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Conclusion Analytical chemistry is directly involved in nearly 20% of the papers or abstracts presented at the 32nd EMMRW. Analytical techniques were also used in papers not reported here. For instance, gas-liquid chromatography can be used for identification purposes in microbiology. There is no doubt that analytical chemistry plays an important role in meat research, and will continue to
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do so to an incresing extent in the future. H. F. DE BRABANDER and A. A. TAYLOR H. F. de Brabander is at the Laboratory Chemical Analysis of Food from Animal Origin, Casinoplein 24, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. A. A. Taylor is at the AFRC Institute of Food Research, Bristol Laboratory, Langford, Bristol, U.K.
Conferences in China
Reports on the 1st Meeting on Gas Chromatography-Microwave Plasma Emission Spectrometry (GC-MIP), Lanzhou, l-5 June 1986, and the 1st National Conference on Microtechniques and Trace Analysis, Wuhan, 15-20 September 1986 The 1st GC-MIP meeting was held at the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Academia Sinica. More than 30 delegates from 22 different institutes and instrument manufacturers attended the meeting. Ten lectures reviewed GC-MIP including its development in Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, the determination of deuterium contents of deuterated compounds, the determination of the quantitative calibration factor for organic compounds, modification of the electronic circuit of a GC-MIP system and quantitative analysis of additive LZ 889A in petroleum products, a spectrometer for GC-MIP, the microwave plasma ionization detector for GC and development of a portable computerized GC with a microwave plasma ionization detector, and temperature controlled HPLC for the separation of metal-chelated isomers. One day of the meeting was devoted to a demonstration of GC-MIP and a discussion of mutual interests in GC-MIP.
At the end of the meeting, Professor Peter C. Uden of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, was invited to present 3 lectures on the application of plasma emission spectrometry for GC and LC, inorganic HPLC and comtemporary analytical chemistry in the USA. In this meeting a good overview of the state-of-the-art of GC-MIP was presented. Application of GC-MIP for quantitative analysis, empirical formula determination and scanning of unknown multielemental compounds received much interest and All participants recogattention. nized that GC-MIP is a useful supplementary method to GC-MS. The First Conference on Microtechniques and Trace Analysis (MTTA) was held nearby the famous scenic spot, The East Lakes of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. More than 300 delegates from 26 provinces and cities attented the conference. The programme consisted of 10 plenary lectures and 247 contributed papers presented in 6 parallel sessions (AAS, electrochemical analysis, isolation and enrichment, organic analysis, chemiluminescence and spectrophotometry). Some instrument companies and publishers participated in the conference. Plenary lectures were given on the aim, importance and result of the enrichment of metallic elements in the analysis of pure material, the application of ICP spectroscopy to micro-
technique and trace analysis, mass spectrometry - a powerful tool for organic microanalysis - advances in inorganic spectrofluorimetric analysis, metal ion sensors based on fiber optics, gas state separation and determination in trace analysis, separation and detection of organic complex mixtures, polarography in trace analysis, trace analysis by laser-enhanced ionization spectroscopy, and trace elements and trace analysis. Atom trapping techniques, matrix modifying techniques and isolationenrichment techniques were the main topics in the AAS session. In some papers AAS was used to analyze organic compounds and valence conditions. AAS was also used as a detector for chromatographic separation. Development and application of adsorptive catalytic wave and adsorptive wave received much attention in the electrochemical analysis session. Some papers on modified electrodes and stripping voltammetric analytical methods were discussed. Over 70 papers were presented in the spectrophotometric analysis session on sensitive color reagents and the coloring system used in trace analysis. The mechanism of using surfactants as a sensitizer was studied intensively. This technique, together with the utilization of flow injection, has widened the application of spectrophotometry considerably. Chemiluminescence analysis and fiber optic sensors received attention in about 13 papers. Capillary GC, GC-MS, HPLC and ion chromatography were the main topics discussed in the organic trace analysis session. The general conclusion of the conference was that the promotion and exchange of ideas and better understanding among scientists of all fields of analytical chemistry especially the organic and inorganic analytical chemistry have been achieved. The Second Conference on MTTA will be held in two years time in Xian. YU WEILE Professor Yu Weile is at the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Academia Sinica, Lanzhou, China.
