Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-14
CHEMISTS SEEKING
UNIFORM TERMS
Conference Wants Products
Given Same Analysis All
Over World.

A complete international under
standing among chemists will be
sought Systematically by the Interna-
tional Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry.
This orga IMITATION, which includes
the national chemical societies of Is
countries, is holding it's annual ses-
sion at the Academy of Sciences
Building.
The day was devoted to confer
ences of various groups in an effort
to get chemical Technology reduced
to common basis and to make sure
that similar products are given the
same analysis all over the world.
The group dealing with liquid fuels,
including both industrial and funda-
mental research chemists, launched
a project to create an international
commission, each of the Is nations to
have / member, which would estab-
fish common methods of analysis for
all products falling under this head,
such as gasoline, kerosene, benZine
and fuel oils.
Troubles in Exporting.
At present, it was pointed out, the
analysis required by some countries
may be very superficial. All sorts of
impurities are overlooked and inferior
products allowed to go into the ex-
port trade as of the highest grade.
When they arrive at the port of a
country which requires very strict
ANALYSIS either they are not accepted
or the eventual customer is cheated.
Similar projects were discussed in
regard to the nomenclature of inor-
game and biochemistry and for
physiochemiCal standards. Naria
tons in nomenclature, it was pointed
out, lead not only to industrial con
fusion and upsets in international
trade, but into false interpretations
of research work in various countries
and much waste of time trying to
verify results by one set of stand
ards which were arrived at by a very
different set.
Among the subjects in which the
delegates are most interested is that
of new sources of power. In this
field the leading figure at the session
IS Prince Piero Ginori Cont. Italian
senator and industrialist who has
utilized the heat of the interior of the
earth to operate public utility services
In Tuscany.
Use of Natural Geysers.
Prince Cont explained to the chem
lists yesterday how advantage had
been taken of n natural steam gey
ser area south of Pisa, which is SINH
lar in many respects to the Yellow
stone Park area in the United States.
and to hot spring areas in South
America, New Zealand. Java and
Japan. The Italian geysers, however,
emit no water but only steam.
Drillings have been made at points
where the steam was found seeping
from the earth and in some cases it
has been found possible to feed tur-
hnes with natural steam without any
intermediary agency and thus to ere
ate power. One well, Prince Cont
said. has been shown to give out Co.
600 kilos Of steam an hour and new
drillings are giving 10000 kilos an
hour, thus providing a tremendous
source of energy.
The temperature runs from 100 to
100 centigrade, depending on whether
wet or dry steam is emitted. Small
hot springs are scattered over near
by areas With temperatures of from
85 to so degrees centigrade.
Origin of Steam Uncertain.
Besides being utilized for industrial
purposes. intensive studies are being
made. of the chemical and physical
properties of the region. Chemists,
physiCiSts and biologists from all over
the world are conducting these
studies The origin of the steam is
uncertain AS well as the depth Of its
point of origin. one estimate of which
is 6 900 meters.
The steam contains a heavy per
Centage of horiC acid which is one of
It's drawbacks, because of the dele
FERROUS effect on machinery. There is
some possibility that it may contain
helum. together with other rare ele-
ments, but if this is the case. Prince
Cont said, the helium is growing less.
The Italian scientist was confident