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Volume 52, No. 8 July 1980 ANCHAM 52(8) 851A-970A 1169-1392(1980) ISSN 0003 2700 Copyright © 1980 by the American Chemical Society
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Industrial hygiene. The Elements in solid samples. A t o m i c role of analytical absorption, a t o m i c chemistry in the e m i s s i o n , and a t o m i c interdisciplinary t e a m c o n c e r n e d with w o r k e r f l u o r e s c e n c e s p e c t r o m e t r i c methods are safety and health is assessed for direct described by Ronald Hemingway of Du Pont. elemental analysis of solid samples. Impetus for these Perspective is provided c o n c e r n s today is the on the r e n e w e d Occupational Safety and Health A c t of 1970, r e s e a r c h activities in often referred to as the these areas by c o m p a r i s o n s with m o r e Analytical Chemist's traditional approaches Employment Act
Analytical at NBS. Analytical chemistry has historically played an important role in the mission of the National Bureau of Standards. The demands placed 01 the bureau have increased because so many national p r o b l e m s today require analytical expertise
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Technical programs. The scientific papers and sessions for the 2nd Chemical Congress of the North American Continent, San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 2 4 - 2 9 and for EXPOCHEM '80, Houston, Tex., Oct. 6 - 9 , are given
Stolen uranium salts. Phyllis Budinger and co-workers at the Standard Oil Co. (Ohio) explain the analytical work performed to determine the source of five barrels of complex uranium salt worth $200 000, which were stolen. Scientific evidence was needed to establish ownership of the material
Critical reviews. Books on size exclusion chromatography, anion determination, microprocessor programming, and vibrational and electronic spectroscopy are reviewed by Julian Johnson, Quintus Fernando, Joseph Campana, and Michael Morris
Analytical/clinical interface. Field flow fractionation and highperformance chromatography were among the many topics discussed at the 12th Annual Symposium on Advanced Analytical Concepts for the Clinical Laboratory
Theoretical Papers. "Theory guides, experiment decides" is descriptive of the broad
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