Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: Ames Laboratory, Energy Department,

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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 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 filedwithin 20 days with the Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. Application may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 99-033. Applicant: Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, 211 TASF, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3020. Instrument: UHV Surface Analysis System, Model Multiprobe S. Manufacturer: Omicron Vakuum Physik GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for the characterization and fundamental surface structural studies of a class of intermetallic materials known as quasicrystals. The objectives of the research will include the following: (1) To determine the near-atomic level structure of the clean surfaces of a variety of quasicrystalline materials as a function of surface preparation, (2) To ascertain if any of the surface preparation methods affect single phase samples to such a degree that they become multiphase, (3) To determine metal film growth characteristics when deposited on quasicrystalline substrates and (4) To determine the effect of typical environmental gases on surface structure. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 14, 1999. Frank W. Creel, Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

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