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LMFR-9 Static Corrosion Behavior of Materials in Bismuth and Uranium-Bismuth Solution at 550°C

Description: Report issued by the Brookhaven National Laboratory discussing corrosion behaviors of materials in bismuth. As stated in the introduction, "this report will present the details of the corrosion testing and the results obtained to date on materials tested under static conditions in bismuth media" (p. 1). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Atherton, J. E.; Kammerer, O. F.; Klamut, C. J. & Sadofsky, J.
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Gamma Ray Polymerization of Acrylamide in the Solid State

Description: The polymerization of vinyl monomers can be initiated by heat, ultraviolet radiation, and various catalysts. More recently, ionizing radiation has been shown to effectively initiate vinyl polymerization. However, polymerization in the solid state by ionizing radiation is not reported in the literature, although several papers have been published that describe briefly the thermal polymerization of divinyldiphenyl, Leuch's anhydride and in greater detail the peroxide catalyzed polymerization of a… more
Date: January 15, 1954
Creator: Mesrobian, Robert, B.; Ander, Paul; Ballantine, David, S. & Dienes, G. J.
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LMFR Progress Letter for February 1954

Description: In a third run with the fluorine torch, the settling chamber wells were kept hotter than before (≥ 625°C); the flame was cooled by diluting the fluorine with helium. In the analysis of the products, 99% of the thorium fluoride fed in was accounted for, but only 64% of the protactinium activity. Part of this was carried in the exhaust gases past the cold trap and into the soda line disposal column, where it was detected by survey meters. The stripping of protactinium from the solid was somewhat … more
Date: March 10, 1954
Creator: Miles, F. T.
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LMFR Progress Letter for March 1954

Description: Summary of miscellaneous updates related to the project. This includes information on the following: the declassification of a relevant paper, solubility measurements, static corrosion tests, various other tests involving bismuth, magnesium, uranium, protactinium, and thorium.
Date: April 15, 1954
Creator: Miles, F. T.
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LMFR Progress Letter for April 1954

Description: Summary of miscellaneous updates related to the project. This includes information on the following. Simplified equations for modeling reactor conditions. Solubility tests involving thorium, bismuth, and protactinium. various other measurements and tests involving thorium, uranium, protactinium, bismuth, aluminum, and various other salts.
Date: May 21, 1954
Creator: Miles, F. T.
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Diffraction Studies of Possible Ordering in α-brass

Description: Recently, there has been some evidence to point to possible ordering in the α-brasses. Masumoto et al. have concluded from their specific heat measurements that there is a possibility of ordering in the α-brasses. In particular they observed an anomaly in the specific heat curves for the α-brasses for the temperature range from 200 to 260°C and explained these results upon the basis of a change in local or short range order in α-brasses at these temperatures. In connection with the study of rad… more
Date: March 29, 1954
Creator: Keating, David, T.
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The Role of Internal Conversion in the Study of Isomeric Transitions

Description: A short review of the field of internal conversions. Isomeric transitions teach us many details of nuclear structure. In these studies electromagnetic theory is considered as a "tool". It is a quite quantitative tool in the case of "internal conversion" - a phenomenon which has been widely studied for many years. Internal conversion takes place in competition with γ-ray emission: a fraction of the nuclei in excited states decay by γ-ray emission, the remaining fraction by transferring the energ… more
Date: June 24, 1954
Creator: Goldhaber, M.
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The Experimental Application of Neutron Capture Therapy to Glioblastoma Multiforme

Description: The rapid development of the field of atomic energy during the past few years now permits the exploration of applications to medicine involving new concepts in the treatment of cancer. One such has been the study of neutron capture therapy which is being developed at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Date: July 26, 1954
Creator: Farr, Lee, E., M. D.
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Paper for Glasgow Conference on Nuclear Physics: Cosmotron Production of Heavy Mesons

Description: One might expect that the Cosmotron would offer certain advantages over cosmic rays for the study of heavy unstable particles; provided, of course, that it can produce them. In the first place, the conditions under which they are produced could be controlled to a considerably greater extent. In the second place, it might be possible to arrange conditions under which they would be observed more abundantly, an actual beam of heavy mesons being the ideal situation.
Date: July 1954
Creator: Thorndike, A. M.
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The Nuclear Reactor with a Transverse Air Gap

Description: Diffusion theory and transport theory approaches to the problem of a nuclear reactor with a transverse air gap are compared. It is suggested that the differences in results for thin gaps is due to the fact that diffusion theory does not adequately represent the flux distribution in the immediate vicinity of the gap. For mathematical conveniences previous treatments of the gap problem have made use of fictitious image piles which exaggerate the neutron losses. The extent of the error is estimate… more
Date: August 24, 1954
Creator: Chernick, J. & Kaplan, I.
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Abstract for the Glasgow Meeting - "International Conference on Nuclear Physics": Gamma Transitions and the Shell Model

Description: The study of the interaction of the electromagnetic field with nuclei has proved very fruitful for the elucidation of many details of nuclear structure. The γ-ray transitions observed in either absorption or emission can be divided into three classes, depending on whether the matrix elements of the transition are (1) much larger, (2) approximately equal or (3) much smaller than those expected for single proton transitions which are usually taken as a norm. In class (1) we find (a) the broad tra… more
Date: July 1954
Creator: Goldhaber, M.
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Boiling Burnout Newsletter No.1

Description: Preliminary data are enclosed in Tables I, II, II, IV, V, and VI. Tables I to V are data for round nickel tubes in a vertical and inclined (45°) position. Table VI contains some preliminary data for nickel rectangular channels (0.060" and 0.050" spacings) in a vertical position.
Date: December 1, 1954
Creator: Rickard, Corwin L.
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