Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

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 an

instrument of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which

the instrument shown below is intended to be used, is 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.

Application 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: 99-033. Applicant: Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department

of Energy, 211 TASF, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3020.

Instrument: UHV Surface Analysis System, Model Multiprobe S.

Manufacturer: Omicron Vakuum Physik GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The

instrument is intended to be used for the characterization and

fundamental surface structural studies of a class of intermetallic

materials known as quasicrystals. The objectives of the research will

include the following: (1) To determine the near-atomic level structure

of the clean surfaces of a variety of quasicrystalline materials as a

function of surface preparation, (2) To ascertain if any of the surface

preparation methods affect single phase samples to such a degree that

they become multiphase, (3) To determine metal film growth

characteristics when deposited on quasicrystalline substrates and (4)

To determine the effect of typical environmental gases on surface

structure. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December

14, 1999.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

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