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- 1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 1
- From introduction: "The objective of this study is to provide information that will assist the Atomic Energy Commission in furthering the National Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) Program. We plan to accomplish this end, in part, by extending the original studies to include system and component design and parametric evaluations of the nuclear steam supply system and its related systems and subsystems based on an estimation of the state of technology in 1980."
- 1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 2, Concept I System Description
- From introduction: "This report has been prepared in conjunction with the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) Follow-On Study. It is the Concept I description of Task I as outlined by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in Appendix C of their Follow-On Study Program."
- 1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 3, Concept II System Description
- From introduction: "This report has been prepared in conjunction with the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) Follow-On Study. It is the Concept II description of Task I as outlined by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in Appendix C of their Follow-On-Study Program."
- 1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 4, Concept III System Description
- From introduction: "The third of four designs to be developed by Babcock & Wilcox (B&W), Concept III observes ground rules established under the LMFBR Follow-On Program and is based on the estimated state of technology in 1980."
- 1000-MWe LMFBR Follow-On Study, Task I Report: Volume 5, Concept IV System Description
- From introduction: "The last of four designs to be developed by Babcock & Wilcox (B&W), Concept IV observes ground rules established under the LMFBR Follow-On Program and is based on the estimated state of technology in 1980."
- Advances in Coal Spectrometry: Absorption Spectrometry
- Report from the U.S. Bureau of mines discussing the use of infared and ultraviolet-visible spectrometry to study the structure of coal and coal extracts.
- Automatic Typographic-Quality Typesetting Techniques: A State-of-the-Art Review
- From Introduction Purpose and Scope of Report: "This report is one of a series prepared for the Research Information Center and Advisory Service on Information Processing (RICASIP), and intended as a contribution to improved cooperation in the fields of information selection systems development, information retrieval research and mechanized translation."
- Bibliography and Index on Vacuum and Low Pressure Measurement, January 1960 to December 1965
- From Abstract: "The bibliography, a supplement to NBS Monograph 35, of the same title, covers the years 1960 to 1965, inclusive, and include 109 references for prior years not listed in Monograph 35. It contains 1787 references, 38 of which are to books. The references, besides those directly concerned with pressure measurement, include those on vacuum technology which may bear on the technique of vacuum measurement, such as on adsorption and desorption, diffusion of gases into solids, gas conductance and hardware such as pumps, seals and traps."
- Bibliography of Temperature Measurement: July 1960 to December 1965
- Report combining National Bureau of Standards Monograph 27 with the references given in Supplement 1 (May 13, 1963) and issued as a single publication to assist users of this material. References concern the field of temperature measurement. These references were collected from two general sources: Scientific and technical literature and government reports. References are divided into a number of categories based on the type of instrument used. Some references to calibration of instruments and to scientific theories upon which temperature measurement is based are also presented.
- Borehole Gravity Meter Observations in Drill Hole Test Well-B, Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site
- Abstract: "Fifteen in situ interval densities were calculated from the borehole gravity meter observations made in Test Well-B. The weighted average density for all the rocks sampled by the gravity meter is 1.83 gm/cc. The alluvium density ranges from 1.71 to 1.82 gm/cc and averages 1.76 gm/cc. The lake beds range from 1.91 to 1.93 gm/cc and average 1.92 gm/cc. The Rainier Mesa Member averages 1.83 gm/cc. The Tiva Canyon Member averages 1.74 gm/cc and the upper 110 feet of Topopah Spring Member has a density of 2.30 gm/cc."
- Borehole Gravity Meter Observations in Drill Hole UCe-18, Hot Creek Valley, Nye County, Nevada
- Abstract: "Drill hole UCe-18 was successfully logged with the U.S. Geological Survey-La Coste Romberg borehole gravity meter to a depth of 6,488 feet. That density increases with depth is apparent in both the alluvium and volcanic rock. The in situ density of the alluvium measured by the gravity meter ranges from 1.77 to 2.34 gm/cc; the lake beds beneath the alluvium have a density of 2.22 gm/cc; and the rhyolitic rocks range in density from 2.26 to 2.47 gm/cc. The average density determined from the borehole gravity meter data for the alluvium plus the lake beds is 2.22 gm/cc and for the volcanic rocks is 2.35 gm/cc."
