New apparatus and equipment are briefly described. Sources of materials are given. (MLH)

Provides descriptions, including prices and features, of many of the scientific instruments displayed at the 1976 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. (MLH)

Indicates that although the costs of sophisticated state-of-the-art instruments are needed for chemical research, federal agency funding assumptions lag far behind. Issues related to these costs, including an estimate of what the National Science Foundation departmental budget should be, are discussed. (JN)

In a modular approach, instruments are considered as systems composed of modules, each module performing a particular function. Examines process of relating specifications for instruments to those for particular modules, effect of microcomputers on modular approach, and extension of the approach to such devices as "hyphenated" or tandem…