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Proceedings of the Eighth DOE Solar Photochemistry Research Conference Held at Interlaken Conference Center, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, June 11-14, 1984

Description: These annual meetings bring together contractors of the Division of Chemical Sciences in its basic research program on solar photochemical energy conversion to exchange information and to give interested government officials an opportunity to assess the current status of the program. This year's meeting was joined by 12 Canadian scientists with similar interests in solar photochemistry. This volume contains the program of the meeting, a list of attendees, the abstracts of 29 formal presentation… more
Date: November 1984
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory
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Materials Technology for Coal-Conversion Processes Quarterly Report: April-June 1979

Description: Quarterly report on the activities of the Argonne National Laboratory Materials Science Division regarding economical conversion of coal into clean and usable fuels through the use of durable materials systems. This project is designed to provide part of the materials information necessary for successful operation of coal-conversion systems.
Date: November 1979
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Materials Science Division.
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Mathematics and Computer Science Division Five-Year Plan, 1986 - 1991

Description: This report sets forth the plans for the Mathematics and Computer Science Division during the next five years. These plans build on the Division's strong research programs in applied analysis, computational mathematics, software methodology, and advanced computing. The report addresses five major issues: research programs, research environment, dissemination of research techniques, initiatives, and resource projections.
Date: November 1986
Creator: Argonne National Laboratory. Mathematics and Computer Science Division.
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Nuclear Waste Programs Semiannual Progress Report: October 1991-March 1992

Description: This document reports on the work done by the Nuclear Waste Programs of the Chemical Technology Division (CMT), Argonne National Laboratory, in the period October 1991-March 1992. In these programs, studies are underway on the performance of waste glass and spent fuel in projected nuclear repository conditions to provide input to the licensing of the nation's high-level waste repositories.
Date: November 1993
Creator: Bates, John K.
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Review and Evaluation of Extractants for Strontium Removal Using Magnetically Assisted Chemical Separation

Description: A literature review on extractants for strontium removal was initially performed at Northern Illinois University to assess their potential in magnetically assisted chemical separation. A series of potential strontium extractants was systematically evaluated there using radioanalytical methods. Initial experiments were designed to test the uptake of strontium from nitric acid using several samples of magnetic extractant particles that were coated with various crown ether ligands. High partition … more
Date: November 1995
Creator: Bauer, C. B.; Rogers, R. D.; Nuñez, Luis; Ziemer, M. D.; Pleune, T. T. & Vandegrift, G. F.
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Design-Development and Operation of the Experimental Boiling-Water Reactor (EBWR) Facility, 1955--1967

Description: The Experimental Boiling-Water Reactor (EBWR) was designed, built, and operated to provide experience and engineering data that would demonstrate the feasibility of the direct-cycle, boiling-water reactor and be applicable to improved, larger nuclear power stations; and was based on information obtained in the first test boiling-water reactors, the BORAX series. EBWR initially produced 20 MW(t), 5 MW(e); later modified and upgraded, as described and illustrated, it was operated at up to 100 MW(… more
Date: November 1990
Creator: Boing, L. E.; Wimunc, E. A. & Whittington, G. A.
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Soluble Poisons in Reactor Control

Description: Theoretical and experimental investigations of the use of soluble poisons (neutron absorbers) to supplement mechanical control rods are summarized. Experimental evaluation of poisons of interest includes in-pile and out-of-pile tests simulating anticipated reactor operating conditions. Other phases of the investigation included methods of poison injection, removal, and cleanup of poison-diluted reactor systems, as well as studies to evaluate possible application of soluble poison control in exi… more
Date: November 1955
Creator: Breden, Calvin Rudolph, 1901-; Brown, W. S. & Sivetz, M.
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A Review of Dynamic Characteristics of Magnetically Levitated Vehicle Systems

Description: The dynamic response of magnetically levitated (maglev) ground transportation systems has important consequences for safety and ride quality, guideway design, and system costs. Ride quality is determined by vehicle response and by environmental factors such as humidity and noise. The dynamic response of the vehicles is the key element in determining ride quality, while vehicle stability is an important safety-related element. To design a guideway that provides acceptable ride quality in the sta… more
Date: November 1995
Creator: Cai, Y. & Chen, Shoei-Sheng
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A Systematic Analysis of the Spectra of Trivalent Actinide Chlorides in D3h Site Symmetry

Description: The optical spectra of actinide ions in the compound AnCl₃ and doped into single crystal LaCl₃ were interpreted in terms of transitions within 5f{sup N} configurations. Energy-level calculations were carried out using an effective operator Hamiltonian, the parameters of which were determined by fitting experimental data. Atomic and crystal-field matrices were diagonalized simultaneously assuming an approximate D{sub 3h} site symmetry. The spectroscopic data were taken from the literature but in… more
Date: November 1989
Creator: Carnall, W. T.
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IPNS: a National Facility for Condensed Matter Research

