[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6629-6630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3760]
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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: 95-041R. Applicant: University of South Florida,
Department of Marine Sciences, 140 Seventh Avenue, South, St.
Petersburg, FL 33701. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model
PlasmaQuad. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended
Use: Original notice of this resubmitted application was published in
the FEDERAL REGISTER of June 13, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-121. Applicant: University of California, Santa
Barbara, Engineering Materials Department, Bldg. 446, Room 112, Santa
Barbara, CA 93106. Instrument: RF Reactive Atom Source. Manufacturer:
Oxford Applied Research, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument
will be used to investigate the epitaxial growth of nitride films by
molecular beam epitaxy. The objective of the investigation is to
increase understanding of the growth and properties of nitride thin
films in order to optimize film properties and fabricate novel
electronic and optoelectronic devices based on nitrides. In addition,
the instrument will be used for educational purposes in the course
Materials 598: Graduate Research Study. Application Accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: December 13, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-122. Applicant: The Pennsylvania State
University, Department of Geosciences, 503 Deike Building, University
Park, PA 16802. Instrument: Trace Gas Preconcentrator. Manufacturer:
Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used in
experiments to extract fossil air samples from polar ice cores and
analyze the composition of these fossil air samples. The data from
these experiments will provide the means of reconstructing the
composition of the past atmosphere over the last 250,000 years. In
addition, the instrument will be used to demonstrate the various
techniques used during the acquisition of stable isotope ratios of
various air samples in several geoscience courses. Application Accepted
by Commissioner of Customs: December 14, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-123. Applicant: Carnegie Institution of
Washington, Geophysical Laboratory, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW,
Washington, DC 20015-1305. Instrument: Upgrade of 252 Mass
Spectrometer. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The
items will be used to upgrade an existing mass spectrometer with the
capability to analyze nanomole quantities of 02 gas. In addition,
the instrument will be used for educational purposes in a very active
post and predoctoral fellowship program. Application Accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: December 14, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-124. Applicant: University of California,
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720.
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model EM 300. Manufacturer: Philips,
The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies
of metals, semiconductors, and ceramics to determine the arrangement of
atoms in these materials, defects, and interfaces. The instrument will
also be used in courses to teach advanced techniques in high-resolution
electron microscopy, high-resolution electron holography, and energy-
filtered electron microscopy to graduate students. Application Accepted
by Commissioner of Customs: December 19, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-125. Applicant: Pennsylvania State University,
Department of Physics, 104 Davey Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802.
Instrument: Dilution Refrigerator/Gradient Magnet System, Model
KelvinOx100. Manufacturer: Oxford Instruments, Inc., United
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study
superconductivity and related quantum phenomena in ultrathin films of
metals and high Tc oxide superconductors. The ultrathin films of
metals will be prepared by quench deposition and measured in situ
without taking the film outside the ultrahigh vacuum and low
temperature environment so that contamination and annealing of the
sample can be avoided. In addition, the instrument will be used to
train future physicists and materials scientists through Ph.D. and M.S.
degree programs. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
December 21, 1995.
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Docket Number: 95-126. Applicant: University of Florida, Department
of Chemistry, PO Box 117200, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200. Instrument:
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer, Model ESP 300E-10/2.7.
Manufacturer: Bruker Analytische Messtechnik GmbH, Germany. Intended
Use: The instrument will be used for studies of the local structure of
the transient paramagnetic centers in diverse materials and the
kinetics of electron and energy transfer. This will be done by studying
relaxation time T1 and T2 and coherent quantum beats with 10
ns time-resolution. The range of materials includes but is not limited
to: organic electron and energy transfer couples, organic and inorganic
thin films, polymers, biological macromolecules, organic and inorganic
conductors and semiconductors. In addition, the instrument will be used
in the course CHM 6580 special topics in physical chemistry to train
students in state-of-the-art techniques in modern magnetic resonance.
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 21, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-127. Applicant: Armstrong Laboratory, 2509
Kennedy Circle, Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5118. Instrument: Electron
Microscope, Model CM 120. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands.
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for analysis of water, air,
and bulk samples for the presence of asbestos and evaluation of
biological materials in support of in-house research. Experiments will
be conducted using animal models of human disease or conditions to
determine the harmful effects of lasers, microwaves, radiation, and to
evaluate the efficacy of protective devices. Application Accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: December 27, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-128. Applicant: University of Maryland at College
Park, Microbiology Department, Building #231, College Park, MD 20742.
Instrument: Extended SpectraKinetics Photomultiplier, Model SK.1E.
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to modify an existing spectro-fluorimeter in
order to monitor the kinetics of a variety of different biochemical
reactions, all of which involve interactions of proteins with other
proteins or with a variety of smaller substrates. The instrumentation
will make it possible to monitor the time course of such reactions by
monitoring the fluorescence intensities of either the proteins involved
or the small substrates. The goal of this research is to understand the
interactions among a set of proteins that together enable bacteria to
control their swimming movements. Application Accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: December 27, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-129. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Department of Chemistry, 77 Massachusetts Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02129. Instrument: Rapid Scanning Diode Array, Model MG
6040. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use:
The instrument will be used for the study of reactions of reduced iron
systems with oxygen using stopped flow visible spectroscopy. In the
experiments, an anaerobic solution of a diferrous compound (enzyme or
model complex) is mixed rapidly in a closed system with a solution
containing dioxygen. The changes which take place are followed by
observing changes in the absorbance of light at different wavelengths.
The objective of these experiments is to understand better the reaction
cycle of this very interesting and important enzyme system and to tune
the reactivity of relevant small molecule models to do useful
chemistry. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December
27, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-130. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Integrated Microscopy Resource, 1525 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706.
Instrument: Upgraded Pulse Compressor, Model DMP-100. Manufacturer:
Microlase Optical Systems Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used with an existing laser that serves as a
fluorescence excitation source for the study of the dynamics of the
internal cellular architecture of living biological specimens. Cells
and developing embryos will be examined with the enhanced microscope
system over extended periods of time in order to study the changes in
internal structure that occur during development. In addition, the
instrument will be used for educational purposes in courses in advanced
microscopy techniques for undergraduates, graduate students and
visiting academic research workers. Application Accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: December 29, 1995.
Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 96-3760 Filed 2-20-96; 8:45 am]
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