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From: James Petts <pettsj@visigoth.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: INDO/Zerner's INDO calculations
Organization: No Affiliation
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 06:46:18 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1



In article <1992Aug28.205104.5870@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Brent H. Besler,
bbesler@ouchem.chem.oakland.edu writes:
>Dr. Zerner's INDO code is distributed out of the Quantum Theory Project
>at the Univeristy of Florida at Gainsville.  I would contact either Dr.
>Zerner(zerner@qtp.ufl.edu) or Dr. Rajiv Bendale(bendale@qtp.ufl.edu) who
>was responsible for distributing the code.  I have also used geomos, for
>doing INDO and CNDO calculations with geometry optimization.  Unless I
>am missing something the parameters in Dr. Zerner's code (ZINDO) are
>different from the old Pople and Beveridge parameters.  

You can get the ZINDO code from Tektronix as part of their CACHe 
(Computer Aided Chemistry) system, which is a Mac with a piggybacked 
88000 system. It includes other neat stuff like MOPAC, MM, and lots of 
other goodies. Highly recommended.

As far as the parameters go, the spec stuff in ZINDO is INDO/S (for 
spectroscopic). I used it extensively while I worked at Eastman Kodak for 
work on photographic dye hues. Highly recommended.


James Petts
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From: whitbeck@equinox.unr.edu (Michael Whitbeck)
Newsgroups: sci.chem
Subject: QA ? ISO-9000 ? GLP ?
Keywords: GLP, ISO9000, QA, QC
Date: 28 Aug 92 18:23:57 GMT
Organization: University of Nevada, Reno

Are there any QA/QC guru's out there that can tell me about
'GLP'?
	1. Is GLP encoded in the Code of Federal Regulations ?
		What title ?
	2. If GLP is not in the CFR where is it? How do you get
	copies?

	3. Is it conceivable that the ISO-9000 standards could
	replace GLP? or do they really address separate issues
	of QA/QC ?

Finally I'd appreciate comments about the significance of QA/QC
standards outside the regulatory environment (FDA, EPA, OSHA).
What do you think about the routine application of such
standards 
	in ALL analytical determinations (support, service,
	contract work...) ?

	in ALL research (org. synthesis, p chem, etc.)?

	should it be in the undergrad curriculum ?

	should it be in the grad curriculum ?

	how much should QA cost? 5% 10% 20% of the budget?


I have found considerable emphasis of late on implementing QA/QC
programs. In my experience these have been voluminous documents
(hundreds of pages) adopted from the QA/QC plans for building a
nuclear power plant (no kidding!)- too thick to read/use on a
daily basis and not very applicable to chemistry (spares should be
individually tested- including replacement bolts!).

Thanks,

Mike

Newsgroups: sci.chem,rec.autos,rec.autos.tech,misc.consumers,sci.environment,talk.environment
From: jmc@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy)
Subject: Re: Carburetors, gasoline, and why I don't recycle
Reply-To: jmc@cs.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
Distribution: na
Date: 2 Sep 92 17:45:02

In article <BtyyH2.3As@cup.hp.com> dhepner@cup.hp.com (Dan Hepner) writes:


   >  You know as well as I do where they are:  In the
   > vaults of the world's major oil companies.

   > The above is (c)1992 by Eric J. Huppertz.  

   One imagines a kid at the zoo throwing a housecat into the wolf 
   pack, sitting back and watching the fun.  This is a classic; 
   something that _everyone_ can respond to.  No doubt some jokster 
   has archived this along with his copy of Craig Shergold's passionate 
   appeal for business cards, and will post them randomly to hook the 
   newcomers.

   Dan Hepner

I trust that no-one will violate Eric J. Huppertz's copyright by repeating
the nonsense that formulas for super fuels are in the vaults of the
major oil companies.

I'm against recycling beyond that that which is profitable at present
prices, but I can't buy any of the conspiracy theories.
--
John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
*
He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.

