Evening star., 1926-10-03
'ELECTRO-CHEM|CAL
SOCIETY TO MEET
Scientists to Take Up Prob
lens of Industry at Con-
ventiOn October 10.

Chemical problems Of vast impor
tance to industry will he discussed AT
the annual convention of the Ameri
can Electro Chemical Society At the
Washington Hotel October 10 9.
The fxation of nitrogen. metals tC
resist high temperature and corroSion
,and melting of pure metals Will ne
among the questions discussed. These
questions have not yet been solved sat
fsCtorilv.
First Session Thursday.
The first of the technical sessions
on Thursday. will he devoted TO sym
postum on Materials for Use Under
Extreme Conditions" under the lead
ership Of n. W. Gillett. chief of the
metallurgy division Of the Bureau OF
Standards This subject Is OF special
interest 10 electro-chemists. who have
in recent years furnished to industry
many products that are now consid
cred indispensable Among such &C
conplishments are the production OF
THE metals tungsten. chromium and
vanadium steel. and refractory mate
rials for lining electric furnaces. The
modern automobile is largely depend
ent upon alectro-chemical products.
Papers on electro-depOSition will he
considered Thursday morning. when
The president of the ElectroChemicaI
Society. William Blum Of the Bureau
pf Standa rds. will preside. Among the
recent developments in this country
is the production hy eleCtrO-deposition
nf pure iron tubes and sheets at Nj
arara Falls to he described in a pa per
hy g. r. Fuller.
ON Saturday several papers on or
canic electrO-ChemistFy will be pre-
~ented Orga MIC compounds such as
are required in the manufacture of
coal tar dyes are made almost entire
IN hv chemical processes. Several
papers IN this subject will he pre-
Senied II Prof. AleXa nder I-owy and
his stu,\ Ants at the University OF
Pitt tshurEE.
At luncheon on Friday Prof. +. NJ.
Baker of the University Of Michiga n
will lead a "round.tahl hle" discussion of
the methods used in preparing metals
~ he clectr0nl4tni .Snpcial met h0dS
and materials required for cleaning
prior to plating viii he discussed at
This round table tx oleCtro-Chemist s
and elcctr0plat ers.
Trip to Mount Vernon.
Thursday afternoon the members
and guests win take "trip to Mount
Vernon. nat evening. Ipht"IHS q
dinner al the Hotel Washing on. Prof.
w H. Bancroft of Cornell University
will deliver An address on The Ram
ifications of a Research Problem.
Dr. Bancroft. who 10 u past president
NJ the Electro-Chemical Society and
nf the American Chemical Society, is
known international lily for his work in
phvsical and electro chemistry.
Honorary membership sill he be-
slowed Friday evening upon Dr. Ed
ward Weston Of the Weston InStru-
pent Co. who has made notable con
trihutions to electricity and electro
chemistry. including the sta ndard
cell" which forms the basis of most
potential measurements. Following
this presentation there VIII he an
illustrated address by Dr. Charles
Greeley Abbot of the Smithsonian In
stitution upon Solar Radiation" in
which he will present the results of
wears Of study of the sun.
Friday afternoon visits will he made
10 Government laboratories. These
include the Rurean of Engraving and
Printing. where Plectrolytic processes
are in use for making printing plates
and coating them with chromium. the
hardest Of metals. The Bureau of
Standa rds and fixed nitrogen lahora
tories also will he visited.
Special entertainment will he pro
vided for the ladies'. including a sight
seeing trip. and luncheon at rhe
Women's city club.