Basic research dominant in papers presented at NRC insulation conference

IN HIS annual report to the Conference on Electrical Insulation of National Research Council, presented at the eleventh annual meeting of the conference held recently in Pittsburgh, Pa., Chairman J. B. Whitehead (A´OO, F´12) said that during the past year: “There have been perhaps fewer noteworthy developments in applications of new knowledge to the problems of insulation. However, basic research in the field of chemistry and physics has continued its attack upon the problems of atomic structure and molecular assemblage.” (Full text of Doctor Whitehead´s report appears elsewhere in this issue.) This trend toward fundamentals was reflected also in the 22 papers presented and discussed at the Pittsburgh meeting. Brief abstracts of these papers are given on this and following pages.