Description: This report has been prepared to present a summary description of the Intense Pulsed Neutron System (IPNS). The principal purpose of the document is to assemble the relevant information in a concise and integrated format so that the scientific community and others interested can obtain an accurate impression of the IPNS facilities and their intended purpose. The background and technology for pulsed neutron sources are summarized.
Date: November 1978
Creator: Carpenter, J. M.; Price, D. L. & Swanson, N. J.
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On the Unsteady-Motion Theory of Magnetic Forces for Maglev

Description: Motion-dependent magnetic forces are the key elements in the study of magnetically levitated vehicle (maglev) system dynamics. In the past, most maglevsystem designs were based on a quasisteady-motion theory of magnetic forces. This report presents an experimental and analytical study that will enhance our understanding of the role of unsteady-motion-dependent magnetic forces and demonstrate an experimental technique that can be used to measure those unsteady magnetic forces directly. The exper… more
Date: November 1993
Creator: Chen, Shoei-Sheng; Zhu, S. & Cai, Y.
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Physical and Mechanical Properties of Some Aluminum-Lithium Alloys

Description: The results of this study are tabulated in Summary Tables A and B below. For the most part, these values were read from smoothed curves drawn thru the plotted experimental data. The values for aluminum (i.e., 0 w/o Li) were taken from the 1948 Edition of the ASM Metals Handbook. The room temperature properties are reported for lithium contents of 0, 3.5, 7 and 10 weight per cent. In the case of the high temperature properties, there were insufficient data to allow extrapolation and interpolatio… more
Date: November 18, 1952
Creator: Chiswik, H. H.; Lehrer, W. M. & Rideout, S. P.
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Using a Transfer Function to Describe the Load-Balancing Problem

Description: The dynamic load-balancing problem for mesh-connected parallel computers can be clearly described by introducing a function that identifies how much work is to be transmitted between neighboring processors. This function is a solution to an elliptic problem for which a wealth of knowledge exists. The non-uniqueness of the solution to the load-balancing problem is made explicit.
Date: November 1993
Creator: Conley, Andrew J.
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LCLSQ: An Implementation of an Algorithm for Linearly Constrained Linear Least-Squares Problems

Description: This report describes the implementation of an algorithm of Stoer and Schittkowski for solving linearly constrained linear least-squares problems. These problems arise in many areas, particularly in data fitting where a model is provided and parameters in the model are selected to be a best least-squares fit to known experimental observations. By adding constraints to the least-squares fit, one can force user-specified properties on the parameters selected. The algorithm used applies a numerica… more
Date: November 1980
Creator: Crane, Roger L.; Garbow, B. S.; Hillstrom, Kenneth E. & Minkoff, Michael
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Fluctuation Analysis of Fast Reactor Safety Experiments in TREAT

Description: Statistical fluctuations of measured signals about their mean are related to physical processes in fuel-failure experiments. Signal variance, correlation, and spectral density are shown to be sensitive measures to instrument response characteristics, of flow-blockage formation, and of boiling phenomena. This sensitivity is demonstrated by a series of examples that use test data from the E6, E7, and L5 experiments. A mathematical model of the Mark-II loop is developed to predict both the mean an… more
Date: November 1978
Creator: Doerner, R. C.; Meek, C. C.; Hurt, R. F. & Pekarsky, M. I.
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Class Notes for a PL/I Course

Description: Presented here are notes for a course in PL/I. They might serve as a guide to those who are developing a course, or as class notes for that course. They might be useful as a textbook independent of any course; as such a textbook, however, they are not self-contained because of the built-in assumption that they will supplement lectures and be accompanied by manuals. Very nearly the full language is taught here, with the emphasis on concepts rather than practical details. Discussion of I/O is avo… more
Date: November 1975
Creator: Dritz, Kenneth W.
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Proceedings of the Workshop on Compilation of (Symbolic) Languages for Parallel Computers : Held October 31 - November 1, 1991, San Diego, CA

Description: This report comprises the abstracts and papers for the talks presented at the Workshop on Compilation of (Symbolic) Languages for Parallel Computers, held October 31 - November 1, 1991, in San Diego. These unrefereed contributions were provided by the participants for the purpose of this workshop; many of them will be published elsewhere in peer-reviewed conferences and publications.
Date: November 1991
Creator: Foster, Ian & Tick, Evan
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Early Experiences with the IBM SP1 and the High-Performance Switch

Description: The IBM SP1 is IBM`s newest parallel distributed-memory computer. As part of a joint project with IBM, Argonne took delivery of an early system in order to evaluate the software environment and to begin porting programming packages and applications to this machine. This report discusses the results of those efforts once the high-performance switch was installed. An earlier report (ANL/MCS-TM-177) emphasized software usability and the initial ports to the SP1. This report contains performance re… more
Date: November 1993
Creator: Gropp, William
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