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Memorandum Listing the Areas in Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico that are Geologically Favorable for Developing Large Reserves of Vanadium Ore by Prospecting

Description: Introduction: Vanadium ore is being mined at many places in western Colorado, southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, and northwestern New Mexico (fig. 1). Eight mills in this region produced about 4,300,000 pounds of V2 05 in 1942, representing about 90 percent of the vanadium obtained from domestic sources. Although ore production has mostly exceeded mill capacity since 1937, production during the last half of 1942 averaged only about 19,000 tons or ore a month, whereas the capacity of these… more
Date: April 10, 1943
Creator: Fischer, R. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report on Reserves and Production Situation of Vanadiferous and Related Ores in Colorado Plateau Region

Description: From introduction: The general distribution of known deposits of vanadium-bearing sandstone, which also contain some uranium and radium, is shown in figure 1 1/ and Exhibit A, plate 53. 2/ During 1939-41 the Geological Survey made detailed geological studies of these deposits in the Uravan district, Montrose County, Colorado, as well as preliminary examinations in other parts of the Colorado Plateau vanadium region. In 1942 detailed geological studies were made o the deposits in the Egnar-Slick… more
Date: October 10, 1943
Creator: Fischer, Richard P. & Stokes, William Lee
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metallurgical Laboratory, Chemical Research - Radiation Chemistry, Report for the Month Ending May 15, 1943

Description: Technical report that information has bee obtained on the effect of beta and gamma radiation on the electrical resistance of insulating materials The results are summarized. The recovery to original resistance values has been measured. In general, the initial rate is rapid for the first few hours; the rate then decreases sharply. Certain samples show evidence of complete recovery. Effects on mechanical properties of several plastics has also been studied. Data on gas evolution from severa… more
Date: May 15, 1943
Creator: Franck, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Polarographic Determination of Uranium in Dust Samples

Description: Abstract: "Samples of dust are collected from the atmosphere with a Mine Safety Appliance Co. electrostatic precipitator and analyzed for uranium by means of a dropping mercury electrode apparatus. Two to three micrograms of uranium can be detected in a cell solution volume of 1 ml. Iron, nickel and chromium present in shop dusts do not interfere. Copper may interfere if present in excess but may be removed by a sulfide precipitation. Directions for preparation of cell solution and operation of… more
Date: August 30, 1943
Creator: Smith, Stanton B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Studies on the Electrolytic Reduction of Nitric Acid

Description: Report discussing the reduction of nitric acid that results from its use at the cathode for the electrolysis of uranyl nitrate. From introduction: "It is the purpose of this report to give the results of studies on the reduction of nitric acid of different concentrations, at different types of electrodes, and for various current densities in order to ascertain the effects of such changes."
Date: March 27, 1943
Creator: Hamer, Walter J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Vapor Phase Hydrolysis of the Trichlorides of Lanthanum, Praseodymium, Samarium, and Americium

Description: The following report studies the reactions of vapor phase hydrolysis of the trichlorides of lanthanum, praseodymium, samarium, and americium with gas mixtures of HCl and H2O passing over the solid materials mounted on a cantilever-type quartz fiber microbalance. This report calculates the values of the heats and entropies of the reactions, as well as the heat formation of LaCl3, 1254.9 kcal mol-(-1) that was obtained by determining the heat of the solution of La metal in 1.5M HCl.
Date: 1943
Creator: Broido, Abraham
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Neutron Measurements with Cadmium Coated Chambers

Description: The following report discusses measurements for slow and fast neutrons from cadmium coated ionization chambers.
Date: September 30, 1943
Creator: Wilson, H. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiation Chemistry: The Chemical Effects of Radiation on Matter

Description: Lecture notes from a training program. "It is the function of the section on radiation chemistry to determine the effects of all radiations and high energy particles produced under the various operating conditions on all the materials which will be exposed to them."
Date: May 3, 1943
Creator: Burton, Milton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Toxicity of Fluorine

Description: The following report discusses the toxicity of fluorine as described in literature on fluorine intoxication and case studies of Roholm's experimental observations.
Date: 1943
Creator: Ferry, J. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Diffusion Length and the Utilization of Thermal Neutrons in a Heterogeneous Pile

