The Federal Government and Interstate Compacts

The recent congressional foray into the affairs of the Port of New York Authority has dramatized a growingly menacing attitude toward interstate compacts and agencies even while they have become increasingly indispensable arms of state government. In asking for a clarification of the nature of Congress\u27 interest in the interstate compacts, Professor Leach urges a greater exercise of federal restraint. Compromise and adjustment, not challenge and counterchallenge, are basic to a strong federal system

Ferroelectric Thin Films: Preparation of a Complex Alkoxide PbZr.5 Ti.5O3 Thin Film

Ferroelectric thin films were prepared by sd—gel processing. The complex alkoxide was prepared by reacting a Lead (II) salt with Titanium and Zirconium alkoxides in a Methoxyetharkol solvent. The gel was produced using a dilute acid catalysis to hydrolyse the bonds of the complex. The metal alkoxides were Ti/Zr isopropoxides, and Lead salt was a Lead Acetate. Working devices were not fabricated due problems in adhesion, cracking and problems with the viscosity of the gel