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About the size of a fountain pen, and weighing only 3V2 oz., NUMEC's PRM provides continuous audible and visual indication of radiation levels. The NUMEC PRM, hundreds of which are currently being produced for Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been tested in radiation fields f r o m normal background to 3 χ 1 0 6 roentgen per hour without failure. Two instruments are available covering both low (up to 2 R/hr) and high (up to 200 R / h r a n d above) radiation ranges.
lows on October 23-27. This course consists of lectures and laboratory exercises on techniques and applications of recently developed ion-exchange methods which provide desired selective separations and enhance performance of final analytical determinations. Full descriptions of these courses are given in the Training Program Bulletin which is available on request. Trainees may register in single or related courses. Applications or requests for informa tion should be addressed to The Chief, Training Program, Robert A. Taft Sani tary Engineering Center, 4676 Colum bia Parkway, Cincinnati 26, Ohio, or to a PHS regional office.
Industrial Electronics Symposium A two-day Industrial Electronics Symposium will be held at the Brad ford Hotel, Boston, Mass., September 20 and 21. It is sponsored by the American Institute of Electrical Engi neers, Instrument Society of America, and the Institute of Radio Engineers. The following sessions will be held: Measuring Techniques for Industry, Wednesday morning; Digital and Ana log Techniques in Industry, Wednes day afternoon ; Power Conversion Tech niques, Thursday morning; and Panel Discussion of Manufacturer-User Prob lems, Thursday afternoon. Details are available from D. L. LaCerda, Badger Manufacturing Com pany, 363 Third St., Cambridge, Mass.
ISA Instrument-Automation Conference and Exhibit
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The Instrument Society of America's 16th Annual Conference and Exhibit will be held September 11 to 15 at Los Angeles. The conference will be at the Biltmore Hotel and the exhibits at Memorial Sports Arena in Exposition Park. A total of 80 technical sessions with approximately 300 authors is sched uled for the five-day meeting. They will cover new developments in manyphases of instrumentation technology. This will be the largest program in ISA history. In addition to ISA, nine other or ganizations are cooperating with ISA. These are
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CIETY, American Meteorological Society, California Natural Gas Association, In stitute of Management Sciences, Insti tute of Radio Engineers, Precision Measurements Association, Professional Group on Reliability and Quality Con trol, Southern California Metering As sociation, Temperature Measurement Society.
A wide variety of topics are sched uled, many of which are of interest to analytical chemists. Some of these are set forth below. Analytical Chemistry (ACS program)
Current Trends in Analytical Instrumentation-The Future for Process Instrumentation, Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. Analysis Instrumentation
Electrochemical Analysis Instrumen tation, Tuesday afternoon; Labora tory Analysis Instrumentation, Wed nesday morning; Nuclear Measure ments, Wednesday afternoon; Anal ysis Instrumentation Design Philos ophy, Thursday morning; Mass Spectrometry, Thursday afternoon; and Air Pollution Panel, Friday morning. Measurement and Control Instrumentation
Transducers. Their Use and Calibra tion, Monday afternoon. California Natural Gasoline Association
Chromatography in Natural Gas Processing, Wednesday afternoon. Measurement Standards Instrumentation
Statistics and Training in Measure ments, Monday afternoon; Develop ments in Precision Potentiometers, Tuesday morning; Electrical Meas urement Standards, Tuesday after noon ; Economic Evaluation of Meas urement Standards Programs, Wed nesday afternoon ; Physical Measure ment Standards, Thursday morning; and Quality Control in Standards Laboratories, Thursday afternoon. Management
Management Viewpoint for Automa tion Justification, Monday afternoon ; Automated Management—When ?, Tuesday morning; Management Dy namics, Tuesday afternoon; The In strumentation Marketing Challenge, Thursday morning and afternoon. Temperature Measurement Society
Temperature Standards and Calibra tion Methods, Monday afternoon; Applications of Radiometry to Tem perature Measurement, Tuesday morning; and Thermoelectric and Resistance Methods for Temperature Measurement, Tuesday afternoon. Nuclear Instrumentation
Nuclear Instrumentation, afternoon.
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