# Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** November 30, 1998
- **Citation:** 63 FR 65751

## Text

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]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P

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