NEWS
Spectroscopy Symposium The 11th Annual Southeastern Sym posium on Spectroscopy, sponsored by the University of Florida and the Southeastern Association of Spectrographers will be presented at the Uni versity of Florida, Gainesville Fla., from January 21 to 24. Registration costs $20 which includes the annual banquet. Applications of Masers to Optical Emission Spectroscopy will be the major theme this year. Dr. T. A. Welton, Senior Scientist in the Physics Division at Oak Ridge National Lab oratory will present three lectures deal ing with the theory of lasers and masers with particular reference to spectroscopy. Frederick Brech, vice president and director of research for Jarrell-Ash will present three lectures on the applications of lasers to spec troscopy. Dr. V. A. Fassel, Iowa State University will present lectures con cerned with the effect of environment on the spectroscopic properties of flames and electrical discharges. Dr. Marvin Margoshes of the National Bureau of Standards will give three lectures on the following topics: De termination and Application of Atomic Transition Probabilities; Factors Af fecting Precision and Accuracy in the Spectroscopic Analysis of Solutions; and Design of Plasma Jet and GasStabilized Arc Sources. Further information on this sym posium may be obtained by writing to W. T. Tiffin, Metallurgical Research Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
Radioactive Isotope Applications A special conference, "Oak Ridge Radioisotope Conference-Applications to Physical Science and Engineering," will meet April 1 to 3, 1963, in Gatlinburg, Tenn. The conference is spon sored by the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, ORNL, and the Iso topes and Radiation Division of the American Nuclear Society, in coopera tion with the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. Conference plans call for general papers to be presented on the first day, with special sessions de\'oted to physi cal science research and engineering ap plications on the following two days. The physics and chemistry sessions will include analytical procedures, exchange reactions, reaction rates, molecular structure, diffusion processes, colloid
and surface studies, catalysis, and re lated topics. More information is available from Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, P. 0. Box 117, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Industry Items
ACCESSORIES INCREASE CAPABILITIES OF THE MODEL 202 SPECTROPHOTOMETER
Beckman Instruments, Inc., has acquired Stevens-Evans, Inc., San Diego, Calif., manufacturer of spe cialized electronic test and control in struments for laboratory, industrial and space-defense applications. Principal products include a line of solid-state digital voltmeters and solid-state AC line conditioners and regulators. Devco Engineering, Inc., Caldwell, N. J., has completed a plant expansion to house additional production and re search facilities for manufacture of gas analyzers, sampling systems, and associ ated instrumentation. Fisher Scientific Co. has opened a new branch office at 690 Miami Circle, N.E., Atlanta 5, Ga. The new service center will stock laboratory instru ments, appliances, and reagent chemicals. Gallard-Schlesinger Chemical Mfg. Corp., has been appointed the exclu sive distributor in this country of Serva (Germany) cellulose products used for ion exchange, column, and thin layer chromatography. Greiner Scientific Corp., 22 North Moore St., New York, Ν. Υ., has an nounced the merger of the Greiner organization with Palo Laboratory Supplies, Inc. The new company is said to be the largest laboratory supply house in the New York area. The Millipore Filter Corp. of Bed ford Mass., has opened a technical serv ice laboratory in Temple City, Calif., to serve chiefly as a training facility for users of Millipore filters and ap paratus. The laboratory is completely equipped for work in contamination analysis and control, microbiology, cytology, sterilizing filtration, fluid cleaning, and other fields. Standard Chemical Products, Inc., manufacturer of textile chemicals, will build new facilities for research and technical service at its Hobokcn, N. J., location. Henry Troemner, Inc., 22nd and Master Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., has purchased all rights to the Gorrell and Gorrell Monodrum Kymograph which will now be known as the Troemner Monodrum Kymograph.
By using accessories which Perkin-Elmer has de veloped
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vanced nature. Among the auxiliary devices avail able are the f o l l o w i n g : Repetitive Scan Accessory (illustrated)
enables
the operator to re-scan any selected segment of an absorption spectrum automatically at regular time
intervals—30 seconds, 5 minutes, 00 min*
utes or 10 hours full scale. Single-Beam Readout Accessory permits Model 202 to operate in the single beam mode for in vestigating sources, for flame photometry or for absolute calibration w i t h external sources. The versatility and adjustability of the unit enable it to meet a broad range of experimental conditions. Time Drive Accessory, designed to record absorbance vs time ίη the Model 202, can be used to follow the kinetics of a chemical reaction at any predetermined wavelength in the normal range of the
instrument.
Standard
motors
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changeable in the laboratory) offer choice of these scan times: 2, 8 or 32 minutes; 1 or 4 hours. Other speeds are available on special order. For full details on Model 202 and its accessories, write to Instrument Division, Perkin-Elmer Corpora tion, 7 5 1 Main Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut.
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