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,

N.W., Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 95-041R. Applicant: University of South Florida,

Department of Marine Sciences, 140 Seventh Avenue, South, St.

Petersburg, FL 33701. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model

PlasmaQuad. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended

Use: Original notice of this resubmitted application was published in

the FEDERAL REGISTER of June 13, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-121. Applicant: University of California, Santa

Barbara, Engineering Materials Department, Bldg. 446, Room 112, Santa

Barbara, CA 93106. Instrument: RF Reactive Atom Source. Manufacturer:

Oxford Applied Research, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used to investigate the epitaxial growth of nitride films by

molecular beam epitaxy. The objective of the investigation is to

increase understanding of the growth and properties of nitride thin

films in order to optimize film properties and fabricate novel

electronic and optoelectronic devices based on nitrides. In addition,

the instrument will be used for educational purposes in the course

Materials 598: Graduate Research Study. Application Accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: December 13, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-122. Applicant: The Pennsylvania State

University, Department of Geosciences, 503 Deike Building, University

Park, PA 16802. Instrument: Trace Gas Preconcentrator. Manufacturer:

Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used in

experiments to extract fossil air samples from polar ice cores and

analyze the composition of these fossil air samples. The data from

these experiments will provide the means of reconstructing the

composition of the past atmosphere over the last 250,000 years. In

addition, the instrument will be used to demonstrate the various

techniques used during the acquisition of stable isotope ratios of

various air samples in several geoscience courses. Application Accepted

by Commissioner of Customs: December 14, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-123. Applicant: Carnegie Institution of

Washington, Geophysical Laboratory, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW,

Washington, DC 20015-1305. Instrument: Upgrade of 252 Mass

Spectrometer. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The

items will be used to upgrade an existing mass spectrometer with the

capability to analyze nanomole quantities of 02 gas. In addition,

the instrument will be used for educational purposes in a very active

post and predoctoral fellowship program. Application Accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: December 14, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-124. Applicant: University of California,

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720.

Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model EM 300. Manufacturer: Philips,

The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies

of metals, semiconductors, and ceramics to determine the arrangement of

atoms in these materials, defects, and interfaces. The instrument will

also be used in courses to teach advanced techniques in high-resolution

electron microscopy, high-resolution electron holography, and energy-

filtered electron microscopy to graduate students. Application Accepted

by Commissioner of Customs: December 19, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-125. Applicant: Pennsylvania State University,

Department of Physics, 104 Davey Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802.

Instrument: Dilution Refrigerator/Gradient Magnet System, Model

KelvinOx100. Manufacturer: Oxford Instruments, Inc., United

Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study

superconductivity and related quantum phenomena in ultrathin films of

metals and high Tc oxide superconductors. The ultrathin films of

metals will be prepared by quench deposition and measured in situ

without taking the film outside the ultrahigh vacuum and low

temperature environment so that contamination and annealing of the

sample can be avoided. In addition, the instrument will be used to

train future physicists and materials scientists through Ph.D. and M.S.

degree programs. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

December 21, 1995.

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Docket Number: 95-126. Applicant: University of Florida, Department

of Chemistry, PO Box 117200, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200. Instrument:

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer, Model ESP 300E-10/2.7.

Manufacturer: Bruker Analytische Messtechnik GmbH, Germany. Intended

Use: The instrument will be used for studies of the local structure of

the transient paramagnetic centers in diverse materials and the

kinetics of electron and energy transfer. This will be done by studying

relaxation time T1 and T2 and coherent quantum beats with 10

ns time-resolution. The range of materials includes but is not limited

to: organic electron and energy transfer couples, organic and inorganic

thin films, polymers, biological macromolecules, organic and inorganic

conductors and semiconductors. In addition, the instrument will be used

in the course CHM 6580 special topics in physical chemistry to train

students in state-of-the-art techniques in modern magnetic resonance.

Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 21, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-127. Applicant: Armstrong Laboratory, 2509

Kennedy Circle, Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5118. Instrument: Electron

Microscope, Model CM 120. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands.

Intended Use: The instrument will be used for analysis of water, air,

and bulk samples for the presence of asbestos and evaluation of

biological materials in support of in-house research. Experiments will

be conducted using animal models of human disease or conditions to

determine the harmful effects of lasers, microwaves, radiation, and to

evaluate the efficacy of protective devices. Application Accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: December 27, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-128. Applicant: University of Maryland at College

Park, Microbiology Department, Building #231, College Park, MD 20742.

Instrument: Extended SpectraKinetics Photomultiplier, Model SK.1E.

Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The

instrument will be used to modify an existing spectro-fluorimeter in

order to monitor the kinetics of a variety of different biochemical

reactions, all of which involve interactions of proteins with other

proteins or with a variety of smaller substrates. The instrumentation

will make it possible to monitor the time course of such reactions by

monitoring the fluorescence intensities of either the proteins involved

or the small substrates. The goal of this research is to understand the

interactions among a set of proteins that together enable bacteria to

control their swimming movements. Application Accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: December 27, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-129. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, Department of Chemistry, 77 Massachusetts Avenue,

Cambridge, MA 02129. Instrument: Rapid Scanning Diode Array, Model MG

6040. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use:

The instrument will be used for the study of reactions of reduced iron

systems with oxygen using stopped flow visible spectroscopy. In the

experiments, an anaerobic solution of a diferrous compound (enzyme or

model complex) is mixed rapidly in a closed system with a solution

containing dioxygen. The changes which take place are followed by

observing changes in the absorbance of light at different wavelengths.

The objective of these experiments is to understand better the reaction

cycle of this very interesting and important enzyme system and to tune

the reactivity of relevant small molecule models to do useful

chemistry. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December

27, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-130. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison,

Integrated Microscopy Resource, 1525 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706.

Instrument: Upgraded Pulse Compressor, Model DMP-100. Manufacturer:

Microlase Optical Systems Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The

instrument will be used with an existing laser that serves as a

fluorescence excitation source for the study of the dynamics of the

internal cellular architecture of living biological specimens. Cells

and developing embryos will be examined with the enhanced microscope

system over extended periods of time in order to study the changes in

internal structure that occur during development. In addition, the

instrument will be used for educational purposes in courses in advanced

microscopy techniques for undergraduates, graduate students and

visiting academic research workers. Application Accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: December 29, 1995.

Frank W. Creel

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff

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