Some of this week's stories

Joint oil research could reduce
costs, environmental impact

The research aims at improving methods for identifying and removing corrosive naphthenic acids found in crude oil.

Potentially toxic, naphthenic acids have been found in refinery waste-water streams, and are a significant source of iron corrosion in petroleum refining equipment. The resulting corrosion products can damage refinery equipment.

"Current methods for dealing with the problem are costly," said Randall E. Winans (CHM). They include chemical treatment and the use of special steel alloys in process equipment.

The project combines Chevron's expertise in crude oil characterization, processing capability, and acid treatment with Argonne's unique analytical mass spectrometry techniques.

Chevron will produce samples of oils with various levels of acids. Argonne will determine which acids are most responsible for the corrosion of the process equipment. Chevron will use that information to modify processes to remove the acids.

The two-year Chevron-Argonne project is equally supported by the U.S. Department of Energy and Chevron.

Concert to honor
Schriesheims

Rostislav Dubinsky, violin and Luba Edlina, piano, will perform selections from Shostakovich, Schnittke, Debussy and Brahms. Both are internationally recognized musicians and faculty members in the music department of Indiana University, Bloomington.

Although admission is free, tickets are required. Ticket requests can be acquired made via e-mail by sending name, address, phone number and number of tickets requested to arts@anl.gov. Because seating is limited, subscribers to the chamber music series will be given priority.

A reception will follow the performance. Current and new subscribers will be invited to join the Schriesheims for a dinner to be served on the fifth floor of the APS Building.

For more information visit the Arts at Argonne home page.

Argonne at 50:

Argonne's super light source
casts a long shadow

When a group of scientists and politicians gathered at Argonne on June 4, 1990, to break ground for a 7-billion electron-volt X-ray source, the event cast a shadow both forward and backward in time.

Looking forward, the 1990 groundbreaking preceded by nearly five years a scientific milestone that occurred on March 26, 1995, and launched a new era in American research. At 7:13 a.m. on that date, Argonne scientists and engineers generated the "first light" from the newly constructed Advanced Photon Source, which now produces the nation's brightest beams of X-rays available for research.

Looking back, the groundbreaking also represented a continuing series of advances in X-ray research that began in 1895, when Wilhelm Roentgen discovered this unusual new form of radiation. While studying the rays, Roentgen quickly found that he could photograph balance-weights in a closed box, the chamber of a shotgun and the bones in his wife's hand.

Since then, X-rays have been ideal for revealing what visible light can't -- for seeing past "impossible" barriers.

The medical uses of X-rays are familiar; but in the last century, scientists have come to depend on X-rays to reveal many other hidden details of the world around and within us. They have learned how to use the radiation to probe the atomic structure of biological molecules such as proteins and DNA, chemical reactions and processes that occur as polymers and ceramics form, and even the detailed crystalline structure of most elements .

X-rays have wavelengths much shorter than visible light. These shorter wavelengths can penetrate into and distinguish the details visible light can't, just as a sharp probe can fit into and reveal information about smaller shapes than a blunt one.

The APS produces X-rays with extremely short wavelengths, smaller than the size of an atom. In addition, the beams from the facility are 10,000 times more brilliant than any previously available.

Brighter light reveals more details in structure and allows faster image-taking. With such fast picture-taking abilities, scientists hope they will even be able to make motion pictures of chemical processes in action. Biological and medical researchers hope the movies will allow them to see the movements of every atom in an enzyme as it catalyzes a chemical reaction. Enzymes help control most of the chemical reactions that take place in the human body.

Such studies will not only increase science's knowledge of basic biochemical processes, but will also help molecular biologists design "smart" pharmaceuticals that can modify the actions of specific enzymes.

Discoveries made at the APS are expected to enhance the quality of daily life and benefit the nation's economic and technological future. Advances are predicted particularly in biotechnology, polymers and advanced materials, medical diagnostics, digital imaging techniques, semiconductor materials and microelectronic circuits.

The photograph of Bertha Roentgen's hand was only the beginning. The APS is sure to reveal the hidden structure of the world around us in ways Wilhelm Roentgen and his successors in X-ray research could never have expected.

Forum:

`Spring cleaning' urged as
safety pilot program begins

The coming changes in safety and health oversight present a good opportunity for employees to do a little "spring cleaning" and check their laboratories and offices for safety concerns.

Beginning June 1, inspection of safety and health practices at Argonne-East will be partially transferred from theU.S. Department of Energy to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as part of a six-month pilot program. The exercise is designed to show the feasibility of transferring responsibility for safety and health programs at many Energy Department facilities to OSHA.

