NEWS May 19 to 24—11th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics. Sheraton-Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Calif. Sponsor: ASTM Committee E-14. Contact: N . D. Coggeshall, Gulf Research & Development Co., P.O. Drawer 2038, Pittsburgh 30, Pa. Page 56 A, Dec. May 20 to 23—14th Annual Mid-America Spectroscopy Symposium. Sponsor: Chi cago section and six other Mid-America sections of the Society for Applied Spectros copy. Contact: J. E. Forrette, Roy C. Ingersoll Research Center, Borg-Warner Corp., Des Plaines, 111. Page 48 A, Nov. May 20 to 23—International Symposium on Humidity and Moisture. Sheraton-Park Hotel, Washington, D . C. Contact: Arnold Werler, National Bureau of Standards, Washington 25, D. C. Page 49 A, Oct. July 10 to 17—XlXth International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry. London, England. Contact: IUPAC Fund, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Con stitution Ave., Washington 25, D. C. Page 47 A, Jan. July 17 to 23—Vth International Pesticides Congress. London, England. Includes special session on pesticide residue analysis. Contact: Vth International Pesticides Congress, Honorary Secretary, 14 Belgrave Square, London S. W. 1, England. Page 47 A, Jan. July 22 to 26—Microscopy Symposium, Brighton, England. McCrone Research In stitute Contact: Mrs. Elizabeth Bitoy, McCrone Research Institute, 451 East 31st St.. Chicago 16, 111. Page 52 A, Dec.
Quality Control T h e 16th annual basic short course, "Quality Control b y Statistical M e t h ods," will be given b y t h e Division of University Extension of t h e University of Illinois, U r b a n a , 111., from J a n u a r y 28 to F e b r u a r y 7, 1963. Intensive work will be supplied in t h e fields of control charts, acceptance sampling, and related topics. F o r further in formation, write Prof. J o h n A. H e n r y , Mechanical Engineering Bldg., Univer sity of Illinois, U r b a n a , 111.
44th Norelco X-Ray School T h e 44th Norelco X - R a y Analytical School will be held a t t h e H e n r y H u d son Hotel, N e w Y o r k City, during t h e week F e b r u a r y 4 to 8, 1963. Those interested in t h e applications of x-ray diffraction, diffractometry, and spect r o g r a p h y techniques are invited to register. T h e r e is no charge b u t ca pacity is limited. F o r more informa tion, write to Philips Electronic I n s t r u ments, 750 South F u l t o n Ave., M o u n t Vernon, Ν . Υ.
Rare Earth Conference T h e T h i r d R a r e - E a r t h Conference will be held April 21 to 24, 1963, a t the G r a n d B a h a m a Hotel on G r a n d B a h a m a Island (near Miami, F i a . ) . T h e four-day meeting, devoted to t h e physics, chemistry, a n d m e t a l l u r g y of these elements and their compounds and alloys, m a y be a t t e n d e d b y per sons actively engaged in t h e areas of research covered b y the meeting. M a n u s c r i p t s of papers, for which the deadline is F e b r u a r y 1, a n d requests for further information should be ad dressed to t h e Conference chairman,
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D r . Karl S. Vorrcs, D e p t . of Chem istry, P u r d u e University, Lafayette, Ind.
ASTM Committee Week T h e American Society for Testing and M a t e r i a l s ' Committee Week and Spring Meeting will be held F e b r u a r y 4 to 8 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, C a n a d a . Highlight of t h e meeting will be t h e first A S T M Lec t u r e on Outstanding Research p r e sented by D r . Cyril Stanley Smith, Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of Technology. D r . Smith will discuss "Some Out standing Historical Metallurgical R e searches." M o r e t h a n 1000 scientists and engi neers are expected to a t t e n d the week's program. Over 150 meetings will be held b y some 16 A S T M technical com mittees. I n addition, there will be an informative technical session on " A p plication of Statistics to Testing," spon sored b y A S T M C o m m i t t e e E - l l on Quality Control of Materials, which will be held on F e b r u a r y 6 at 2:30 p.m. Other technical subjects covered at in dividual committee meetings include magnetic properties, corrosion of nonferrous metals and alloys, electrodeposited metallic coating a n d related fin ishes, gypsum, n a t u r a l building stones, porcelain enamel, coal and coke, rubber and rubber-like materials, carbon black, halogenatcd organic solvents, methods of testing, fire tests of materials and constructions, nondestructive testings, fatigue, and radioisotopes and radia tion effects. E v e r y o n e interested in attending the lecture, technical sessions, and luncheon meetings is invited. M o r e information m a y be had by writing to H . H . H a m i l ton, American Society for Testing and Materials, 1916 Race" St., Philadelphia 3, P a .
razor-sharp analysis... of each of the five elements here, all at the same time, from the same sample, is r u n - o f - t h e - m i l l for t h e Technicon® M u l t i c h a n n e l F l a m e Spectrometer. D e terminations down to 1.0 p p m for Mg— 0.01 p p m for C a - 0 . 0 1 p p m for N a . All with b a c k g r o u n d rejection so stringent that it comes u p with answers u n d e r noisy conditions so severe as to p u t lesser spectrometers completely o u t of t h e running.
w h a t bothers us, though, isthose e m p t y spaces in the " b i n g o " card above. So great is the reserve of this r e m a r k a b l e instrument that taking the m e a s u r e of the classic Alkali Q u i n t e t all at once —taxes it not at all. W i t h e q u a l a p l o m b it c a n s i m u l t a n e o u s l y analyze any a d d e d b u r d e n . . . twenty, thirty, fifty...of any kind of materials that can be excited by a hot flame.
g o t a n y c a n d i d a t e s for spec trometry... however far out...that you'd like us to investigate for y o u ? Jot ' e m d o w n in the blank boxes above, tear out and mail to the address below o r . . . tell us in a letter...better still, p h o n e u s : O W e n 3-1000 collect. (If you don't feel like going that far, m a y b e Technicon Bulletin M F S 1 will give you some ideas. D o send for it.)
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