[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 68103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27782]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Michigan State University, et al.; Notice of Decision on 
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    This is a decision pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
651, as amended by Pub. .106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). 
Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in Room 
3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 12-036. Applicant: Michigan State University, 2555 
Engineering Building, Department of Mechanical Engineering, East 
Lansing, MI 48824-1226. Instrument: Diode Pumped High speed Nd:YAG 
laser system. Manufacturer: Edgewave GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See 
notice at 77 FR 61739, October 11, 2012. Comments: None received. 
Decision: Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent scientific 
value to the foreign instruments described below, for such purposes as 
this is intended to be used, that was being manufactured in the United 
States at the time of its order. Reasons: The instrument will be used 
as a diagnostics equipment to study high temperature combustion 
occurring in a laboratory combustor with highly turbulent flows, 
specifically to detect chemical species of combustion in conditions 
that are similar to actual engine operating conditions. The system will 
be used to pump a dye laser to generate ultra-violet light which can be 
used to rack chemical species during combustion, such as hydroxyl (OH) 
radicals. The hydroxyl which is excited using ultraviolet light (283 
nm) will then fluoresce and can be detected using an intensified CCD 
camera. The key requirements that this system fulfills are the beam 
profile of M\2\<2, to ability to perform sub 10 ns pulses with all the 
different specifications, and the crystals inside are all temperature 
controlled to phase match regardless of the outside temperature 
fluctuations.

    Dated: November 8, 2012.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-27782 Filed 11-14-12; 8:45 am]
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