This program provides the perfect opportunity for a general cleanup and to address any safety concerns that may have slipped through the cracks or been placed on the back burner.

All known safety deficiencies should be brought to your building managers' attention. Along with the Plant Facilities and Services, building managers keep lists of safety problems that need attention. It is important that all deficiencies are noted on these lists.

Make sure any problems -- no matter how significant, how costly, or how small -- are identified so plans can be made to correct the problem. If something presents an immediate danger, get it fixed now. You won't be criticized for being persistent.

Never ignore a safety deficiency because you think:

* It is somebody else's responsibility.

* It's not very important.

* It's not bothering me.

* It won't get fixed anyway.

It is the responsibility of every individual at Argonne to be alert to hazards and to report them. In the end, you're protecting your own health and safety.

Late Addition

Society for Risk Analysis
to meet at Argonne June 5

The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in Building 900, Room A04. All interested employees are invited to attend. For more information, call ext. 2-3243 or ext. 2-9958.

Triathelete to present
sports seminars

Allison Sarubin of the American Dietetic Association will conduct the seminar which will cover topics including: "The Training Period -- Preparing Your Body;" "The Competition -- Maximizing Your Performance;" and "Recent Research and Effect on Dietary Habits."

A competitive triathlete, Sarubin is currently training for her first marathon. She is a licensed personal trainer and aerobics instructor.

The seminar is open to all Argonne and DOE employees and spouses. There is no charge or advance registration.

Program promotes
early detection of
breast cancer

Mammograms, physical breast exams and individual instruction on self-exam techniques will be given Monday, June 10, at the Medical Dept. in Argonne-East's Building 201.

The physical exam and individual instruction are open to all women. Mammograms will be available to all women 35 and older. The physical exam and mammogram together cost $85. The physical exam only is $25.

The cost is covered by certain insurance plans, including CIGNA, and may be partially or fully paid from flexible spending accounts.

Appointments can be made at the Medical Dept. For more information on the program, call ext. 2-2813.

A one-hour seminar, "Breast Cancer -- Risk Factors and Early Detection" will be held Thursday, June 13, at 11:30 a.m. in Building 203 Auditorium. The seminar is free and open to all women.

Pratt named fellow
of physical society

Election to an American Physical Society fellowship represents peer recognition for outstanding contributions to physics and is limited to no more than one-half of one percent of the organization's membership.

Pratt, a chemist, was awarded the honor for his fundamental contributions to molecular physics through "imaginative and innovative studies" that probed the interaction between the electrons and the atomic nuclei in molecules. He was also recognized for his "elegant" experiments. He has written 85 journal articles.

Pratt also is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Optical Society of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science .

Computer Users
will meet in
new location

The agenda is still being developed, and will be posted on the group's World Wide Web page (http://www.anl.gov/CUG/home.html), in newsgroup anl.committees.cug, and via the CUG mailing list.

The CUG usually meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 3 p.m. in Building 221, Conference Room A216. Meetings are open to all interested Argonne and DOE employees.

HR plans software classes in June

* "Introduction to the Internet" -- HR166 -- June 11, 12, 26, in Argonne-East's Bldg. 201, Room 167C. There are two sessions each day, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

* "MS Tools Integration" -- HR172 -- June 13, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., in Argonne-East's Bldg. 362, Room E188. June 27, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., in Bldg. 201 Room 172.

* "Word 6.0, Working with Table and Columns" -- HR173 -- June 13, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Bldg. 362, Room E188.

* "Excel 5.0 Advanced" -- HR174 -- June 25, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Bldg. 362, Room E188. June 27, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Bldg. 201, Room 167C.

* "Excel Database Management" -- HR175 -- June 25, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Bldg. 362, Room E188.

Registration can be done through TMS Representatives. For more information, call Betty Iwan at 2-3410.

`Argonauts' pool team wins
4th championship in a row

Transfer application
procedures change

Previously, transfer applicants heard from Employment and Placement after the hiring division had made a decision.

Service Awards for March, April & May include:

35 Years

John M. Bogaty (PHY), Richard W. Lindsay (RPS ), Donald R. Perkins (ET), Edmund W. Shaw (PFS US), Gary D. Spaulding (RPS SUP), Murland O. Spaulding (OD), Vernon F. Stipp (PNS).

