[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 10543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5625]
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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: 97-011. Applicant: The University of Chicago, 5640
S. Ingleside Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. Instrument: ICP Mass
Spectrometer, Model ELEMENT. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany.
Intended Use: The article is intended to be used for studies of a wide
range of natural and synthetic materials including components in
meteorites, lunar samples, rocks and minerals, and natural waters.
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 6, 1997.
Docket Number: 97-012. Applicant: University of California, Santa
Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. Instrument:
UV Microprobe Laser Ablation System. Manufacturer: VG Elemental, United
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used in conjunction with
a mass spectrometer to analyze calcified materials (fish ear bones,
molluscan shells) for their trace element and isotopic content,
typically including elements such as Ba, Sr, Mn and Pb. In addition,
the instrument will be used for educational purposes in a course
designed to provide training and instruction for students in marine
biology and geochemistry interested in applying LA-ICPMS techniques in
their dissertation research. Application accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: February 6, 1997.
Docket Number: 97-013. Applicant: Norfolk State University, 2401
Corprew Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23504. Instrument: Q-Band ESR Spectrometer
with Accessories. Manufacturer: Bruker Instruments Inc., Germany.
Intended Use: The article is intended to be used for investigations of
the defect structures and dopant charge states in organic crystals
including YAlO and YAG grown under various conditions with various
active ions. The objective of these studies is to elucidate the
mechanisms affecting the efficiencies of crystals for laser and
scintillating applications. Future studies include the investigation of
thermomechanically generated paramagnetic sites in polymers to
determine the nature of the sites and studies of potential catalytic
polymers. In addition, the instrument will be used for educational
purposes by undergraduate physics and chemistry majors and graduate
students. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 6,
1997.
Docket Number: 97-015. Applicant: North Carolina State University,
Campus Box 7212, 206 Alumni Building, Raleigh, NC 27695-7212.
Instrument: Photoelectron Emission Microscope. Manufacturer: ELMITEC,
Germany. Intended Use: The article is intended to be used for studies
of epitaxial growth of wide bandgap semiconductors, in particular the
III-nitrides and SiC and formation of quantum dots of Co-silicides. The
objective of these investigations will be to observe in real-time
growth modes of wide bandgap semiconductors and surface reactions vital
to understanding processing issues of electronic materials and in
device fabrication. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
February 11, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-5625 Filed 3-6-97; 8:45 am]
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