Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

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

Arctic

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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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