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Separation of Iron and Cobalt on Synthetic Resin

Description: In the separation of mixtures of radioactive iron and cobalt from neutron irradiated targets and in the removal of iron from cobalt targets for cyclotron production of radioiron, it is desirable to have a method superior to extraction from isopropyl ether in efficiency and ease of manipulation. Recent studies by Moore and Kraus on the separation of cobalt and nickel and on the behavior of iron in hydrochloric acid on Dowex-l resin in relation to the selective adsorption of chloride complexes of… more
Date: August 5, 1953
Creator: Helwig, H. L.; Ashikawa, J. K.; Clokie, H. & Smith, E. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Unusual incident at Savannah River

Description: On January 12, 1953, an explosion occurred in the Savannah River pilot plant which has been used since November, 1951 by du Pont personnel to train operators and to test equipment for their new Purex production plant. The explosion occurred in an evaporator in which a uranyl nitrate solution containing some organics was being concentrated to a high degree to remove nitric acid. This memorandum reviews the facts surrounding the incident as obtained from the official Preliminary Technical Report'… more
Date: February 5, 1953
Creator: Tomlinson, R.E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Redox dissolver tests

Description: At the present time, production commitments require that each of the two dissolvers used at the Redox Plant be charged with 4.95 tons of irradiated metal every other day. After the aluminum jackets are removed from the slugs, the uranium is dissolved in three ``outs`` of 1.65 tons each. Because meteorological conditions often limit the time when the radioactive dissolver off gases may be emitted without contamination of the surrounding area, the dissolving requirements are frequently too great … more
Date: January 5, 1953
Creator: Irish, E. R. & Schneider, K. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Installation of reactor gas refrigeration system -- 105-C, Project C-431

Description: It is recommended that the Design Committee approve the installation of a refrigeration system in the 105-C gas circulation system for removal of moisture from the reactor following a process tube leak as was previously approved by the C-431 Project Committed. Engineering studies show that this refrigeration system is necessary to provide sufficient water removal capacity in order that the water absorbing capacity of the system furnished by the silica gel towers will not be a limit to the rate … more
Date: March 5, 1953
Creator: Wells, H. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Periodic and series reports Hanford Atomic Products Operation, 1943--1953

Description: This is a listing of the classified periodic and series reports originated at the Hanford Atomic Products Operation for the period 1943 to June, 1953, and of similar reports received from the Hanford Operations Office. This listing also traces the continuity of reports that have undergone title changes during this period. This has been done by cross referencing to titles previously or subsequently used. The primary grouping of these reports is according to the intervals at which they were issue… more
Date: June 5, 1953
Creator: Linkous, I. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Suspected jail break]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a foiled jailbreak plot by two imprisoned car thieves in Dallas.
Date: February 5, 1953
Duration: 50 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Fort Worth names soap box champ]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an annual soapbox derby in Fort Worth, with young racers from across Texas competing in homemade cars.
Date: July 5, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Calculated spanwise lift distributions, influence functions, and influence coefficients for unswept wings in subsonic flow

Description: Spanwise lift distributions have been calculated for nineteen unswept wings with various aspect ratios and taper ratios and with a variety of angle-of-attack or twist distributions, including flap and aileron deflections, by means of the Weissinger method with eight control points on the semispan. Also calculated were aerodynamic influence coefficients which pertain to a certain definite set of stations along the span, and several methods are presented for calculating aerodynamic influence func… more
Date: May 5, 1953
Creator: Diederich, Franklin W. & Zlotnick, Martin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary comparison of 17- and 75-millimeter-bore cageless cylindrical roller bearings with conventional cylindrical roller bearings at high speeds

Description: Preliminary results at high speeds indicate lower bearing temperatures, less internal bearing wear, and greater reliability of the conventional, cage-type cylindrical roller bearings than of either full-complement or special cageless roller bearings of the types investigated, although the latter bearing types have been operated successfully to DN values of 1.0 X 10 superscript 6.
Date: March 5, 1953
Creator: Macks, E. Fred; Anderson, W. J. & Nemeth, Zolton N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Loads experienced in flights of two swept-wing research airplanes in the angle-of-attack range of reduced stability