Newsgroups: sci.chem
From: bip@mch.chem.msu.su (Chemistry Dept., MSU)
Subject:   
Reply-To: bip@mch.chem.msu.su
Organization: unknown
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 11:56:04 +0300


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From: windsong@nevada.edu (Anne Racel)
Subject: Chemistry Faculty position
Organization: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 19:43:05 GMT


  Posted for a friend.  Snail mail address listed below.  Email address:
c24884@wuvmd.bitnet

Our job annoucement has to be sent out
AGAIN, minus one sentence.  Can you do me the same ol' favor, dear lady?


FACULTY POSITION IN CHEMISTRY.  The Department of Chemistry at
Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a
tenure-track position, beginning September, 1993.  Teaching
responsibilities will be in organic chemistry, at both the
undergraduate and graduate level.  While the particular area of
research focus is open, the Department has targeted the areas of
biological chemistry and materials chemistry for growth.  Primary
consideration will be given to applicants at the assistant
professor level, but candidates with distinguished records will be
considered for higher-level appointments.  Candidates should
submit, by November 1, 1992, a curriculum vitae and a concise,
specific statement of research plans, and arrange to have three
letters of reference sent to:  Professor Peter P. Gaspar, Chairman:
Organic Search Committee, Department of Chemistry, Washington
University, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130.  Washington
University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer,
and employment eligibility verification will be required of the
successful candidate.
-- 
    Anne Racel                Internet:  windsong@nevada.edu
    University of Nevada,   Compuserve:  72105,1105
    Las Vegas                   Bitnet:  windsong@nevada3
    "experience teaches that silence terrifies people the most"
From: whitbeck@equinox.unr.edu (Michael Whitbeck)
Newsgroups: sci.chem
Subject: Re: Azide Chemistry
Date: 1 Sep 92 22:15:14 GMT
Organization: University of Nevada, Reno

I'll speculate that the reaction is

ArN2X + HN3 <=> H+ + X- + ArN3 + N2 

or more neatly (if less accurately)

ArN2X + HN3 <=> HX + N2 + ArN3

[the ArN2X is made of course from the amine + acid + nitrite]

is this a named reaction? Very similar to the sandmeyer reaction
(where CuX'2 in place of HN3-- really wouldn't want any CuN3 would
we? ;-) The only ref I saw pointed to an 1893 paper.

BTW organic azides are *DANGEROUS*- I can recall a really nasty
accident back in grad school days at OSU.

___________________________________________________________
|Mike Whitbeck             | whitbeck@equinox.unr.edu     |
|Desert Research Inst.     | whitbeck@wrc.unr.edu         |
|POB 60220                 |                              |
|RENO, NV 89506            | 702-673-7348                 |
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All academics have the potential for being insatiable...
but the chemists are the most expensive and insatiable among the
expensive and insatiable. - J. Martin in "To Rise Above Principle"

Newsgroups: sci.chem
From: joec@fid.morgan.com (Joe Collins)
Subject: What crystal did we make?
Organization: None
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 13:16:07 GMT

My 10yr old son likes growing crystals so a few nights ago,
we boiled some tap water in a beaker and dumped in some old ALUM crystals.
To this we added a few small crystals of KMnO4 (hopefully to color
them - but not that simple for various reasons).

It cooled down and nothing happened - I explained to my son
that the solution had too much water (i.e. wasn't supersaturated).

We put a piece of paper on top of the beaker (to keep dust out) and let it
sit for a few days.

Last night, we take a look and see a beautiful hexagonal shaped
crystal, about 1/4" -3/8" high, sitting on the bottom. Its perfectly
clear and seems robust. We fished it out and are letting it dry.

Its not the color I would expect from ALUM (a foggy white) nor
the color of KMnO4 (purple) so its something else altogether.

Any ideas of what this is, perhaps some hydrated form of a 
Aluminate complex?

Thanks in advance.

Joe
joec@morgan.com
From: hcart@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: sci.chem
Subject: Block seriation
Date: 25 Aug 92 07:24:12 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620


    Does anyone know of any interesting applications of block seriation
in the physical sciences?

