[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46782-46783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22684]


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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, 
NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 96-083. Applicant: The University of Texas at 
Austin, Purchasing Department, CRB 2.204, Austin, TX 78712. Instrument: 
Gas Composition Analyzer, Model Epison III. Manufacturer: Thomas Swan & 
Co., Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
perform research into the growth of In-Al-Ga containing alloys of the 
compound semiconductors in the InAlGaAsPN systems using the 
metallorganic chemical vapor deposition process. The instrument will 
permit the direct measurement and control of the vapor-phase 
composition of organometallic sources in the gas stream entering the 
reactor chamber. In addition, the instrument will be used for 
educational purposes in the courses EE397C and EE697C Research 
Problems. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 30, 
1996.

    Docket Number: 96-084. Applicant: Mayo Foundation, 200 First Street 
SW, Rochester, MN 55905. Instrument: IR Mass Spectrometer with Gas 
Sampling Inlet, Model TracerMAT. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to measure 13CO2 in 
expired air samples collected in association with specific medical 
diagnostic tests. Such measurements are important for studies such as 
malabsorption, short bowel syndrome and the diagnosis of peptic ulcers. 
In addition, the instrument will be used to monitor C18O2 in 
total body water studies (total energy expenditure). Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 2, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-085. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, 
Biomedical Engineering & Instrumentation Program, Building 13, Room 
3N17, Bethesda, MD 20892. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM 
120. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to relate the structure to the function of 
subcellular compartments and macromolecular assemblies in a number of 
biological systems. The objectives include study of: (a) Biosynthetic 
pathways in terminally-differentiated squamous epithelium, (b) slow 
axonal transport, (c) calcium regulation in dendrites of hippocampal 
neurons, (d) water regulation in protozoa and (e) virus assembly. The 
aim of all these projects is to understand factors that control the 
normal physiological states of cells and their diseased states. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 2, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-086. Applicant: The University of Tennessee, 
Knoxville, Department of Geological Sciences, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410. 
Instrument: IR Mass Spectrometer, Model DELTAplus. Manufacturer: 
Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
provide light stable isotope ratios of geological and biological 
materials for the following investigations: (1) Stable isotope studies 
of pedogenic (soil-formed) minerals, (2) evolution and diagenesis of 
carbonate rock successions, (3) process biogeochemical studies in the 
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marine environment, (4) oxygen, hydrogen and carbon isotopic 
composition as tracers in studies of hydrologic processes and (5) plant 
ecophysiological research. The instrument will also be used for 
educational purposes in the graduate course Geology 563: Stable Isotope 
Geology. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 2, 
1996.

    Docket Number: 96-087. Applicant: Cornell University, 212 Clark 
Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853. Instrument: Scanning Tunneling Microscope, 
Model JSTM-4500. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to study device-quality semiconductor 
materials, including Si, GaAs, AlGaAs, InP, AlInAs, GaInP and possibly 
GaN. The objectives of the proposed experiments are to increase the 
understanding of the microscopic structure of grown semiconductor 
multilayers, including the electronic band structure and the effect of 
defects. An additional objective is to understand the effect of defects 
and doping centers on luminescence of the samples. Application accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: August 9, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-088. Applicant: The University of Texas at 
Austin, Center for Materials Science and Engineering, ETC 9.104, MC 
62201, Austin, TX 78712. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-
2010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will 
be used to study the microstructures of metals, metal alloys, ceramics, 
polymers, minerals, and composites of these materials. It will also be 
used to study systems of materials used in electronic, opto-electronic, 
photonic and or magnetic applications. In the course of the 
investigations, the instrument will be used to measure particle/
crystallite size and morphology, crystal structure, chemical 
composition and the number, type and extent of defects. In addition, 
the instrument will be used for educational purposes through training 
of graduate students, faculty and staff who carry out the actual 
research. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 14, 
1996.

    Docket Number: 96-089. Applicant: Northern Kentucky University, 
Department of Chemistry, NS 234, Highland Heights, KY 41099-1905. 
Instrument: Rapid Kinetics Apparatus, Model SFA-20. Manufacturer: Hi-
Tech Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used in 
CHE 362L, Physical Chemistry Laboratory 2H, and CHE 363L, Physical 
Chemistry 3H laboratory courses involving experiments in 
thermodynamics, kinetics, transport properties, elementary quantum 
mechanics, and spectroscopy. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: August 15, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-090. Applicant: National Renewable Energy 
Laboratory, Division of Midwest Research Institute, 1617 Cole 
Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401-3393. Instrument: TOF Secondary Ion Mass 
Spectrometer. Manufacturer: ION-TOF GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used in studies of photovoltaics, semiconductors, 
polymers, glasses, tissues, fibers and renewable energy materials to 
provide qualitative and quantitative distributions of elemental and 
molecular species as a function of mass, lateral position, and in some 
cases, depth. This information is fundamental to understanding the 
properties and operations of photovoltaic and other renewable energy 
materials and devices. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
August 15, 1996.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-22684 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]
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