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Aug. 2 Aug to 4
21st Annual Conference on X-ray Analysis. A l b a n y H o t e l , Denver, Colo. Sponsor: Denver Research I n s t i t u t e . Contact: B. D. McCarty, M a r a t h o n Oil Co. Research Center, P.O. Box 269, L i t t l e t o n , Colo. 80122
Aug. 14 to 18
Gordon Research Conference on Infrared Spectroscopy. K i m b a l l Union A c a d e m y . Contact: A . M. C r u i c k s h a n k , Colby J u n i o r College, New L o n d o n , N.H. 03257. 603-526-2870
Aug. 20 to 25
American Association of Clinical Chemists. Netherland-Hilton Hotel, C i n c i n n a t i , Ohio. Contact: J . S. K i n g , P.O. Box 15053, A r d m o r e Station, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27103
Aug. 20 to 25
8th Annual Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Inter national Congress Centre, R A I , A m s t e r d a m , T h e N e t h e r l a n d s . Contact: FEBS-BIO-CHEM 72, RAI, Gebouw N.V., Europaplein 8, A m s t e r d a m , The Netherlands
Aug. 21 to 25
Gordon Research Conference on Separation and Purification. Colby Junior College. Contact: A. M. C r u i c k s h a n k , Colby J u n i o r College, New L o n d o n , N.H. 03257. 603-526-2870
Aug. 23 to 25
Recent Advances in the Analytical Chemistry of Pollutants. Dalhousie University, N.S. Contact: Louis Ramaley, Dept. of C h e m istry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada. Page 55 A, Apr.
Aug. 23 to 27
Conference on Spectral Lines. Knoxville, T e n n . Contact: Havens, Jr., 335 East 45th St., New York, N.Y. 10017
Aug. 27 to Sept. 1
164th National American Chemical Society Meeting. New York, N.Y. Includes Analytical Division Sessions. Contact: W . W a y n e M e i n k e , National Bureau of Standards, W a s h i n g t o n , D.C. 20034. Page 35 A, A u g .
Aug. 28 to Sept. 1
1st European Analytical Conference, "Euroanalysis—I." Heidel berg, Germany. Contact: Gesellschaft Deutscher C h e m i k e r , D-6 F r a n k f u r t / M 8, Postfach 11 90 75, Germany. Page 38 A, A u g .
Aug. 28 to Sept. 1
Annual Meeting Electron Microscopy Society of America. Los Angeles, Calif. Contact: R. F. Bils, Allan H a n c o c k F o u n d a t i o n , University of S o u t h e r n California, Los Angeles, Calif. 90007
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Call for Papers 8th Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting W a s h i n g t o n , D.C. J a n u a r y 14 t o 17, 1973
Analytical Chemistry Division will have sessions on electrochemistry (joint with Physical Division), biochemicalclinical multicomponent analysis, en vironmental trace metals, surface anal ysis, S. Dal Nogare Memorial Lecture. Abstracts on ACS standard forms to Robert F . Brady, Jr., 706 Hope Lane, Gaithersburg, Md. 20760.
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International Conference Technology Chicago, III. A u g u s t 21 to 24,1973
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Includes papers on particle-size analysis and on-stream analysis. Abstracts (200-400 words long), not later than Nov. 15, 1972, to R. Davies, I T T Research Institute, 10 West 35th St., Chicago, 111. 60616. 312-225-9630
24th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy Cleveland C o n v e n t i o n Center, Cleveland, Ohio March 5 t o 9, 1973
Papers on all phases are solicited. Special symposia: liquid chromatog raphy—analytical bridge to spectros copy; three-dimensional microcompositional analysis: the advent of ionprobe mass spectrometry; industrial applications of 13C nmr; forensic science; women in mass spectrometry; industrial research—is it worth it?; guidelines for defining and implementing the computerized laboratory system (ASTM); analysis of slags and related oxide-type materials (ASTM) ; Coblentz
