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Determination of Cholesterol Digitonide with Anthrone

Description: A new colorimetric method for the determination of cholesterol has been investigated. It makes use of the relatively stable green color given by a purified digitonin precipitate with the anthrone reagent of Dreywood. Equal precision can be obtained with the new method using 1/10 or less of the quantity of material required for present colorimetric methods.
Date: September 4, 1952
Creator: Sutton, Elisabeth & Nims, L. F.
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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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An Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Subcritical BNL Reactor

Description: Technical report outlining the theoretical study of the sub-critical BNL (Brookhaven National Laboratory) reactor, and a comparison of reactor performance with the purpose of presenting the experimental results of the experimental methods. Presents experimental results and and a detailed discussion of the experimental methods along with theoretical analysis and evaluation of the results.
Date: June 15, 1950
Creator: Cwernick, J.; Kaplan, I.; Kunstadter, J.; Sailor, V. & Williams, C.
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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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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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Irradiation Effects on 2S Aluminum

Description: As a result of unreported information, it was suspected by some people that a change in dimension was experienced by 2S Aluminum due to a sudden change in neutron flux impinging on it. This was thought to be of the order of 500 microinches per inch in magnitude. Such an effect, if present, could help explain some of the creep phenomena reported lately (i.e. change in creep rate due to cyclotron bombardment.)
Date: April 5, 1951
Creator: Cook, H. C.
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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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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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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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Measurements of Water Lattices

Description: A series of measurements of ε in slightly enriched uranium, light water lattices is presently under way at Brookhaven. Figure 1 shows ε as a function of water-to-metal ratio for .600" diameter rods, of 1.3% enrichment. Because of interaction between neighboring groups of rods, ε increases rapidly as the water-to-metal ratio decreases.
Date: July 20, 1953
Creator: Kouts, Herbert & Chernick, Jack
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Memorandum

Description: We have recently completed measurement of resonance escape probability in the BNL reactor and in several slightly-enriched uranium light water moderated lattices. In addition, WAPD has made available to us data from other slightly enriched uranium-water lattices, so that about 18 lattices in all have been done.
Date: June 25, 1956
Creator: Sher, R.
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Microclimatology at Brookhaven

Description: The meteorological control program developed at Brookhaven National Laboratory requires some simple means of classifying atmospheric turbulence so that the dispersion of cooling air from the nuclear reactor may be measured and forecast on a routine basis. The first approach to the problem, was based on the variations of horizontal wind direction as measured by a standard Bendix-Friez Aerovane mounted 355 ft. above ground. The time interval used was one hour. The original system has proven satis… more
Date: 1952
Creator: Singer, Irving, A. & Smith, Maynard, E.
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Neutron Capture Gamma Ray Spectra

Description: A series of measurements was performed to investigate the gamma ray spectra, in the region from about 100 kev to about 3 Mev, resulting from the capture of thermal neutrons in a number of elements. The purpose of the experiment was to supplement the high energy capture gamma ray data in order to remove some of the ambiguities from the proposed energy level schemes and to obtain information for the Shielding Group of Brookhaven National Laboratory on elements normally found in reactors.
Date: November 1, 1953
Creator: Reier, Melvin
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Neutron Streaming Through Boundaries in a Mock-Up of the SIR Rotating Plug

Description: This report is a summary of the neutron attenuation data which have been obtained at the Brookhaven shielding facility on a mock-up of the fuel-rod-unloading plug used in the KAPL Reactor. Before this program was initiated, a number of small scale tests had been made in the ORNL lid tank on carbon steel mock-ups of components of the rotating plug. The results of the tests indicated considerable neutron streaming through the vertical steel and air members of the plug. However, the lid tank sourc… more
Date: March 25, 1953
Creator: Kouts, Herbert, J. C.; Pratt, William, W.; Schamberger, Robert, D.; Shore, Ferdinand, J.; Sleeper, Harvey, P., Jr. & Susskind, Herbert
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The Ninth and Tenth Annealing of the Graphite Moderator Structure in the BNL Reactor

Description: The cooling of the graphite was started by increasing the fan load and reducing reactor power. This change was accompanied by a temporary increase in exit air temperature, stack activity and some graphite temperatures. Although unexpected at the time, each change can be explained in terms of the change in air flow rate. There were no other unusual conditions noted during the operation. Temperature traverses through the graphite structure in various channels and at various times during the annea… more
Date: 1959
Creator: Powell, R. W. & Oeborne, C. L.
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Non-Overload Amplifiers

Description: Report issued by the Brookhaven National Laboratory discussing non-overload amplifiers, including features, performance, and improvements of amplifiers. This report includes illustrations, and photographs, as well as errata at the end of the report.
Date: April 1, 1953
Creator: Higinbotham, W. A.
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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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