaries and covered the phenomena of combustion as follows: 1. History. Discovery of oxygen by Chinese, Leonardo d a Vinci, Scheele, Priestley, and Lavoisier. Demonstrations: Retort with mercury, bottle of mercuric oxide, crucible lid floating on a cork in water, covered by bottle of air. Samples of red and yellow phosphorus. 2. Oxidation. Definition, tie-up with rusting and utilization of food. H e a t as important product in incendiary bombs. Demonstrations: (a) Candle burning under closed funnel, products of candle combustion pulled through lime "water. Proof that carbon dioxide i s . fire extinguisher b y slanting trough and candles. Breath blown through lime water. (6) Burning of sulfur. (c) Burning of magnesium ribbon, powdered magnesium, powdered iron (thrown in flame). 3. f a c t o r s controlling rate of burning (tied u p with fire control). Demonstrations: (a) Degree o f fineness. Powdered carbon vs. stick of charcoal. Powdered iron vs. picture wire. Powdered magnesium vs. b i g rod of magnesium (which is kept from burning). Sample of fireproofed material like celotex. Explanation of fireproofing. (o) Temperature. Oxygas blow torch to burn strip of zinc, picture wire, thick copper wire. Heating lump of calcium oxide. (c) Concentration of oxygen. Burn samples of charcoal, picture wire, and sulfur in flask of pure oxygen. 4. Gas explosions. • • • Demonstrations: Diffusion of hydrogen from inverted cylinder into a i r below it, forming mixture which c a n be ignited b y taper. Soap bubbles filled with hydrogen-oxygen mixture ignited. 5. Combustion in other media. Demonstrations: (a) Water. Sodium and potassium i n cold water, phenolphthalein to test solution formed. Magnesium ribbon burning i n steam. (6) Chlorine. Dutch metal and antimony placed in cylinders of chlorine.
