As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 1997  
Registration No. 333-	

	UNITED STATES
	SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
	Washington, D.C. 20549
	                             

	FORM S-8
	REGISTRATION STATEMENT
	UNDER
	THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

	                             

	DIONEX CORPORATION
	(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         Delaware							                  	  94-2647429
(State of Incorporation)							(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


	                            

	1228 Titan Way
	Sunnyvale, California 94086
	(408) 737-0700
	(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)

	                            

	Dionex Corporation Stock Option Plan
	(formerly, the 1990 Stock Option Plan)
	1988 Directors' Stock Option Plan

	(Full title of the plan)

	                            

	A. Blaine Bowman
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	Dionex Corporation
	1228 Titan Way
	Sunnyvale, California 94086
	(408) 737-0700
	(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)


	                            


	Copies to:
	Christopher A. Westover, Esq.
	Cooley Godward LLP
	One Maritime Plaza, 20th Floor
	San Francisco, California 94111
	(415) 693-2000

									Total Number of Pages:
									Exhibit Index at Page:
	

	CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
															

Title of      Amount to  Proposed   Proposed
Securities    be         Maximum    Maximum     Amount of 
to be         Registered Offering   Aggregate   Registration
Registered               Price Per  Offering    Fee
                         Share (1)  Price (1)
Common Stock  400,000    $46.375    $18,550,000 $5,620.65
(par value 
$.001)
															

(1)	Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the 
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h).  The price per share and 
aggregate offering price are based upon the closing price of 
Registrant's Common Stock on October 29, 1997 as reported on the 
Nasdaq National Market.  

															

	Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  As 
soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 NO. 33-40796



The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 33-
40796 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 
23, 1991, are incorporated by reference herein.


	EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number

	4.1*	  Restated Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the 
        Delaware Secretary of State on December 12, 1988

	4.2*	  Bylaws, as amended on October 21, 1988

	5.1   	Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP 

	23.1  	Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

	23.2  	Consent of Cooley Godward LLP (see Exhibit 5.1)

	24.1  	Power of Attorney (See page 3 of Registration 
        Statement)

	99.1  	Dionex Corporation Stock Option Plan

	99.2  	1988 Directors' Stock Option Plan


                                  

*	Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on 
Form 10-K filed on September 20, 1989.

	SIGNATURES

	The Registrant.  Pursuant to the requirements of the 
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that 
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the 
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this 
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, 
State of California, on October 23, 1997.

							DIONEX CORPORATION


							By:	/s/ Michael W. Pope  	
								Michael W. Pope
								Vice President, Finance  
        and Administration

	POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose 
signature appears below constitutes and appoints A. Blaine Bowman 
and Michael W. Pope, and each or any one of them, his true and 
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of 
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place 
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all 
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this 
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits 
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to 
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and 
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all 
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby 
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and 
agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or 
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

	Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following 
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. 

Signature                Title                           Date


/s/ A. Blaine Bowman    	President, Chief                October 23, 1997
(A. Blaine Bowman)       Executive Officer
                         and Director 
                         (Principal Executive 
                         Officer)

/s/ Michael W. Pope	     Vice President,                 October 23, 1997
(Michael W. Pope)        Finance and
                         Administration 
                         (Principal Financial 
                         and Accounting 
                         Officer)

/s/ David L. Anderson    Director                        October 23, 1997
(David L. Anderson)    

/s/ James F. Battey	     Director                        October 23, 1997
(James F. Battey)

/s/ B.J. Moore	          Director                        October 23, 1997
(B.J. Moore)

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EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit                                                  Sequential
Number          Description                              Page Number

4.1*            Restated Certificate of Incorporation, 
                filed with the Delaware Secretary of State 
                on December 12, 1988

4.2*            Bylaws, as amended on October 21, 1988

5.1             Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP 

23.1            Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

23.2            Consent of Cooley Godward LLP (see 
                Exhibit 5.1)

24.1            Power of Attorney (See page 3 of 
                Registration Statement)

99.1            Dionex Corporation Stock Option Plan

99.2            1988 Directors' Stock Option Plan


___________________________

*	Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual 
Report on Form 10-K filed on September 20, 1989.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 1997  
Registration No. 333-	

