The twenty-first annual meeting of the Polymer Degradation Discussion Group will be held at the University of Warwick, Warwick, UK, 1l-13 September 1996, entitled “Predicting and Extending Polymer Lifetimes”. Short communications and posters are invited. An initial abstract should be submitted to Dr S. Al-Malaika at the address below, for consideration by the scientific committee. Full details can be obtained
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DR SAHARAL-MALAIKA Speciality Materials Research Group Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry Department Aston University Aston Triangle Birmingham B4 7ET England Tel: (0121) 359 3611 Fax: (0121) 359 4094 e-mail: sal-malaika@,aston.ac.uk
SIXTH POST-DOCTORAL COURSE ON DEGRADATION STABILIZATION OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS
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The sixth Post-Doctoral Course on Degradation and Stabilization of Polymeric Materials will be held in Brighton, England, 14-18 October 1996. This course is aimed at scientists from academic or industrial laboratories wishing to obtain state-of-the-art understanding of the field of polymer degradation and stabilization. All of the lecturers are acknowledged experts in the field and delegates receive a course manual covering all of the lecture material. Full details can be obtained from: DR N. C. BILLINGHAM School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences University of Sussex Brighton BNl 9QJ England Tel: (44) 1273 678313 Fax: (44) 1273 677196 e-mail: N.Billingham@,sussex.ac.uk