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NEW CEC's Portable Moisture Monitor, (26-303) costs only $ 4 3 5 - m u c h less than the model it replaces. The specs are the same: continuous 0-1000 ppm measurement of water in gas streams, laboratory accuracy 5 % full scale, 6 3 % response in 30 seconds or less, rugged, portable, operates on battery or a-c power. Want one? Call your nearest CEC office or write for Bulletin CEC 2 6 3 0 3 X 2 .
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International Spectroscopy Conference Planned The International Conference on Spectroscopy, to be sponsored by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, will be held at the University of Maryland, College Park, Md. from June 18 to 22. Plans call for a technical program consisting of lectures by internationally noted spectroscopists, as well as sessions for submitted papers. Topics to be covered are emission, x-ray, infrared, NMR, EPR, microwave, astrophysical, and mass spectroscopy. In addition, there will be a session on education in spectroscopy. An exhibit by various manufacturers is also planned, at which latest spectrographic equipment will be shown. Those desiring to present papers should submit titles and abstracts of 300 words or less to the conference chairman before Dec. 1. Further details can be obtained from Mr. Bourdon F. Scribner, conference chairman, International Spectroscopy Conference, National Bureau of Standards, Washington 25, D. C.
ASTM Calls for Indexing Volunteers The ASTM Committee E-13 on Absorption Spectroscopy has issued a call for volunteers to assist in indexing material with which the committee is concerned. The committee has for several years been preparing IBM card indexes to collections of infrared and ultraviolet absorption spectra, including those published in the periodical literature. The initial coding is done by volunteer spectroscopists, and the cards are prepared and sold at cost by ASTM. The extent of the work that volunteers would be asked to contribute is a few hours a year, according to W. C. Kenyon, chairman of the standard data subcommittee. Anyone interested in volunteering for this work is asked to write to Westcott C. Kenyon, chairman, Standard Data Subcommittee, ASTM E-13, Hercules Powder Co., Research Center, Wilmington 99, Del.
Delaware Valley Analytical Papers Solicited The analytical division of the fourth Delaware Valley Regional Meeting to be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia on Jan. 25 and 26, if
NEWS planning two symposia. Separation techniques will be covered the first day, and laboratory automation will be the topic of the second day. Persons wishing to present 15- to 20mimite papers in these as well as in other areas of analytical chemistry should contact Dr. J. W. Loveland, Research and Development Division, Sun Oil Co., Marcus Hook, Pa. The deadline for one-page abstracts is Oct. 15.
Radiological Health Course Offered A two-week training course on basic radiological health will be presented at the Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, from Jan 15 to 26, 1962, by the U. S. Public Health Service, through its Division of Radiological Health. The course covers the basic nuclear physics necessary for a technical understanding of radiological problems in public health work, major sources of radiation exposure, modes of radiation injury, and units and terminology associated with the field. Plans call for a repetition of the course at the Sanitary Engineering Center from April 23 to May 4 ; at the Southwestern Radiological Health Laboratory in Las Vegas, Nev., from Feb. 20 to March 9; and at the Radiological Health Laboratory in Rockville, Md., from May 7 to 18. Applications for the course or requests for information should be addressed to the Chief, Training Program, Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati 26, Ohio.
NEWER CEC's Solids Moisture Analyzer, (26-320) costs only $1575. It's specific to water... measures total water in solids in five to fifteen minutes. Water is measured by electrolysis - linear response, sensitivity of 0.1 /xg, accuracy ±5/xg or 2 % of full scale reading. Get the complete details. Write for Bulletin CEC 2 6 3 2 0 X 1 or call your nearest CEC office.
SAS Mid-America Symposium Scheduled The 13th annual Mid-America Spectroscopy Symposium, sponsored by the Chicago section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, in cooperation with the Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, and St. Louis sections, has been scheduled for April 30 to May 3, 1962, at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago. Original papers on recent advances in infrared. Raman, optical emission, x-ray, general absorption, NMR, EPR, and atomic absorption spectroscopy will be presented. For the first time, the meeting will include sessions on vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy and gas chromatographic preparation of samples for spectroscopic analysis, as well as a nuclear magnetic resonance workshop. As in
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NEWS the past, an introductory clinic in in frared spectroscopy will be held. In addition, problem clinics, seminars, and an exhibit showing new developments in instruments and equipment are ex pected to be of interest. Further information can be obtained from Dr. John R. Ferraro, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Ave., Argonne, III.
lation will consist of a laboratory build ing and a separate administrative build ing. The research facilities will be devoted to the laboratory exploration of new chemicar compounds and proc esses.
Industry Items
Kleber Laboratories, Inc., 2530 N . Ontario St., Burbank, Calif., has been formed to do research and develop ment on high temperature materials and energy conversion materials, based in part upon "the rare earths and their derivatives; to manufacture instrumen tation for detection and analysis of beryllium and other light metals, and specialized nuclear instrumentation; and to supply high purity rare earth oxides.
Bel-Art Products, Pequannock, N. J., is building an addition to its plant which will be ready for oc cupancy late in the fall. This will be the second addition within the last three years. The new addition will add over 50% to present space. Bel-Art spe cializes in plastic medical and labora tory ware. Cenco Instruments Corp. has ac quired Mills Hospital Supply Co. of Chicago and Instru-Coil Co. of Cleve land. Mills Co. manufactures and dis tributes hospital and surgical supplies. Instru-Coil designs and manufactures precision springs and coils. Present management will continue to operate as Cenco subsidiaries. Consolidated E l e c t r o d y n a m i c s Corp., a subsidiary of Bell & Howell, has established a new production opera tion in Houston, Tex. The analytical and control division of CEC will run the operation which will be used to modify and customize CEC process chromatographs for customers in Hous ton, Dallas, and surrounding areas. The D o w Chemical Co is starting construction of a new building to house the radiochcmistry research laboratory. Completion of the structure, to be located in the research center area on Bay City Road, Midland, Mich., is ex pected in April 1962. The radiochemistry laboratory has been located in the chemical physics research laboratory buildings. The new building will provide space for expanding activities of the radiochemistry laboratory, which include radioisotope tracer work, development of instrumentation for plants and lab oratories, new radioactivity methods of chemical analysis, radiation chem istry research, explosives research, and processing of nuclear fuels. The D o w Chemical Co. is planning, to construct the first major laboratory buildings at its research site on Oak Grove Road in the city of Walnut Creek, Calif. Completion is expected about J u n e . l , 1962. The initial instal
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Measurement Systems, Inc., South Norwalk, Conn., has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Systems Command to develop a new analytical instrument called an infrared polar re cording nephelometer. This will pro vide information on fog and dust par ticles suspended in the atmosphere. Metrix, Inc., P. O. Box 223, Deerfield, III., is a newly formed corpora tion with the purpose of designing, manufacturing, and installing low level gamma counters. The Nalge Co., Inc., Rochester, Ν. Υ., has purchased American Agile Corp. The latter will be operated as a subsidiary under its present name with its present personnel. Foster D . Snell, Inc., 29 West 15th St., New York 11, Ν . Υ., has pur chased physical assets of American Scientific Supply, Inc., Long Island City, Ν. Υ. The Snell organization will not operate American Scientific Supply, nor will it enter the laboratory supply business but will use American Scientific's inventory in its operations. Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif., has acquired the Sanborn Co., Waltham, Mass., through a stock ex change. Sanborn will operate as a separate corporation. Hewlett-Packard manufactures precision measuring in struments; Sanborn produces equip ment for medical and industrial appli cations. Unicam Instruments, Ltd., has a new location at York Street, Cam bridge, England. Unicam is a member of the P Y E group of companies.
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