	UNITED STATES
	SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
	Washington, D.C. 20549
	                             

	FORM S-8
	REGISTRATION STATEMENT
	UNDER
	THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

	                             

	DIONEX CORPORATION
	(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Delaware							                  	  94-2647429
(State of Incorporation)							(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

	                            

	1228 Titan Way
	Sunnyvale, California 94086
	(408) 737-0700
	(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)

	                            

	Dionex Corporation Stock Option Plan
	(formerly, the 1990 Stock Option Plan)
	1988 Directors' Stock Option Plan

	(Full title of the plan)

	                            

	A. Blaine Bowman
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	Dionex Corporation
	1228 Titan Way
	Sunnyvale, California 94086
	(408) 737-0700
	(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

	                            

	Copies to:
	Christopher A. Westover, Esq.
	Cooley Godward LLP
	One Maritime Plaza, 20th Floor
	San Francisco, California 94111
	(415) 693-2000

									Total Number of Pages:
									Exhibit Index at Page:
	

	CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
															

Title of      Amount to  Proposed   Proposed
Securities    be         Maximum    Maximum     Amount of 
to be         Registered Offering   Aggregate   Registration
Registered               Price Per  Offering    Fee
                         Share (1)  Price (1)
Common Stock  400,000    $46.375    $18,550,000 $5,620.65
(par value 
$.001)
															

(1)	Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the 
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h).  The price per share and 
aggregate offering price are based upon the closing price of 
Registrant's Common Stock on October 29, 1997 as reported on the 
Nasdaq National Market.  

															

	Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  As 
soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 NO. 33-40796

The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 33-
40796 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 
23, 1991, are incorporated by reference herein.

	EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number

	4.1*	  Restated Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the 
        Delaware Secretary of State on December 12, 1988

	4.2*	  Bylaws, as amended on October 21, 1988

	5.1   	Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP 

	23.1  	Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

	23.2  	Consent of Cooley Godward LLP (see Exhibit 5.1)

	24.1  	Power of Attorney (See page 3 of Registration 
        Statement)

	99.1  	Dionex Corporation Stock Option Plan

	99.2  	1988 Directors' Stock Option Plan

                                  

*	Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on 
Form 10-K filed on September 20, 1989.

	SIGNATURES

	The Registrant.  Pursuant to the requirements of the 
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that 
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the 
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this 
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, 
State of California, on October 23, 1997.

							DIONEX CORPORATION

							By:	/s/ Michael W. Pope  	
								Michael W. Pope
								Vice President, Finance  
        and Administration

	POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose 
signature appears below constitutes and appoints A. Blaine Bowman 
and Michael W. Pope, and each or any one of them, his true and 
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of 
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place 
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all 
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this 
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits 
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to 
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and 
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all 
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby 
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and 
agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or 
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

	Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following 
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. 

Signature                Title                           Date

/s/ A. Blaine Bowman    	President, Chief                October 23, 1997
(A. Blaine Bowman)       Executive Officer
                         and Director 
                         (Principal Executive 
                         Officer)

/s/ Michael W. Pope	     Vice President,                 October 23, 1997
(Michael W. Pope)        Finance and
                         Administration 
                         (Principal Financial 
                         and Accounting 
                         Officer)

/s/ David L. Anderson    Director                        October 23, 1997
(David L. Anderson)    

/s/ James F. Battey	     Director                        October 23, 1997
(James F. Battey)

/s/ B.J. Moore	          Director                        October 23, 1997
(B.J. Moore)
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit                                                  Sequential
Number          Description                              Page Number

4.1*            Restated Certificate of Incorporation, 
                filed with the Delaware Secretary of State 
                on December 12, 1988

4.2*            Bylaws, as amended on October 21, 1988

5.1             Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP 

23.1            Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

23.2            Consent of Cooley Godward LLP (see 
                Exhibit 5.1)

24.1            Power of Attorney (See page 3 of 
                Registration Statement)

99.1            Dionex Corporation Stock Option Plan

99.2            1988 Directors' Stock Option Plan

___________________________

*	Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual 
Report on Form 10-K filed on September 20, 1989.