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Industry Items Atlantex Corp., Somerville, Mass., and Scientific Engineering Labora tories, Woodland, Calif., have been merged. SEL is a research, develop ment, and manufacturing firm specializ ing in tir* ultra high vacuum held. Atlantex handles research and control instrumentation in electronics, physics, and optic.-. Barnes Engineering Co., Stamford, Conn., manufacturer of infrared de vices, has moved into the analytical infrared instrument market by signing an agreement to acquire Connecticut Instrument Corp., Wilton, Conn. Connecticut Instrument will become a subsidiary of Barnes Engineering Co. Beckman Instruments, Inc., 2500 Harbor Blvd., Fullerton, Calif., has a $276,000 contract with the U. S. Public Health Service to deliver atmosphere monitoring equipment to six cities. The equipment will be used to measure gaseous pollutants in Chicago, Cincin nati, New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington, D. C. The six unit systems will monitor and record continuously sulfur dioxide, nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and oxidants. Beckman Instruments, Inc., Sys tems Division, is nowr at its new and larger quarters at 2400 Harbor Blvd., Fullerton, Calif., next door to the head quarters and corporate offices of Beck man Instruments, Inc. Dow Chemical Co., has started con struction of a new building for the Chemical Physics Research Laboratory at its Research Center in Midland, Mich. Completion is scheduled for mid-1962. The " I " shaped one-story structure will house 32,600 square feet on the ground floor, and 14,200 square feet in the basement. It will include 20 major laboratory and development areas plus office and service space. This is in addition to the Padiochemistry Laboratory also under construc tion.
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The Chemical Physics Laboratory was formerly called the Spectroscopy Laboratory. The new facilities will allow such new or expanded projects as research in solid state physics, inorganic chemistry, and photochemis try; newer methods such as nuclear magnetic resonance, time-of-flight mass spectrometry; molecular beam reso nance, and product ideas arising from specialized knowledge of radiation.
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Elion Instruments, Inc., is moving into a new plant located on Route 130. Burlington, N . J. The new one-story building, located on a 3 1 / 2 -acre tract, will provide 45 per cent more floor space than the present facilities and will offer the company a clean, dust-free atmosphere necessary for the produc tion and testing of scientific instru ments. F&M Scientific Corp., formally opened its new plant on Route 41, near Avondale, Pa, F&M manufactures gas chromatographic and analytical equipment and accessories. The Foxboro Co., Foxboro, Mass., has signed a contract to build a $60,000 addition to its plant in Montreal, Can ada. The new facilities will permit a substantial increase in production of instruments for the process industries. Kennecott Copper Corp. will locate its new Basic Research Laboratory at Lexington, Mass. Kennecott's basic re search program will emphasize solid state physics of metals. Kollmorgen Corp., Northampton, Mass., has acquired Instrument De velopment Laboratories, Inc., Attleboro, Mass., through a stock exchange. Instrument Development Laboratories, in addition to military electronic items, also produces automatic colorimeters and pyrometers for industrial applica tions. Labglass, Inc., Vineland, N. J., has completed a 15,000 square foot addition to its existing facilities. The company
ESSENTIAL OILS CHEMISTS As a result of recent improvements in experimental techniques, Varian's A-60 can now perform NMR analyses of organic compounds using samples as small as those typically obtained from gas chromatographs. With the unique analytical capabilities of NMR now available to him. the organic chemist who works with small samples can easily obtain precise chemical data which previously has been extremely difficult or impossible to acquire. For example —NMR can identify isomers and make structure determinations rapidly and with great accuracy. Furthermore, NMR oper ates non-destructively.
With this new technique, the A-60 is even more useful and more versatile than before. Perhaps now is a good time to take a second look at what NMR can do for you. For additional information, write the INSTRUMENT DIVISION. F&M Scientific Corporation's new facilities Circle No. 189 on Readers' Service Card -
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