Conclusion Analytical chemistry is directly involved in nearly 20% of the papers or abstracts presented at the 32nd EMMRW. Analytical techniques were also used in papers not reported here. For instance, gas-liquid chromatography can be used for identification purposes in microbiology. There is no doubt that analytical chemistry plays an important role in meat research, and will continue to
trendsin analyticalchemistry,vol: 6, no. 2;1987
do so to an incresing extent in the future. H. F. DE BRABANDER and A. A. TAYLOR H. F. de Brabander is at the Laboratory Chemical Analysis of Food from Animal Origin, Casinoplein 24, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. A. A. Taylor is at the AFRC Institute of Food Research, Bristol Laboratory, Langford, Bristol, U.K.
Conferences in China
Reports on the 1st Meeting on Gas Chromatography-Microwave Plasma Emission Spectrometry (GC-MIP), Lanzhou, l-5 June 1986, and the 1st National Conference on Microtechniques and Trace Analysis, Wuhan, 15-20 September 1986 The 1st GC-MIP meeting was held at the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Academia Sinica. More than 30 delegates from 22 different institutes and instrument manufacturers attended the meeting. Ten lectures reviewed GC-MIP including its development in Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, the determination of deuterium contents of deuterated compounds, the determination of the quantitative calibration factor for organic compounds, modification of the electronic circuit of a GC-MIP system and quantitative analysis of additive LZ 889A in petroleum products, a spectrometer for GC-MIP, the microwave plasma ionization detector for GC and development of a portable computerized GC with a microwave plasma ionization detector, and temperature controlled HPLC for the separation of metal-chelated isomers. One day of the meeting was devoted to a demonstration of GC-MIP and a discussion of mutual interests in GC-MIP.
At the end of the meeting, Professor Peter C. Uden of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, was invited to present 3 lectures on the application of plasma emission spectrometry for GC and LC, inorganic HPLC and comtemporary analytical chemistry in the USA. In this meeting a good overview of the state-of-the-art of GC-MIP was presented. Application of GC-MIP for quantitative analysis, empirical formula determination and scanning of unknown multielemental compounds received much interest and All participants recogattention. nized that GC-MIP is a useful supplementary method to GC-MS. The First Conference on Microtechniques and Trace Analysis (MTTA) was held nearby the famous scenic spot, The East Lakes of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. More than 300 delegates from 26 provinces and cities attented the conference. The programme consisted of 10 plenary lectures and 247 contributed papers presented in 6 parallel sessions (AAS, electrochemical analysis, isolation and enrichment, organic analysis, chemiluminescence and spectrophotometry). Some instrument companies and publishers participated in the conference. Plenary lectures were given on the aim, importance and result of the enrichment of metallic elements in the analysis of pure material, the application of ICP spectroscopy to micro-
technique and trace analysis, mass spectrometry - a powerful tool for organic microanalysis - advances in inorganic spectrofluorimetric analysis, metal ion sensors based on fiber optics, gas state separation and determination in trace analysis, separation and detection of organic complex mixtures, polarography in trace analysis, trace analysis by laser-enhanced ionization spectroscopy, and trace elements and trace analysis. Atom trapping techniques, matrix modifying techniques and isolationenrichment techniques were the main topics in the AAS session. In some papers AAS was used to analyze organic compounds and valence conditions. AAS was also used as a detector for chromatographic separation. Development and application of adsorptive catalytic wave and adsorptive wave received much attention in the electrochemical analysis session. Some papers on modified electrodes and stripping voltammetric analytical methods were discussed. Over 70 papers were presented in the spectrophotometric analysis session on sensitive color reagents and the coloring system used in trace analysis. The mechanism of using surfactants as a sensitizer was studied intensively. This technique, together with the utilization of flow injection, has widened the application of spectrophotometry considerably. Chemiluminescence analysis and fiber optic sensors received attention in about 13 papers. Capillary GC, GC-MS, HPLC and ion chromatography were the main topics discussed in the organic trace analysis session. The general conclusion of the conference was that the promotion and exchange of ideas and better understanding among scientists of all fields of analytical chemistry especially the organic and inorganic analytical chemistry have been achieved. The Second Conference on MTTA will be held in two years time in Xian. YU WEILE Professor Yu Weile is at the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Academia Sinica, Lanzhou, China.