VOLUME 3 6 , NO. 8
JULY 1964
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY CONT ENTS REPORT FOR ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS
Pictured on the cover is a device which can be used in gas chromatography to demonstrate and to measure the influence of overlapping peaks on the position of the peak maximum. Dr. A. I. M. Keulemans constructed the device and described it at the Second International Symposium on Advances in Gas Chromatography in Houston. A section of 27 papers from the Symposium begins on page 1410.
"The Kováts Retention Index System" by L. S. Ettre is based on papers by E. Kovâts and A. I. M. Keulemans given at the Second International Symposium on Advances in Gas Chromatography held in Houston, Texas, March 23 to 26, and previously published work 31 A
NEWS SECTION A preliminary program for the 14th Annual Instrument Symposium and Research Equipment Exhibit to be held at N I H October 5 to 8 is given. Several special courses and seminars of interest to analytical chemists are discussed 55 A
EDITOR'S COLUMN © Copyright 1 964 by the American Chemical Society Issued June 22, 1964
Analytical methods used by the U. S. Public Health Service to obtain evidence supporting the conclusion that endrin is a cause of recent fish kills in the lower Mississippi River are discussed 83 A
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Shell International Research adds a new three-building complex to its fundamental research laboratory at Birlinghoven Castle in West Germany 93 A
INSTRUMENTATION Dr. Miiller discusses improvements in magnetoresistive devices, a new optical medium, and some recent developments in electronic tuning 97 A
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