[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 227 (Monday, November 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58330-58331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28891]



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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: 95-100. Applicant: Florida International University, 
University Park, Miami, FL 33199. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model CM200. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to provide transmission electron microscopy 
analysis for several research projects including the following:
    (1) determining phases and crystal structures of the alloys (NiTi, 
NiTi-Hf, NiTi-Zr) at different temperatures,
    (2) determining the role of dislocation on the two-way shape memory 
alloys,
    (3) study of precipitate nucleation, growth, crystal structure 
transformation, and
    (4) micro-composition analysis -- distribution for designing new 
types of high temperature shape memory alloys.
    In addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes 
as a teaching and research tool for graduate students, professors and 
research associates working with students. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: October 12, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-102. Applicant: State University of New York at 
Buffalo, 330 Bonner Hall, Amherst, NY 14260. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model JEM-2010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used for the study of the microstructure of 
metals, alloys, ceramics, intermetallic compounds, composites and 
polymers to identify crystalline/particle size, morphology, crystal 
structure, chemical composition and to analyze crystal defects and d-
spacings of crystallographic planes. The instrument will also be used 
to provide valuable educational and practical experience to graduate 
students with hands on training and data interpretation. Application 
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 17, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-103. Applicant: University of Virginia, P.O. Box 
9010, Charlottesville, VA 22906. Instrument: SIR Mass Spectrometer, 
Model OPTIMA. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to measure the natural 
abundance stable isotope compositions of nitrogen and carbon in order 
to determine the authenticity and history of the organic constituent. 
In addition, the instrument will be used in a variety of existing 
courses and student investigations in ecology, geochemistry, hydrology 
and atmospheric sciences. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: October 17, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-104. Applicant: Duke University Medical Center, 
Durham, NC 27110. Instrument: Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, Model SX.17MV. 
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used for studies of enzymes such as sulfite 
oxidase, carbonic anhydrase and dimethyl sulfoxide reductase. 
Experiments will involve mixing enzyme and substrate in the rapid flow 
reaction analyser, stopping the flow at various times after the dead 
time of about 1.5 msec for the mixing and monitoring changes of the 
light absorption of the enzyme at specific wavelength in the 
ultraviolet or visible range of light. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: October 17, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-105. Applicant: University of Washington, 
Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Box 357290, Seattle, WA 98195-
7290. Instrument: Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, Model SX.17. Manufacturer: 
Applied Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used for investigations of subunits of a regulatory protein in 
cardiac and skeletal muscle, troponin and measurements on the proteins 
when reconstituted into muscle fibers. The objective of the 
investigations is to understand the molecular mechanism of regulation 
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muscle contraction in cardiac and skeletal muscle by calcium. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 19, 1995.


Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 95-28891 Filed 11-24-95; 8:45 am]
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