161st IRDG Meeting - King's College London - 16-12-99
This years IRDG 'Christmas meeting' was held as usual in King's College, London, on Thursday 16 December, 1999. The 161st meeting of the IRDG took place in the Great Hall. Th e Sponsors were Clairet Scientific Limited.
PROGRAMME
10:15-10:50 Registration and coffee (Coffee available at 10:30)
10:50-11:25 A Golden Opportunity in the InfraRed for "Green" Polymer Processing,
Dr. Sergei Kazarian, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
11:25-12:00 Kerr-Gated Time-resolved Raman Spectroscopy,
Dr Anthony W. Parker, Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
12:00-12:35 PC based Density Functional Theory (DFT) Calculations for Modelling Vibrational Spectra,
Daniel Tackley, Dept. of Pure & Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde
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12:35-14:15 Christmas lunch and drinks
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14:20-14:30 IRDG Business
14:30-15:05 Spectroscopic Adventures in "Oz".
(or, Low temperature SERS, IR and Raman analysis of polymers, minerals, river muds, and museum artifacts"
Professor H.F. (Gus) Shurvell, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
15:05-15:40 Process FTIR in Refineries - the State of the Art,
Dr. Michael Simpson, Application Development in HPI and Chemicals, ABB Bomem
REGISTRATION:
The registration fee including Christmas lunch, drinks and refreshments was £27 for IRDG members, £37 for non-IRDG members, or £13 for bona-fide students and unemployed/retired attendees. Pre-lunch drinks and wine were provided courtesy of Clairet Scientific Limited.