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CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 207
The main lines of research now in progress are:
The free-energies, equilibria, and electrode-potentials of reactions.
Low temperature calorimetry; the determination of t.hermodynamic properties
of substances from structural data.
The study of crystal structure and molecular structure by diffraction of
X-rays and electrons.
The application of quantum mechanics to chemical problems.
Band spectra and Raman spectra in their chemical relations.
The infra-red spectroscopic study of the hydrogen bond.
The magnetic properties and structure of hemoglobin and related substances.
The magnetic properties of absorbed gases.
The diamagnetic anisotropy of cpystals.
The crystal structure of amino acids, peptides, and proteins.
The kinetics of chemical reactions including photochemical reactions.
The chemistry of carotenoids and other plant pigments.
The use of chromatographic methods of analysis and separation of stereoisomers;
especially the study of the nature of carotenoid isomers.
The Walden inversion.
Isomerism, hydration, and complex formation of unsaturated compounJis.
The synthesis and study of vitamin Bl analogs.
The viscosity of gases and liquids at high pressures.
The influence of turbulence upon heat transfer in fluids.
Phase and thermodynamic behavior of hydrocarbons.
The flow of fluids through porous media.
The synthesis of hydrocarbons containing three- and four-membered rings.
The structure of the naphthenic acids.
Studies on the constitution of the phosphatides and the cerebrosides.
The synthesis of fluorine analogs of thyroxine and a study of their role in
animal metabolism.
Studies on the mechanism of the in-vivo oxidation of glycosides.
The study of plant hormones and related substances of physiological importance.
The chemistry of protozoa.
Chemical genetics.
Immunochemistry; the structure of antigens and antibodies.
For a fuller survey of the researches in progress, see publications of the Gates and
Crellin Laboratories of Chemistry (pages 132-136).
Ch. 290-296. Chemical Research Conferences.
Each 2 units; given all three terms.
Ch. 290. General Research Conference in Chemistry.
Ch. 291. Crystal and Molecular Structure.
Ch. 294. Organic Chemistry.
Ch. 296. Applied Chemistry. Second and third terms.
These conferences consist of reports on the investigations in progress in the
laboratory and on other researches which have appeared recently in the literature.
They are participated in by all men engaged in related lines of research in the
laboratory, and are conduoted by the chemistry professon connected with the
respective branches.