30 Years

Manuel M. Bretscher (TD), Leo G. LeSage (OTD ERA), Joseph L. Midlock (ASD), James L. Oldani (ESH FD), Albert E. Painter (PFS GR), Dale L. Smith (TD), Marilyn Wittkofski (OPA).

25 Years

Ronald A. Bare (ECT CTT), Winfred A. Bezella (RE), Jean C. Glover (PHY), Paul R. Okamoto (MSD), Ronald J. Teunis (OPS), Patricia K. Traub (OTD).

20 Years

Thomas E. Baldwin (DIS), David M. Baurac (OPA), Rob R. Chace (ED), Laurel A. Chapman (ER), Sue A. Curtis (DIS), Karen L. DeLara-Menozzi (DEP), Keith L. Derstine (RA), Ezzat D. Doss (TD), Barbara Fletcher (PHY), Henry A. Harper (ED), Michael J. Hilden (ECT ELT), Raymond K. Knepper (PFS US), Charles E. Lahm (RPS ESH), Charlotte M. LeGrand (HR), Alan L. Moler (PFS US), Richard D. Olsen (EA), Arne P. Olson (TD), Leon C. Robinson (PFS IN), Judith K. Stickels (SPO), David G. Streets (DIS), Barbara L. Sullivan (ES), Rosario Torres (OTD APS), Blake J. Wartchow (OD PS), Lawrence J. Wesley (PFS BM), Shari K. Zussman (ITD).

15 Years

Amrit S. Boparai (CMT AC), Ronald J. DiMelfi (RE), Jim R. Huggins Jr. (PFS PMO), Donald O. Johnson (ES), Renee M. Lanham (ASD), Robert W. Lyczkowski (ES), Mary A. Moore (OCF PRO), James P. Peerenboom (DIS), Christopher Saricks (ES), Judith A. Wozniak (RE).

10 Years

John K. Basco (CMT), Jeffrey F. Berg (ED), Bruce M. Biwer (EA), Lawrence E. Boing (TD DD), David J. Chaiko (CMT), Paula D. Diedrichsen (PFS PMO), Thomas Fornek (TD DES), Todd J. Frickey (OD), Marsha S. Goldberg (EA), Nelson A. Hanan (TD), Gloria M. King (OCF BUD), Aravinda M. Kini (CHM), Gerald J. Mallizzio (PFS BM), Suzanne C. Maroney (MSD), Thomas E. Mathews (PFS BM), Michael J. Meshenberg (DIS), William R Mosby (ED), George D. Mosho (ESH HP), Adrienne H. Novick (TD), Vincent J. Novick (TD), William R. Ramos (RPS SEC), Stephen Sichak (ESH), Diane B. Simms (ASD), Michael K. Tanaka (OD PS), Lynn B. TenKate (CMT AC), Sharron L. West (SPO).