    Hugh Cartwright
    Physical Chemistry, Oxford.
Newsgroups: sci.chem
From: bonneau@hyper.com (Paul Bonneau,,)
Subject: Bucky Ball Mailing List
Organization: HyperCube Inc.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 16:35:14 GMT

Hi all,

Would some kind soul please give me the address of the Bucky
Ball mailing list?  I am one of the developers of Autodesk's
HyperChem (GUI part only--I am not a chemist), and I have
been playing with fullerene's for the last little while.  In
addition to the well known c60 and c70, I have played with:

c80,
c84,
both optical isomers of c140,
c180,
c210,
c240, (mentioned by H. W. Kroto, Angewandte Chemie, 1992, 31, 111)
both optical isomers of c260, and
c320.

I have not seen any mention of c80 or c84, but perhaps
someone from the mailing list could fill me in.  I have
Brookhaven versions of these molecules available if anyone
would like them.

cheers - Paul.
Newsgroups: sci.chem
From: mwj@beta.lanl.gov (William Johnson)
Subject: Growing aluminum antimonide crystals
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 21:35:56 GMT


I posted something like this a few months ago in sci.materials, and got no
takers; maybe all the 3-5 people read sci.chem instead ... :-)

Aluminum antimonide (try saying that three times fast!) is a semiconducting
material that has certain advantages, at least in theory, as a raw material
for building gamma-ray detectors.  Problem is, the stuff is monstrously hard
to make, at least if purity is an issue -- as it is in the gamma-ray
application.

If anybody reading this knows of recent work on the fabrication of AlSb
crystals, I'd appreciate some e-mail.  Some colleagues may be getting funded
to look into detectors, but the last I knew, their funding looked rather
doubtful; if we could haul out some evidence that the raw materials might be
produced (the major hurdle), their chances might go up.  Thanks again for
any tips.

-- 
Bill Johnson				| "This is a bit complicated, so let
Los Alamos National Laboratory		| me explain it backwards."  (first
Los Alamos, New Mexico USA		| line of a memo from a fellow Los
!cmcl2!lanl!mwj (mwj@lanl.gov)		| Alamos physicist who will go unnamed)
Newsgroups: sci.chem,sci.engr.chem,sci.physics
From: antonio@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Franklin Antonio)
Subject: Re: Pop Corn Physics and Chemistry
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 07:15:17 GMT

In article <m0mPFQz-0001GUC@wet.uucp> wet!noah@well.sf.ca.us (Noah Spurrier) writes:
>
>Anyone out there interested in some amateur physics and chem of pop corn?
>
I have long wondered why it seems to be impossible to make pop corn that
is colored after it pops.  I've tried soaking popcorn in water containing
food coloring, then letting it dry.  If you soak long enough, the kernels
are colored all the way thru (verify by cutting 'em open) but when they
pop, only the skin (little crumpled up thing at the back of the popped
kernel) is colored.  The meat comes out white always.  Why?

My theory is that some chemistry destroys the dye during the explosion
although this does sound incredible.  I know that some vegitable dyes
are bleached by cooking with whole grains.  For example:  You can make
bright red bread by adding beets to a white bread recipe, but if you try
it with a whole wheat (ie no white flour) recipe, the red color is present
before baking, but gone after baking!  (The crust keeps a little of the
red color.)  I wonder if the mechanism in popcorn is the same.


Newsgroups: sci.chem,misc.consumers.house,sci.engr.chem
From: dld@cs.monash.edu.au (Qume Mousepad)
Subject: Carefully removing paper stuck to brick wall
Organization: Computer Science, Monash University, Australia
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 01:40:08 GMT


I sprayed a pastel drawing with NUART Fixative (for charcoal, pastel drawings)
and put it up on a brick wall while the drawing was still wet (very silly,
I know!). The drawing is not stuck very strongly to the wall.

Does anybody know of some antidote to get it off the wall?
(a razor blade would not help).
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
P.S.:  I am posting this on behalf of a friend.   Please direct responses
to me, the poster, (ACSnet:)   dld@dibbler.cs.monash.edu.au
                             or  dld@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au              ,
and I shall forward them on.