Description: Abstract: "An accurate calculation is given for the quantity which corresponds to the diffusion length in the theory of the pile. The procedure is to establish a relationship between the diffusion length and the change in thermal utilization from a pile with infinite sides to one with sides of a finite length. The calculation of this change in the thermal utilization is then carried through. Approximation to the answer and numerically exact calculations are given in the report. The results show… more
Date: October 6, 1943
Creator: Plass, Gilbert N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Optimum Design of Catalytic Towers

Description: Abstract: "This paper gives an arithmetic method of computing the number of sections required in a catalytic tower to produce a given enrichment. It also tells how to calculate the enrichment of a tower with a given number of sections. The problem of the most economical design of catalytic towers is solved. Methods are given for determining the temperature, the efficiencies of catalyst beds and strippers, the relative production rate, and the water vapor-hydrogen gas ratio which give the optimu… more
Date: March 13, 1943
Creator: Mayer, Harris
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Memorandum on Uranium Ore Processing

Description: The following memorandum discusses experiments and methods to recover uranium from Colorado-Utah sandstone and leaving the vanadium in the tails, improving filterability.
Date: November 19, 1943
Creator: Brimm, E. O. & Gailey, A. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimentation on the Extraction of Uranium from Western Ores

Description: The following report supplements a previous report by E.R. Saunders and M. C. Carosella and a report by A. J. Gailey and E. O. Brimm based around the same subject. This report describes a number of tests in which leaching temperatures of 115 and 125 C were tried for the extractions of uranium from western ores.
Date: December 27, 1943
Creator: Saunders, E. R. & Carosella, M. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimentation on the Extraction of Uranium from Western Ores by Leaching with Sodium Carbonate and Sodium Bicarbonate

Description: Purpose: "The purpose of the following experiments was to obtain data on the selective extraction of uranium over vanadiur from samples of vanadium ores by leaching with sodium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate solutions, with the object of establishing the time, temperature, and concentration conditions necessary for satisfactory extractions."
Date: December 3, 1943
Creator: Saunders, E. R. & Carosella, M. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Leakage of Neutrons from a Heterogeneous Pile

Description: Abstract: "The leakage of neutrons from a heterogenous pile with finite aides is calculated developing the method used in CP-992. The change in the fraction of neutrons absorbed by the moderator is obtained using the results of the calculation of the leakage."
Date: December 27, 1943
Creator: Plass, Gilbert N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Time Variation of Percent Distribution of Fission Activity in Bombarded Uranyl Nitrate

Description: "In this report are presented three figures which show how the relative activities (expressed as percentages of total activity) of the individual fission elements (produced by neutron bombardment of uranyl nitrate) vary with cooling time."
Date: May 19, 1943
Creator: Brady, E. L. & Coryell, Charles D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Improved Directions for the Preparation of X(OC₂H₅)₅

Description: The following report was written to replace previous directions submitted in the February 6, 1943 report on the preparation of the solution X(OC₂H₅)₅.
Date: April 12, 1943
Creator: Gilman, Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Production of Uranium Metal by Metal Hydrides Incorporated

Description: Synopsis: Metal Hydrides Incorporated was a pioneer in the production of uranium metal on a commercial scale and supplied it to all the laboratories interested in the original research, before other methods for its production were developed. Metal Hydrides Inc. supplied the major part of the metal for the construction of the first experimental pile which, on December 2, 1942, demonstrated the feasibility of the self-sustaining chain reaction and the release of atomic energy.
Date: 1943
Creator: Alexander, P. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Improved Directions for the Preparation of X(OC₂H₅)₅

Description: This report was written to replace the directions submitted on April 12, 1943 with improved directions for the preparation of chemical solution X(OC₂H₅)₅.
Date: November 20, 1943
Creator: Gilman, Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fluorocarbons : Final Report on O.S.R.D. Research at Purdue University

Description: This report follows research done at the Purdue Research Foundation and Department of Chemistry on fluorocarbons done by the Office of Scientific Research and Development.
Date: July 1943
Creator: McBee, Earl Thurston
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Possible New Volatile Compound of Uranium

Description: A report discussing a possible new volatile compound of uranium, its probable properties, and attempts to synthesize it. Though the possible new compound was not successfully synthesized, the author provides suggestions for future work.
Date: July 1943
Creator: Lander, John Joseph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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