News, reports and announcements

Journal

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Growth 28 (1975) 397 0 North-Holland

NEWS,

REPORTS

22nd NATIONAL

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

VACUUM

SYMPOSIUM

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 28-31 October 1975

The American Vacuum Society will hold its Annual Symposium at the Phila. Civic Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from October 28-31, 1975. Sessions on surface science, thin films, vacuum metallurgy and vacuum science and technology will be held. Particular sessions include the following: electrical, chemical and structural properties of interfaces, thin films in tribology, mechanical properties of thin films, optical properties of thin films, thin films related to solar energy, new thin film processes, vacuum microbalance techniques, ion beam-material interactions, leak detection, depth profiling, chemical bonding to surfaces, surface structure and topography, adsorbate structure and topography, electronic properties of surfaces, chemical reactions at surfaces, vacuum metallurgy. Abstract deadline for the technical sessions is June 6, 1975.

The meetings will be held from Tuesday morning through Friday noon, and will run in a maximum of three simultaneous sessions. Short courses in Vacuum will be offered Tuesday through Friday and include general vacuum science and technology, surface analytical techniques, partial pressures analysis, freeze drying, sputter deposition, leak detection, evaporative deposition, optical coatings, microcircuit thin film, vacuum microbalance techniques. Further information on the technical program may be obtained from: R. Rosenberg, IBM SPD E. Fishkill Facility, Hopewell Junction, New York 12533, U.S.A. Phone (914) 897-2889. Vacuum course curricula and instructor information is available from: R. L. Long, Hughes Aircraft, Culver City, California 90230, U.S.A.

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