5 Years

Alexei Abrikosov (MSD), Pradeep Aggarwal (ER), Nicholas Agos (PFS BM), Douglas Allen (XFD), Douglas G. Atwood (RPS CCS), Donald Barnett (PFS CU), Marilyn E. Baumgardner (OD PS), John E. Beach (RPS RM), Kenneth Belcher (ECT ELT), Catherine M. Beles (DEP), Walter R. Bird (ESH), Conrad Bissonnette (PFS PMO), William Black (PFS IN), Daniel J Bonney (ED MS), Michael David Borland (ASD), David Brink (TD DES), Edgar Buck (CMT), Jennifer Butler (OCF ACT), David J. Carron (PFS BM), Alan Ciner (PFS IN), Sandra Classen (ITD), Terry M. Cobbley (OD PS), Clifford Conner (CMT), Thomas Crain (TD DES), John Crandall (ASD), Steven Davey (XFD), Donna K Dimick (ED), Dana R. Dixon (OCF PRO), Mark S. Engbretson (MSD), James Erick (ESH HP), Frank S. Felicione (TD AW), Gaylene L. Flores (RPS HR), Sara Catherine Foster (OPA), Ayfa Franchini (ES), David Garbin (EMO WMO), Valerie J Garretson (ED), Jeffrey Goetzen (PNS), Arthur Gordon (PFS IN), Jade U. Grover (RPS SEC), Julie Hanebuth (PNS), Timothy Hickey (PFS BM), Ralph Hinterman (ESH), Deanna Hollo (CHM), B. D'Lynn Howell (RPS SUP), Brent L. Inskeep (OD PS), Calvin Jackson (PFS CU), Jack Jones (PFS FPE), Yoon Kang (ASD), Omar A. Karim (PFS IN), Betty Kinney (RA), Patrick Kinsella (PFS CU), Rosemary Krol (IPD TIS), Mark Langties (PFS IN), David V. Laug (OD), Debra Lopez (OCF PRO), Robb J Lowe (OD PS), Joseph Malak (PFS DR), Kim A. Mandekich (HR), John Manning (ER), Vivian D. Mansanarez (RPS FS), Bruce Massow (PFS BM), Julie Mathiesen (EQO IND), Ian McNulty (XFD), Daniel Melvin (PFS VM), Rodney Merrick (PFS CU), Gary Messenger (RPS SUP), Kenneth Moore (PFS BM), Helaine Sue Morss (PRA), Andrew Mosele (PFS VM), Robert C Muehring (ESH FD), Michael Muscia (ASD), Gregory Nawrocki (ASD), Sigmund Nelson (PFS FPE), Hyo J. No (EMO), George Norek (PFS FPE), Kerie A. Norris (RPS ESH), Anatoly Oberfeld (TD DES), Kent Oikle (PFS FPE), Charles Ostermeyer (TD DES), LaVonia M. Ousley (DEP), Patricia J. Peterson (PFS PMO), Christopher Piatak (PNS), Robert Pisowicz (PFS FPE), Edward Plaskacz (RE), James Podraza (PFS BM), Shahida Razvi (ESH HP), Darryl Reigle (ASD), Daniel Rowland (PFS BM), Susan Rura (ES), Nancy E. Schmuland (OD PS), Randall M. Shaw (RPS CCS), I-Ching Sheng (ASD), Deming Shu (XFD), Herman Spanberger (TD DES), B. Srinivasan (CMT), James Stevens (ASD), William A. Stigberg (ESH HP), Kevin Stoll (ESH), William Storey (PFS IN), Richard A. Tafoya (PNS), Cheryl Thom (IPD TIS), Sandra D. Tomchak (RPS SEC), Tye N. Tomchak (OD PS), Nandini Trivedi (MSD), Carole L Trybus (ED), Xucheng Wang (ASD), Ginger S. Warren (ESH), John Weizeorick (ECT ELT), Peter B. Wells (ED), Charles Wise (ESH HP), Shenglan Xu (XFD), Elizabeth Ybarra (IPD TIS).

Monday, June 3

Joint Chemistry Division Monday Morning Seminar Series and Physics Division Seminar: "The Discovery of Elements 99 and 100: Prelude to a Rich History of Accomplishment in Nuclear Chemistry at Argonne [50th Anniversary]" by John R. Huizenga, (CHM) and University of Rochester, N.Y. 11 a.m., Bldg. 200 Auditorium.

Joint Chemistry and Materials Science Divisions Seminar: "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Homoepitaxial Diamond (001) Films" by Yalei Kuang, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park. 1:30 p.m., Bldg. 200, Conference Room J183.

Tuesday, June 4

Environmental Research Division Seminar: "The Coupling of Land, Water, and Air -- A Return to the Aristotelian Universe?" by Bruce B. Hicks, Director, Air Resources Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Md. 10:30 a.m., Bldg. 203 Auditorium.

Wednesday, June 5

Materials Science Division Seminar: "Femtosecond Ionization with Applications to Surface Analysis" by Keith Lykke, (MSD/CHM). 11 a.m., Bldg. 212, Conference Room A157.

Thursday, June 6

Center for Mechanistic Biology & Biotechnology General Seminar: "Know When to Hold and When to Fold: Molecular Chaperones, Protein Folding and Aggregation" by Anthony L. Fink, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz. 3:30 p.m., Bldg. 202, Conference Room B169.

Experimental Facilities Division Seminar: "Mossbauer Spectroscopy of Tin in Float Glass" by Charles Johnson, (APS) and University of Liverpool, England. 4 p.m., Bldg. 401, Conference Room A1100.

Friday, June 7

Joint Chemistry and Physics Divisions Seminar Series: "Chemical Research with New Elements at the Chemistry Division [50th Anniversary]" by Glenn T. Seaborg, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Calif. 11 a.m., Bldg. 200 Auditorium.

Wednesday, June 12

High Energy Physics Division Seminar: "Dark Matter and Neutrinos" by Chung-Pei Ma, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. 11 a.m., Bldg. 362, Conference Room F108.

Materials Science Division Seminar: "Structure, Transport and Magnetism in the La1-xSrxMnO3 System and Other Related Maganite Oxides" by Dimitri Argyriou, (MSD). 11 a.m., Bldg. 212, Conference Room A157. -- 30 --

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