- Borehole Gravity Meter Observations in Drill Hole Ue19n, Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site
- This report presents the gravity data of drill hole Ue19n at the Nevada Test Site.
- Characterization of the Resin Fraction from Various Low-Temperature Tar Pitches
- From Introduction: "In connection with the overall research by the Bureau of Mines on the nature of coal and its products, and extensive investigation was conducted on the composition of the resins from pitch of low-temperature tar. The pitch resin is that material in pitch or tar that is insoluble in saturated hydrocarbon solvents. It varies in appearance from a dark brown semisolid to a black, granular solid."
- Civil Defense Research Project Annual Progress Report: March 1966 - March 1967
- Report containing the results of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's research relating to civil defense.
- Colors of Signal Lights: Their Selection, Definition, Measurement, Production, and Use
- Report discussing the selection, specifications, and use of signal-light colors. It discusses the nature of the problem, and the mathematical representation, recognition, production, control, and use of such colors. The characteristics of different types of chromaticity boundaries and the purpose and effect of the requirement for similarity of chromaticity characteristics are given special consideration. The treatment is varied according to the intended use. The discussion of the control of colors and the section on the use of colors are nontechnical, whereas the section on the production of signal colors is designed for the colorimetrist who is faced with the problem of selecting limit filters or drafting a specification.
- Conceptual Design Study of a One Million Gallon Per Day MSM Desalination Plant-Replacement for Demonstration Plant No. 2 at Point Loma, San Diego, California
- From foreward: "This is another of a series of reports designed to present accounts of progress on saline water conversion with the expectation that the exhange of such data will contribute to the long range development of economical processes applicable to large scale desalination plants for conversion of sea and other saline waters." This particular report describes various aspects of a demonstration plant in San Diego, California.
- Copper Mosses as Indicators of Metal Concentrations
- A report that analyses samples of copper mosses and their substrates and compares these analyses with those published elsewhere.
- Development Report Number 5: Saline Water Conversion Demonstration Plant Number 1, Freeport, Texas
- Report regarding plant productivity of Saline Water Conversion Demonstration Plant Number 1. Two developmental trail runs are discussed, including their objectives, results, and a summary of the findings.
- Development Report Number 6: Saline Water Conversion Demonstration Plant Number 1, Freeport, Texas
- Report regarding the eighth Development Run of Saline Water Conversion Demonstration Plant Number 1. Primary objectives include studying "various aspects of heat transfer and water treatment and their effect on the Multiple-Effect Long-Tube-Vertical Evaporation Process" (p. 1).
- Dictionary of Alaska Place Names
- Introduction: This work is an alphabetical list of the geographic names that are now applied and have been applied to to places and features of the Alaska Landscape.
- Earth Vibrations from a Nuclear Explosion in a Salt Dome
- The following report presents data from the SALMON experiment, an experiment made to study the mechanics of a tamped nuclear detonation in a salt dome in terms of generated shock waves as they are propagated out of the dome and progressively through the crust and mantle of the earth. This experiment was made in the Tatum salt dome, Mississippi, October 22, 1964.
- Economic Effects of Mineral Content in Municipal Water Supplies
- Report describing the application of conventional cost experience to physical features of source of supply, treatment, pumping, transmission, distribution, and storage for community water supply sources. Some costs due to readily removable water quality characteristics like suspended solids, color, taste, and order are measurable, as are other conventional costs of operation and maintenance. Other costs related to an excess of dissolved solids, however, tend to be unknown and are the subject of this study.
- The Economics of a Regional Municipal Desalting System in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas
- Report containing the results of a study of the costs of a large-scale desalting system that served an inter-municipal area in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
- The Economics of Desalting Brackish Waters for Regional, Municipal and Industrial Water Supply in West Texas
- "This report presents the results of a study of the preliminary feasibility and economics of desalting brackish waters for municipal and industrial watter supply in candidate regions of West Texas" (p. ii).
