NEWS
Original papers on all phases of analytical chemistry and spectroscopy are invited. Three copies of a 150word abstract with a letter listing the names of the authors, the laboratory where the work was done, and the cur rent address of the authors should be sent by October 15, to Dr. William A. Straub, Program Chairman, The 14th Pittsburgh Conference, Applied Re search Laboratory, U. S. Steel Corp., Monroeville, Pa.
Fractional Factorial Experimentation Course A 2-day course on fractional factorial experimentation will be offered by the Buffalo section and the chemical divi sion of A.S.Q.C. at the Parkway Inn, Niagara Falls, Ν. Υ., September 28 to 29. Further information can be obtained from Albert J. Ritter, The Carborun dum Co., Globar Plant, P. 0 . Box 339, Niagara Falls, Ν. Υ.
Infrared Spectroscopy Institute The sixth annual Infrared Spectros copy Institute will take place at Canisius College, Buffalo, Ν. Υ., Au gust 27 to 31. Registrants will have a choice of at tending either elementary or advanced lectures in a variety of spectroscopy fields. For further information contact Dr. Herman A. Szysmanski, Director, Infra red Spectroscopy Institute, Canisius College, Buffalo 8, Ν. Υ.
Second Italian Chemical Instrument Show The Second Chemical Instrument Show—Mac '62—will be held at the Pallazzo dell'Arte, in the Park of Milan, Italy, October 6 to 14. The show will feature appliances, instruments, and machinery for indus trial and plant uses. Automation equipment, high vacuum units and ac cessories, safety devices, packing and transportation machinery will also be exhibited. Laboratory assemblies for measure ment, control, and optical work will complement the industrial equipment. The Unione Nazionale Chimici Italiani (U.N.C.I.) is sponsoring a seminar on "Fifty Years of Italian Chemistry: Progress and Forecasts." Further in formation can be obtained from Segreteria Générale MAC 62, Via Desiderio da Settignano 13, Milan, Italy.
HANDLE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFELY!
Industry Items Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Ave., Columbus, Ohio, is preparing a directory of selected Soviet scientific institutions and a guide to East European scientific and technical literature. California Corp., for Biochemical Research, 3625 Medford St., Los Angeles, Calif., has changed its name to Calbiochem. Calbiochem has two divisions in Los Angeles: Calatomic, producer of radioactive biochemicals, and Calorganic, distributor of organic chemicals. It is also the U. S. and Canadian distributor for research chemicals and biochemicals manufactured by C. F . Boehringer & Soehne G.m.b.H., Mannheim, W. Germany. Elcor, Inc., 1225 W. Broad St., Falls Church, Va., has appointed the Glendon Instrument Co., Ltd., 46 Crockford Blvd., Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, as its exclusive manufacturer's representative in Canada. Elcor, a subsidiary of the Welex Electronics Corp., manufactures current indicators and integrators, radiation measurement instruments, and related products for the electronics and nuclear fields. The Electric Autolite Co., Toledo 1, Ohio, has appointed Dobbie Bros., Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia, as its exclusive distributor. The company will export industrial and recording thermometers, temperature recorders, and pressure gages.
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TOXIC CHEMICALS RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS LIVE VIRUSES, BACTERIA CONTAMINANTS MIRACLE METALS
Virtually any dangerous substance can be handled safely in one of the wide variety of special enclosures manufactured by S. Blickman, Inc. These include dry boxes, biological safety cabinets, controlled-atmosphere boxes, fume hoods and many other types. Two are illustrated here. MICROBIOLOGICAL SAFETY CABINET Stainless steel. One of many safety enclores available.
VACUUM DRY BOX Stainless steel. For work in a controlled atmosphere
Endevco Corp. and the Video Instruments Division are occupying a new plant at 801 S. Arroyo Parkway, Pasadena, Calif., effective July 1. The company is engaged in the design and engineering of dynamic instrumentation. F & M Scientific Corp., Avondale, Pa., has opened a district sales office in the Henry Grady Building, 26 Cain St., Atlanta, Ga. Sales services and technical help in the field of gas chromatography and analytical instrumentation will be offered to customers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The Foxboro Co., Foxboro, Mass., has started construction on a $700,000, 50,000-sq. foot research center which will house the firm's expanding research and development activities on advanced instrument engineering for the process industries. The new building is scheduled for completion in January 1963.
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