THE ANALYTICAL CHEMIST has met the challenge of the atomic age with a high degree of success in developing new techniques and instruments. It is surprising then, that he has neglected to make full use of one of the atomic age's by-products—radioactive tracers—says John R. Catch of the British Atomic Energy Authority. The biologist considers tracers as necessary and common as his microscope or balance. The analyst, on the other hand, has shied away from tracer techniques as evidenced by the relatively few papers published in this field. Catch has an explanation for this and some convincing arguments on why analytical chemists should pay more attention to the benefits offered by tracers. Exaggerated estimates of the danger and cost of tracer work are the two biggest factors behind the analyst's lack of interest in radioactive tracers, Catch told the 10th annual Summer Symposium on Analytical Chemistry at Purdue last week. Two other items also contribute: ...

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