- Effects of Finite Lattice Heat Capacity on Spin Lattice Relaxation: Theory and Numerical Analysis
- Report discussing the transient magnetic behavior of a paramagnetic substance, after an initial disturbance, considered theoretically for a variety of situations in which the lattice temperature rises as a result of energy flow from the magnetic (electron spin) system. Next, the opposite extreme is considered - that in which the resonant and remaining modes are totally uncoupled. Finally, there is a consideration of the case of spins coupled only to the resonant phonons, which in turn are coupled to a constant temperature bath, whether this be the helium or the remaining modes.
- Entrainment Carbonization of Texas Lignite
- From Abstract: "This bulletin is a detailed study of low-temperature, entrained-bed carbonization of a Texas lignite. The lignite was from the Sandow strip mine and is representative of the Rockdale formation of the Wilcox formational group.
- Equipment Components for Large Evaporator Plants: A Summary Report
- Report issued by the Office of Saline Water over studies conducted on equipment needed at seawater distillation plants. Each equipment component is discussed in detail. This report includes tables, illustrations, and a photograph.
- Evaluation of Brine Desulfating Process As Applied To Desalination Phase 1
- Report issued by the Office of Saline Water over studies conducted on the desulfating process at desalination plants. As stated in the introduction, "the explicit purpose of this study is to determine whether or not application of the feed-water desulfating process to the feed to a desalting plant will reduce the overall cost of desalted water" (p. 1). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
- Evaluation of Liquid-Liquid Heat Transfer for Large-Scale Desalination
- Report evaluating the possibility of eliminating corrodible metallic heat transfer surfaces from sea water desalination streams, using direct-contact liquid-liquid heat transfer instead.
- Experimental Investigation of Direct Freeze Separation Process Using Refrigerant R-C318 (Octafluorocyclobutane)
- Report concerning the possible use of octafluorocyclobutane, R-C318, being used in the direct freezing process as a means of extracting fresh water from sea water. Topics include using R-C318 to make ice, flash precooling, design of a small direct freezing pilot plant using R-C318, and related economic studies.
- The Expulsion of Liquid from a Rapidly Heated Channel
- Report documenting experiments in order to determine the "behavior of a partially confined liquid in contact with a rapidly heated surface" (p. 7). These liquids include water, methanol, ethylene bromide, and acetone.
- Geologic Map of Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada
- This report summarizes the geological features of the Pahute Mesa map in the Nevada Test Site.
- Geologic Map of the Dead Horse Flat Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada
- The following report provides a geological map of the Deadhorse Flat quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada.
- Geological Reconnaissance of the Sulphur River and Cypress Creek Basins, Texas
- This report is concerned with that part of the Texas Water Project located in the Cypress Creek and Sulphur River Basins and within the New Orleans District (NOD) of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. The geological reconnaissance reported herein was performed for the NOD to provide a basis for estimating costs and determining the feasibility of construction of 5 dams and reservoirs, 1 tunnel, 15 pump stations, and about 110 miles of transmission channel and the enlargement of 2 existing reservoirs.
- Geology and Geophysical Field Measurements for the Midi Mist Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nevada
- The following report summarizes the geological and geophysical studies made on the rocks of the Midi Mist site in the Area-12 tunnel complex of the Nevada Test Site. The data was needed to determine whether the rock met the technical criteria of the nuclear experiment.
- Geophysical and Geologic Field Measurements for the U12n.03 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nevada
- This report summarizes results on surveys taken by the U.S. Geological Survey made to determine the seismic velocity, electrical resistivity, and preliminary geology of rock in the U12n.03 tunnel, Nevada Test Site.
- Geophysical and Geologic Field Measurements for the U16a.04 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nevada with a Discussion of Geophysical Measurements in Horizontal Holes
- This report summarizes the results of the U.S. Geological Survey geophysical and geological studies of the rock in the U16a.04 tunnel in the Nevada Test Site.
- Geophysical Field Measurements for the U12e.10 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, with a Discussion on the Generation of Shear Waves
- The following report summarizes the geophysical studies of the rocks made in the U12e.10 tunnel of the Nevada Test Site.
