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ACS Short Courses
JUNE SESSIONS The following ACS Short Courses complete the schedule for the first half of 1971. The premier session of "Modern Liquid Chromatography" is being offered in Chicago. After the June sessions there will be a two-month summer break. Fall sessions resume again in September. ACS members who are unemployed may request deferment of payment of the course fee. An unemployed member should add his request for deferment to the registration form for the course and state that he is an ACS member. To register or obtain complete information on the courses, convenient lodging, student discounts, and fee deferments for unemployed ACS members, please write to Education Department, American Chemical Society, 1155—16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. During the two-week period prior to a course, registration should be made by telephone: area code 202, 737-3337 ext. 258.
HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS June 4-5—Pittsburgh, Pa. Dr. Robert L. Burwell, Jr., and Dr. Michel Boudart; fee $85; required text, M. Boudart, "Kinetics of Chemical Processes," Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1968, $12; sponsor, Pittsburgh Section. This course will present the current state of our understanding of the how and why of heterogeneous catalytic processes. It will treat the descriptive and theoretical aspects of chemisorption which apply to heterogeneous catalysis, the texture of catalysts, the nature of sites on the surfaces of catalysts which lead to catalysis, and the electronic theory of binding to them. Kinetics and other techniques which assist in diagnosing mechanism, in particular, structure variation, isotopic tracers, stereochemistry, and poisoning, will be discussed. The course will assume that registrants have a background in physical chemistry equivalent t o a good undergraduate course.
MODERN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY
COLUMN SELECTION IN GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY June 7—Houston, Tex. Dr. Harold M. McNair and Dr. Walter R. Supina; fee $65, including lunch; sponsor, Southeastern Texas Section. This course explores the critical step in gas chromatography, the selection of the proper column, from both the theoretical and practical point of view. Column material, length, diameter, solid support, and per cent liquid phase are discussed. The results obtained with different columns and different operating parameters are shown in chromatograms. Rules are developed to aid in choosing proper conditions. It is assumed that the registrant has been working with a gas chromatograph. No background in higher mathematics is required.
BUSINESS ASPECTS OF CHEMISTRY
June 4-5—Chicago, III. Dr. Lloyd R. Snyder and Dr. J. J. Kirkland; fee $95, including lunches; sponsor, Chicago Section.
June 11—12—New York City. including lunches.
This new course provides a basic introduction to the principles and practice of modern—high speed, high efficiency— liquid chromatography. No background in chromatography is assumed. Theory, applications, equipment, and techniques are covered for each of the important areas of modern LC: liquid-liquid (partition), liquid-solid (adsorption), ion exchange, gel permeation, gel filtration. Emphasis throughout is on practical aspects. A B.S. in chemistry, biochemistry, or chemical engineering is sufficient background. Technicians with some experience in chromatography will also benefit.
This course is designed to give chemists and chemical engineers a pragmatic introduction to the business and economic practices which govern the management of chemical corporations. Topics include economics of pricing and price forecasting, marketing, new ventures, finance, cost accounting, project and product development, and evaluation of operations. Because business and economic aspects are becoming more critical relative t o technological factors, the course will emphasize competitive aspects of the chemical business. No previous training in business or economics is required.
Dr. Aimison Jonnard; fee $95,
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