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Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis Conference. J u n e 4-6. Barcelona, Spain. Contact: Centre de Rech. de Calorimétrie, 26 rue du 141ème Ria, F-13003 Marseille, France Annual Meeting of t h e Council for Optical Radiation Measurements. J u n e 10. Gaithersburg, Md. Contact: Fred W. Billmeyer, Jr., Dept. of Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, Ν. Υ. 12181 N u c l e a r Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Solids. J u n e 1 8 19. London, Great Britain. Con­ tact: The Executive Secretary, The Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y5AG, Great Britain. Gordon R e s e a r c h Conference on E l e c t r o n Spectroscopy. July 1 4 18. Wolfeboro, N.H. Contact: Alex­ ander M. Cruickshank, Gordon Re­ search Conferences, Pastore Chemical Laboratory, U of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I. 02881. 401783-4011 or -3372. From June 9 to Aug. 22, address will be, Gordon Research Conferences, Colby-Saw­ yer College, New London, N.H. 03257. 603-526-2870 Gordon R e s e a r c h Conference on Analytical Chemistry. Aug. 1 1 15. New Hampton, N.H. Contact: Alexander M. Cruickshank, Gor­ don Research Conferences, Pastore Chemical Laboratory, U of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I. 02881. 401783-4011 or -3372. From June 9 to Aug. 22, address will be, Gordon Research Conferences, Colby-Saw­ yer College, New London, N.H. 03257. 603-526-2870 Gordon R e s e a r c h Conference on Vibrational Spectroscopy. Aug. 18-22. Wolfeboro, N.H. Contact: Alexander M. Cruickshank, Gor­ don Research Conferences, Pastore

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Chemical Laboratory, U of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I. 02881. 401783-4011 or -3372. From June 9 to Aug. 22, address will be, Gordon Research Conferences, Colby-Saw­ yer College, New London, N.H. 03257. 603-526-2870 Joint I S M A R - A m p è r e International Conference on Magnetic Resonance. Aug. 25-30. Delft, T h e Netherlands. Contact: ISMARAmpère 1980, Post bus 30424, NL.2500 GK Den Haag, The Netherlands 2nd International Congress on B i o l u m i n e s c e n c e and Chemiluminescence. Aug. 26-28. La Jolla, Calif. Contact: Jean Rippon, Chemistry Dept., M-001, U of California at San Diego, La Jolla, Calif. 92093. 714-452-2491 11th International Congress of Clinical Chemistry—4th European Congress of Clinical Chemistry. Aug. 30-Sept. 5. Vienna, Austria. Contact: Congress Secretariat, Interconvention, P.O. Box 35, A-1095 Vienna, Austria. (0222)421352 5th National Conference on Spectrochemical Excitation and Analysis. Sept. 4-5. Boston, Mass. Contact: Thomas Gilbert, New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, Boston, Mass. 02110. 617-742-8830 2nd International Symposium on Isotachophoresis. Sept. 9-11. Eindhoven, T h e Netherlands. Contact: ITP 80, Afd. Instrumentele Analyse, Technische Hogeschool, Eindhoven, Postbus 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands 6th International Symposium on Advances and Applications of Chromatography in Industry. Sept. 16-19. Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Contact: Jan Remen, Analytical Section CS VTS, pri n.p. Slovnaft, 82300 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia N e w Spectroscopic Methods for Biomedical R e s e a r c h . Oct. 20-21. Columbus, Ohio. Contact: Karen Waite, Battelle-Columbus Labs., 505 King Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43201. 614-424-4179 or -5592 94th Annual Meeting of t h e A s sociation of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC). Oct. 20-23. Washington, D.C. Contact: Kathleen Fominaya, AOAC, 1111 N. 19th St., Arlington, Va. 22209, April, page 492 A Multidiscipline Spectroscopy Symposium. Oct. 27-31. Chicago, 111. Sponsored by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. Discussions will include GC/MS, N M R , E P R , X-Ray, Surface Analysis. Contact:

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Donald H. Arendt, Wells Manufacturing Co., 7800 N. Austin Ave., Skokie, III. 60077 • 19th Eastern Analytical Symposium. Nov. 19-21. New York City, N.Y. Contact: Ivor L. Simmons, M and Τ Chemicals Inc., Research Lab., P.O. Box 1104, Rahway, N.J. 07065. 201-499-2464, March, page 382 A

Short Courses ACS Courses. These new courses will be listed only once. For information on other ACS courses, see back issues and contact: Dept. of Educational Ac­ tivities, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. 202-872-4508 Thermal, Mechanical, and Optical Characterization of P o l y m e r s Blacksburg, Va. J u n e 1-6. James E. McGrath. $560, ACS members; $615, nonmembers Microprocessors and Minicomput­ ers—Interfacing and Applica­ tions Blacksburg, Va. J u n e 8-13. Raymond E. Dessy. $495, ACS members; $570, nonmembers. The following ACS courses are being held in conjunction with the 180th ACS National Meeting in San Fran­ cisco, Calif. C-13 N M R Spectroscopy Aug. 22-24. George C. Levy, Paul D. Ellis. $365, ACS members; $405, nonmembers P r a c t i c e of Modern Liquid Chro­ matography Aug. 22-24. J. J. Kirkland, Lloyd R. Snyder. $365, ACS members; $405, nonmembers Capillary Gas Chromatography Aug. 23-24. Stuart P . Cram, Milos Novotny. $265, ACS members; $305, nonmembers Current Chromatographic T e c h ­ niques—TLC/GC/HPLC Aug. 26-27. Harold M. McNair. $265, ACS members; $305, nonmembers. H i g h P e r f o r m a n c e Liquid Chroma­ tography West Chester State College, West Chester, Pa. May 19-20. Sponsored by the Delaware Valley Chromatography