[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 227 (Monday, November 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58330-58331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28891]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651; 80 Stat.
897; 15 CFR part 301), we invite comments on the question of whether
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are being
manufactured in the United States.
Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230.
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue,
N.W., Washington, D.C.
Docket Number: 95-100. Applicant: Florida International University,
University Park, Miami, FL 33199. Instrument: Electron Microscope,
Model CM200. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to provide transmission electron microscopy
analysis for several research projects including the following:
(1) determining phases and crystal structures of the alloys (NiTi,
NiTi-Hf, NiTi-Zr) at different temperatures,
(2) determining the role of dislocation on the two-way shape memory
alloys,
(3) study of precipitate nucleation, growth, crystal structure
transformation, and
(4) micro-composition analysis -- distribution for designing new
types of high temperature shape memory alloys.
In addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes
as a teaching and research tool for graduate students, professors and
research associates working with students. Application Accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: October 12, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-102. Applicant: State University of New York at
Buffalo, 330 Bonner Hall, Amherst, NY 14260. Instrument: Electron
Microscope, Model JEM-2010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended
Use: The instrument will be used for the study of the microstructure of
metals, alloys, ceramics, intermetallic compounds, composites and
polymers to identify crystalline/particle size, morphology, crystal
structure, chemical composition and to analyze crystal defects and d-
spacings of crystallographic planes. The instrument will also be used
to provide valuable educational and practical experience to graduate
students with hands on training and data interpretation. Application
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 17, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-103. Applicant: University of Virginia, P.O. Box
9010, Charlottesville, VA 22906. Instrument: SIR Mass Spectrometer,
Model OPTIMA. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom.
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to measure the natural
abundance stable isotope compositions of nitrogen and carbon in order
to determine the authenticity and history of the organic constituent.
In addition, the instrument will be used in a variety of existing
courses and student investigations in ecology, geochemistry, hydrology
and atmospheric sciences. Application Accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: October 17, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-104. Applicant: Duke University Medical Center,
Durham, NC 27110. Instrument: Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, Model SX.17MV.
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use:
The instrument will be used for studies of enzymes such as sulfite
oxidase, carbonic anhydrase and dimethyl sulfoxide reductase.
Experiments will involve mixing enzyme and substrate in the rapid flow
reaction analyser, stopping the flow at various times after the dead
time of about 1.5 msec for the mixing and monitoring changes of the
light absorption of the enzyme at specific wavelength in the
ultraviolet or visible range of light. Application Accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: October 17, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-105. Applicant: University of Washington,
Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Box 357290, Seattle, WA 98195-
7290. Instrument: Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, Model SX.17. Manufacturer:
Applied Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument
will be used for investigations of subunits of a regulatory protein in
cardiac and skeletal muscle, troponin and measurements on the proteins
when reconstituted into muscle fibers. The objective of the
investigations is to understand the molecular mechanism of regulation
of
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muscle contraction in cardiac and skeletal muscle by calcium.
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 19, 1995.
Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 95-28891 Filed 11-24-95; 8:45 am]
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