Description: Report presenting load measurements using the swept-wing Bell X-5 and Douglas D-558-II research airplanes during flights in which reductions of longitudinal stability were experienced when pilots attempted to perform routine test maneuvers at moderate values of lift. Results regarding the maximum angles of attack and sideslip measured, pitching accelerations, horizontal-tail loads, wing loads, and stability deficiencies are provided.
Date: June 5, 1953
Creator: Robinson, Glenn H.; Drake, Hubert M. & Kuhl, Albert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Low-speed, large-scale investigation of aerodynamic characteristics of a semispan 49 degree sweptback wing with a Fowler flap in combination with a plain flap, slats, and fences

Description: Report presenting an investigation in the full-scale tunnel to determine the effects of a Fowler type slotted flap on the aerodynamic characteristics of a semispan 49.1 degree sweptback wing with NACA 65A006 airfoil sections streamwise, an aspect ratio of 3.78, and a taper ratio of 0.59. Results regarding the pitching-moment curve, effect of flap deflection, and lift increments are provided.
Date: June 5, 1953
Creator: Whittle, Edward F., Jr. & Lipson, Stanley
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Recent Experiences With Flutter Failure of Sweptback, Tapered Wings Having Outboard, Partial-Span Spoiler Controls

Description: "During the course of an investigation by the Langley Pilotless Aircraft Research Division regarding the effectiveness of spoilers and ailerons on sweptback tapered wings, it was necessary to test a given control configuration on wings of varying degrees of stiffness. In the process of conducting these tests, repeated wing failure was experienced with the weaker wing-spoiler configurations, whereas no failure occurred with any of the wing-aileron models. An investigation which was conducted by … more
Date: October 5, 1953
Creator: Strass, H. Kurt & Marley, Edward T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparison of the aerodynamic characteristics at transonic speeds of a plane wing and a cambered and twisted wing, both having 45 degrees of sweepback and an aspect ratio of 6

Description: Report presenting a transonic investigation made by the free-fall technique of a plane wing and a cambered and twisted wing, each with an aspect ratio 6, taper ratio of 0.5, and a sweepback of 45 degrees. Measurements were made of the loads on the exposed wings, pressures on the fuselage in the vicinity of the wing, and acceleration and angle of attack of the complete model.
Date: May 5, 1953
Creator: Holdaway, George H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of Off-Design Performance of a 16-Stage Axial-Flow Compressor With Various Blade Modifications

Description: "The over-all performance of a 16-stage axial-flow compressor was determined with various stator-blade resettings and a reduction in solidity of the rotor blades in the last three stages. It was shown that little control over the sudden change in slope of the surge-limit line at intermediate speeds was obtained with the blade modifications attempted, except that some change in speed at which the change in slope occurred could be effected by stator-blade resettings" (p. 1).
Date: March 5, 1953
Creator: Medeiros, Arthur A.; Benser, William A. & Hatch, James E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design considerations for mixed-flow centrifugal compressors with high weight-flow rates per unit frontal area

Description: An analysis is made of the factors affecting the weight-flow rate per unit frontal area of centrifugal compressors with axial-flow vaned diffusers preceded by mixed-flow vaneless sections. It is shown that, for specified inlet conditions to the impeller and vaned diffuser, the weight-flow rate is increased at the expense of pressure ratio and vice versa. Charts are presented to help the designer make a satisfactory compromise between weight-flow rate and pressure ratio. Some conclusions of the … more
Date: March 5, 1953
Creator: Stanitz, John D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental investigation of the effects of support interference on the pressure distribution of a body of revolution at a Mach number of 3.12 and Reynolds numbers from 2 x 10(exp 6) to 14 x 10(exp 6)

Description: Report presenting an experimental investigation performed to determine the effect on base and forebody pressures of using a sting modified with varying length splitter plates and fins instead of a conventional sting to support a cone-cylinder body of revolution.
Date: August 5, 1953
Creator: Baughman, L. Eugene & Jack, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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