Until well into the 19th Century it was traditional for Welsh
men to carve from wood 'Love Spoons' for their sweethearts. The spoon
usually had elaborately carved handles which carried the initials
of the couple, the year of the marriage and motifs which often
represented jobs and interests.
The symbol of this year's conference is derived from one of the best
known of all spoons dating from 1856 and housed in the Castle Museum
in Cardiff
Plenary Lectures
Electron-proton interactions and structure in paramagnetic metalloproteins,
I. Bertini, University of Florence
Transition metal carbonyl radicals, J. R. Morton & K. F. Preston, NRC, Ottawa
Jahn-Teller active anionic radicals in ionic solids, H. Bill, University of Geneva
Oxidoreductases containing iron-sulphur clusters, S. P. Albracht,
University of Amsterdam.
Exchange coupled pairs, G.L. McPherson, Tulane University
Some chemical and physical aspects of electron transfer in early transition
metal coordinated diimines, G. D. Stucky & D. R. Corbin, Du Pont, Wilmington.
g-strain and Mössbauer in iron-containing proteins, R.H. Sands, University of
Michigan.
+ 18 short lectures and 33 posters. 83 persons were present of which
50 came from 11 overseas countries. there was a choice of tours, either to the
Welsh Folk Museum or
the Blaenavon Mining Museum.