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 whether 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, DC 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,

NW, Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 98-057. Applicant: Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department

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

Instrument: Auger Microprobe, Model JAMP-7800F. Manufacturer: JEOL

Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for the

following to help

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towards providing better processes for growing and characterization of

alloy systems: (1) Detect position shifts in the Auger electron binding

energy due to differences in bonding characteristic, (2) identify the

type of bonding in complex alloy systems, (3) determine which elements

are involved in oxidation and corrosion of various systems, (4) detect

and identify second phases present in single crystals, (5) get an

overview of all the elements present in a particular sample quickly,

and (6) sputter clean a sample and return the material to its bulk

configuration. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October

28, 1998.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 98-31843 Filed 11-27-98; 8:45 am]

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