- Handbook of Mathematical Functions With Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables
- A handbook of mathematical functions that is designed to provide scientific investigations with a comprehensive and self-contained summary of the mathematical functions that arise in physical and engineering problems.
- A Hybrid-Computer Program for Transient Temperature Calculations on TREAT Fast Reactor Safety Experiments
- Report issued by the Argonne National Laboratory discussing a computer program used for fast reactor safety experiments. As stated in the summary, "this report gives a detailed description of a hybrid-computer program for calculating temperatures in a multi-region, axisymmetric, cylindrical configuration consisting of solid materials bounded by flowing coolant. Included is an explanation of the mathematical methods, together with a discussion of special features, input-output descriptions, and several sample problems" (p. 7). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
- Identification of Distillable Paraffins, Olefins, Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Neutral Heterocyclics from A Low-Temperature Bituminous Coal Tar
- Report discussing an extensive characterization on the neutral oil components in a low-temperature bituminous coal tar. A total of 133 individual compounds was identified with respect to individual isomers and at least 55 other compounds were indicated to be present. Comparisons and descriptions of the compounds are presented.
- Instrumentation and Controls Division Annual Progress Report for the Period Ending September 1, 1966
- Report issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory discussing annual progress made by the Instrumentation and Controls Division during 1966. Descriptions of progress and studies conducted are presented. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
- International Geophysical Year Oceanographic Program of the Argentine Republic
- The report is about the geophysical year oceanographic program of the Argentine Republic.
- International Symposium on Developments in Irradiation Capsule Technology: Held at Pleasanton, California, May 3-5, 1966
- Assembled papers regarding advances in irradiation capsule technology.
- Legibility of Alphanumeric Characters and Other Symbols: 2. A Reference Handbook
- Major psychological findings and data in the field of the legibility of alphanumeric characters and other symbols.
- Low Temperature Mechanical Properties Of Copper and Selected Copper Alloys: A Compilation From the Literature
- From Abstract: "In the past 60 years considerable data have been accumulated concerning the mechanical properties of copper and its alloys.It was felt that there was great need to adequately document these results in one publication. Therefore a unique type of compilation is presented. The compilation is divided into four parts. The first section is intended for quick reference use for those who are interested in average values. The second section includes data from most of the investigators who have published results on the mechanical properties of copper and its alloys. The third section is composed of tables classifying the investigations which were not in section two. The fourth section section lists, in alphabetical order, all references used."
- Microwave Attenuation Standards and Measurements
- Report discussing microwave attenuation measurement methods and standards. In addition, a relatively new and more precise way of representing and analyzing an attenuation measurement is presented. This in turn permits more rigorous definitions and error analyses than were previously possible. The referral of microwave attenuation measurements to standards operating at lower frequencies is discussed with particular attention to the errors in the referral processes as well as the errors in the standards themselves. Desirable characteristics are listed for attenuators which are suitable for calibration. Measurement methods are classified and described. Comments are made on the accuracy and convenience of various methods, and references are given which cover most of the basic and important research in this field. Key words: Microwave, attenuation, measurements, standards, tutorial.
- Moisture-Strength Characteristics of Selected Soils in Thailand, Volume 1: Analysis and Application of Data
- Partial summary: "Soil moisture, soil strength, and other relevant data were collected in Thailand during two wet seasons and one dry season for use in the development of methods to predict soil trafficability for off-road ground contact vehicles in Southeast Asia. Data were collected at 75 test sites distributed in eight geographic areas which had differences in soils, weather regimes, terrain, and land use" (p. xi).
- Optical Properties of Coals and Graphite
- From Abstract: "Optical Properties of U.S. coals of differing rank have been investigated by the Bureau of Mines for about 20 years. These investigations have been made to further the development of an objective basis for petrographic analysis of coal and to add knowledge of the structure and composition of coal and coal components by determining their optical constants in various regions of electromagnetic spectrum."
- Preliminary Design of a Diesel-Powered Vapor-Compression Plant for Evaporation of Seawater
- From Introduction and Objectives: "This report presents a preliminary analysis of a 2.04-Mgd distillation plant which provides a distinct potential for reducing water production costs to about $0.65 per 1000 gallons."