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Calculations on the Lead Glass Plate Spectroscope Accelerator

Description: The purpose of this report is to give additional results on the lead glass plate spectroscope concerning sampling problems, the probability of pair formation in the Xylene Layers, and the Straggling Effect.
Date: November 10, 1952
Creator: Sternheimer, R.
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Thermal Spikes and Uranium Instability

Description: Thermal spikes occurring during the life of a slug in a pile cause a momentary destruction of the original configuration of atoms in the metal. This process occurs at such a rate that in a thermal neutron flux of 10(13) neutrons per square centimeter per second each atom in the metal will be subject to temperatures above the melting point of uranium every 40 minutes.
Date: December 10, 1952
Creator: Last, G. A. & McLachlan, D., Jr.
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RDA DC-6 -- Design criteria for reactor water plant at Coyote Rapids site. Instruction letter number 1

Description: The design will be based on one reactor with a potential capacity of 1,300 megawatts. For the time being this reactor will be designated ``X``. The water plant will be designed to supply 100,000 gpm initially. The design shall provide, however, for the ultimate capacity of 140,000 gpm; i.e., underground process piping, space in river pump house, and other items which would be difficult to enlarge after initial construction, will be sized for the ultimate capacity and provision shall be made for… more
Date: January 10, 1952
Creator: Pilkey, O. H.
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Graphite development pile graphite technical activities report June 1952

Description: Graphite burnout and chemical studies include: carbon dioxide - graphite reaction, controlled gas atmospheres, cyclotron irradiation, graphite - carbon dioxide - helium reaction kinetics. Physical properties studies include: hot test hole irradiation, surface studies, stored energy, physical expansion annealing. The experimental graphite program is discussed to include thermal conductivity and thermal expansion measurements. Also reported are: pile sampling, thermal conductivity of gases, irrad… more
Date: July 10, 1952
Creator: Music, J. F. & Zuhr, H. F.
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Production of UO₃ by Calcination of Uranyl Peroxide

Description: This report discusses the calcination or heating of UO₃. When UO₃ is heated, it loses ionic impurities and can produce uranyl peroxide.
Date: December 10, 1952
Creator: Moore, R. L. & Watts, R. A., Jr.
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Liquid-Liquid Dispersions and the Significance of the Disengaging Test

Description: From introduction: "The purpose of this report is to summarize some of the observations on the dispersion and rate of disengaging of liquid-liquid systems and suggest some possible lines of future work."
Date: July 10, 1952
Creator: Burger, L. L.; Dillon, R. L. & Johnson, W. F.
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Graphite surface studies

Description: This report discusses the the surface characteristics of virgin and irradiated artificial graphites and the changes which occur upon irradiation.
Date: October 10, 1952
Creator: Spalaris, C. N.
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Some Aspects of Reactor Theory

Description: Report that outlines the major issue of reactor theory and asymptotic reactor theory. Uncommon reactor theory results are also discussed and unanswered questions regarding reactor theory are presented by the author.
Date: October 10, 1952
Creator: Weinberg, Alvin Martin, 1915-2006
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Weighting Factors for Radically Flattened Piles

Description: The following report calculates pile reactivity changes that result from different pile loadings where it is desirable to have available values of (flux)2 d(volume) for various flat zone radii. This information was found for a cylindrical pile having circular flat zones and an effective radius of 598 cm., by integrating over a cross sectional volume of one cm. thickness.
Date: January 10, 1952
Creator: Woodruff, R. W.
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Heat and Free Energy of the Reaction AmCl₃s + H₂O(g) = AmOCl(s) + 2HCl(g)

Description: In a previous paper a method of measuring the equilibrium constants at various temperatures for the titular reaction has been described. This report applies the method to an investigation of the corresponding reaction of americium, representing a part of a systematic program of investigation of the thermodynamic properties of analogous reactions of lanthanide and actinide elements.
Date: November 10, 1952
Creator: Koch, C. W. & Cunningham, Burris Bell, 1912-1971
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Occurrence of the 4n + 1 Series in Nature

Description: "A small quantity of a Np-237, the long-lived ancestor of the 4n + 1 series, has been isolated from a natural source. The Th-229 content of the Th-230 obtained from Belgian Congo pitchblende concentrate and of Th-232 obtained from Brazilian monazite has been determined indirectly through isolation of the Ac-225 daughter. The mass ratio of Np-237 to U-238 in the Belgian Congo pitchblende concentrate has been determined as (1.8 +/- 0.4) x 10-(-12). The mass ratio of U-233 to U-238 in the same ore… more
Date: April 10, 1952
Creator: Peppard, D. F.; Mason, G. W.; Gray, P. R. & Mech, J. F.
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The Densities of Uranyl Sulfate Solutions Between 20° and 90°C

Description: The densiies of uranyl sulfate water solutions were measure or 12 concentrations between the temperatures of 20° and 90°C. The density range at 20°C is 1.0539 grams per cubic centimeter at 0.17 molal to 2.0059 grams per cubic centimeter at 3.9 molal.
Date: October 10, 1952
Creator: Jegart, J.S.; Heiks, J.R. & Orban, E.
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First Quarterly Report on the Reductions of Uranium Oxides

Description: The preliminary results of a program designed to evaluate methods for preparing uranium hydride from the various oxides of uranium are presented. The apparatus has been designed and constructed for the purpose of carrying out batch reductions under a variety of conditions employing calcium hydride, calcium metal and magnesium metal as the reducing agents. Since the separation of the alkaline earth oxides, present as by-products in the furnace products, promises to be the most difficult problem … more
Date: October 10, 1952
Creator: Bragdon, R. W.
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Geology of Horse Mesa, Arizona - New Mexico, with Recommendations for Wagon Drilling

Description: Abstract: Horse Mesa is in the Navajo Indian Reservation directly on the Arizona-New Mexico state line. Uranium-vanadium deposits in the Salt Wash sandstone which caps the Mesa are fairly widespread and small tonngges have been shipped from two mines. The deposits lie 60 to 75 feet above the base of the Salt Wash formation and possibly trend northwest parallel to ore trends on King Tutt Mesa, a mile northeast. Carnotite and vanoxite are the principal ore minerals. About 6,000 feet of wagon dril… more
Date: September 10, 1952
Creator: King, John W.
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A Vapor Pressure Chart for Metals

Description: From conclusions: There is a close enough correlation for most metals to give the chart some utility in estimating vapor pressure of metals.
Date: July 10, 1952
Creator: Loftness, Robert L.
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234-5 Building RM line equipment tests, Task III mixer

Description: Several operations that are important to the process as carried out in Task III (Reduction) are performed by the mixer. In order to specify the process certain tests were made to study these operations and are discussed in this report. They include: Mixing Time, Mixer Discharge Rate, Mixer Holdup, and Mixer Capacity. A description of the test, conclusions and recommendations is provided.
Date: April 10, 1952
Creator: Collins, P. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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