Thank you.      - David D.
From: IF23465@VM.CC.LATECH.EDU
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: Re: HBO special
Date: 27 Aug 92 02:38:10 GMT
Organization: LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY

The next showing of Never Say Die: The Pursuit of Eternal Youth is scheduled
for Monday, August 31st at 10:55 p.m. central (11:55 p.m. eastern/pacific).
This comes from my monthly cable guide, so it should be accurate.
 
Mike
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
From: kqb@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (kevin.q.brown)
Subject: Re: Cryonics FAQ 9: Glossary
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 16:08:38 GMT
X-Crossposted-To: cryonics mailing list

    ------------------------ Forwarded Message ------------------------

> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 23:50:33 -0500
> From: sjackson@tic.com (Steve Jackson)
> Message-Subject: Cryonics vocabulary

For "in suspension," which is certainly an ungainly phrase in conversation,
why not just "frozen"? It's completely accurate, it's short, it's plain
English, and it subliminally makes the point that, while certainly not
alive, the subject is not dead either.

That would give "frozen patient" for the subjects, which lacks some of the
false-to-fact flavor of calling them simply "patients." "Frozen clients"
would be appropriate when discussing Alcor as a business entity; "frozen
relatives" when discussing one's temporarily departed; and so on.

The term "offline" is tempting and not inappropriate, but in a 1992
context it's flip. In a society where entering and leaving suspension
was common, I could see the terms "up" and "down" used for people as
they are now for systems!
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
From: tolman%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Kenneth Tolman)
Subject: Re: HBO Special
Date: 1 Sep 92 15:40:59 MDT
Organization: University of Utah, CompSci Dept

>The program made many telling observations, and IMHO the serious
>mistake of deducing from the "eternal cell" work of a Dr. West
>that no more famous artists would ever be born, since there would
>be assumedly no more children.

Yes, I found this very VERY narrow and shortsighted of the presentation.
Clearly, eternal humans would expand throughout space, allowing for
infinitely many new children (and hence artists).

The unreasonable focus on the constriction of growth caused by immortal
humans should have been balanced with the opposite extreme- what is
potentially possible through our new capabilities.
From: tsf@CS.CMU.EDU (Timothy Freeman)
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: Re: HBO Special
Date: 26 Aug 92 13:57:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: U.TSF.92Aug26085709
	<1992Aug21.102409.7797@techbook.com> <64680@cup.portal.com>
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Originator: tsf@U.ERGO.CS.CMU.EDU

In article <64680@cup.portal.com> lordSnooty@cup.portal.com (Andrew - Palfreyman) writes:

   Tonight 8-26-92 HBO aired a BBC documentary about the whole aging
   issue, including shots inside the Alcor dewars and interviews with
   Alcor personnel themselves.

Looking through the Alcor Indiana newsletter #5 in the old netnews at
my site gives this tidbit of information:

       HBO's special, "Never Say Die:  The Pursuit of Eternal Youth" would 
air August 17, 20, 23, 25, and 31.

The dates in this tidbit apparently aren't quite right, but at least
we have the title.  If you have the most recent issue of Cryonics
magazine I think they have some claims about the start times, but I
don't know if those are right.

   The program made many telling observations, and IMHO the serious
   mistake of deducing from the "eternal cell" work of a Dr. West
   that no more famous artists would ever be born, since there would
   be assumedly no more children. 

I disagree with the conclusion, and I acknowledge that the poster also
disagrees with the conclusion.  But suppose it were true, and someone
came up to you and asked "Excuse me sir (or madam), would you rather
die or be forced to produce your own art for the rest of your life?"
Seems like an easy decision to me.  I hope they found some more
significant moral issues than this to deal with.
--
Tim Freeman <tsf@cs.cmu.edu>    CompuServe ID 71045,2267 checked occasionally.
When they took the fourth amendment, I was silent because I don't deal drugs.
When they took the sixth amendment, I kept quiet because I know I'm innocent.
When they took the second amendment, I said nothing because I don't own a gun.
Now they've come for the first amendment, and I can't say anything at all.
From: lordSnooty@cup.portal.com (Andrew - Palfreyman)
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: HBO Special
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 00:41:49 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world
  <1992Aug21.102409.7797@techbook.com>

Tonight 8-26-92 HBO aired a BBC documentary about the whole aging
issue, including shots inside the Alcor dewars and interviews with
Alcor personnel themselves.

