[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 130 (Friday, July 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39996-39997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16582]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 
Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific 
Instruments

    This is a decision pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
651, as amended by

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Pub. L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). Related records can be 
viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in Room 3720, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 12-024. Applicant: Department of Mechanical 
Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3123. 
Instrument: Arc melting system. Manufacturer: Edmund Beuhler GmbH, 
Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 77 FR 32942, June 4, 2012. 
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no instruments 
of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described 
below, for such purposes as this is intended to be used, that was being 
manufactured in the United States at the time of its order. Reasons: 
The unique features of this instrument include the capability of 
suction casting and ceramic powder feed-through for the addition of 
oxide nanoparticles during the melting of metals. Suction casting is 
required to achieve nanocrystalline grains, and ceramic powder feed-
through will be used to mix ceramic powders with melted metals to 
achieve metal based nanocomposites.

    Dated: June 29, 2012.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-16582 Filed 7-5-12; 8:45 am]
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