The program made many telling observations, and IMHO the serious
mistake of deducing from the "eternal cell" work of a Dr. West
that no more famous artists would ever be born, since there would
be assumedly no more children. Talk of eternal cells in brain,
skin and internal organs (liver, possibly) was of great interest,
so try and catch any repeats. I have no TV guide and came in partway
through, so you'll have to guess the title I'm afraid.
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| lord snooty @the giant | Free Tibet                                      |
| poisoned electric head |              andrew_-_palfreyman@cup.portal.com |
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Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
From: mard@quads.uchicago.edu (Adrian N. Marden)
Subject: Contacts to high Tc samples
Reply-To: mard@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 21:15:28 GMT

	Hello there. I'm a fourth-year undergrad (read: lab peon) and I was
curious to know what methods people know of for attaching .001 wire to samples
of YBCO superconductor. It's been a bit troublesome, and I'm curious just to
hear what people have to say on the subject.


-- 
*	Adrian "Nick" Marden  	    *	"The A's have Dennis Eckersley-	      *
*	mard@quads.uchicago.edu     *	he doesn't blow anyone!"	      *
*	home:(312)-684-1913	    *			-Steve Stone	      *
*	work(?):(312)-702-7269	    *					      *
From: app@shamash.cdc.com ( GSD Advanced Packing/Processes)
Newsgroups: sci.materials
Subject: Re: Permalloy
Date: 1 Sep 92 13:55:49 GMT
Organization: Control Data, Arden Hills, MN

In article <BtwExB.Gto@news.cso.uiuc.edu> ritley@uiucmrl.bitnet () writes:
>
>Anyone know what PERMALLOY is commonly used for?  I was lead to believe
>it was used for masks on CRT screens, but I have recently been informed that
>INVAR is more commonly used for this purpose.
PERMALLOY is an old permanent magnet alloy (CRC Handbook has 45
permalloy, 78 permalloy, 4-79 permalloy and 2-81 permalloy's listed).
Basically iron-nickel alloys with high permeability (the number
indicates nickel level, the number in front of the hyphen is Mo).
Invar is very similar, in that it is also iron nickel, but it is the
36% nickel alloy at the TCE minimum.  Fro this reason it is often used
for sealing to glass or ceramics, as there is little or no thermal
coefficient of expansion (TCE) mismatch.  I would have thought that
the ferromagnetic nature of any of these alloys would make them dicey
to use for CRT masks, but the TCE match may force the issue and they
are cheaper than Molybdenum.  My impression is that they have been
largely supplanted by ceramic magnets for permanent magnet
applications.
Steve Axdal
Computing Devices International
app@shamash.cdc.com
Newsgroups: sci.materials
Subject: Headhunters wanted.
From: grogers@zeus.calpoly.edu (Gary Ray Rogers)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:09:39 GMT
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Friends,
	I am looking for names, addresses, and phone numbers
of recruiters / headhunters in the materials field.  Hopefully
in the west coast or mountain states.  Please e-mail to this
address and I will post all of them at once.
Thanks
Gary Ray Rogers

PS I am looking for a job, my resume is posted in misc.jobs.resumes.

-- 
 			      grogers@zeus.calpoly.edu
Gary Ray Rogers			(805) 544-4321
PO Box 12909
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406		
Newsgroups: sci.materials
From: ritley@uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu ()
Subject: SEEKING SOURCE FOR THIN METAL FILMS
Reply-To: ritley@uiucmrl.bitnet ()
Organization: Materials Research Lab
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 13:03:19 GMT



Might anyone know of commercial sources for thin (and preferably single
crystal) FREESTANDING (i.e., unsupported by a substrate)
metal films, say 1000 A to a few microns?  

I have been told someone at the University of Denmark (?) routinely
produces high quality thin metal films, but I don't know the details
or whether anyone else produces these as well.

Many thanks!

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