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A Study of Thorium Peroxide Sulfate

Description: Abstract. Thorium peroxide was precipitated from thorium nitrate solutions containing varying amounts of sulfate ion and of hydrogen ion. The washed solids were analyzed both wet and dry. Analyses were made for thorium, peroxide oxygen, sulfate, nitrate, and water contents. X-ray powder photographs of the dried samples by W.H. Zachariasen showed the presence of only two phases. When precipitated from high sulfuric acid, the solid phase was isomorphous with Th(OO)SO4.3H20. More weakly acid … more
Date: October 1, 1945
Creator: Hamaker, John W.
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Radiocarbon from Pile Graphite; Chemical Methods for its Concentration

Description: Abstract. Samples of pile graphite, irradiated in a test-hole at Hanford for 15 months, have been assayed for radioactive C14, yielding 0.38 ± 0.04 microcuries per gram. At this level of activity, the pile graphite contains very valuable amounts of C14. The relation between the above assay and the probable average assay of pile graphite is discussed, and it is concluded that the latter is almost certainly above 0.3 uc/ gram. Controlled oxidation of this graphite, either with oxygen at ~ 750°C,… more
Date: October 10, 1946
Creator: Arnold, James R. & Libby, Willard F.
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Recovery of D2O and UO2F2 by Distillation

Description: Technical report describing the purification and separation by distillation of UO2F2 from D2O. In the experiment which is discussed 2,129.6 lbs of UO2F2 were dissolved in 6,605 lbs of D2O. The average isotopic purity of the D2O decreased during the distillation from 99.77% to 99.73%. The dissolved impurities were less than those present originally in the heavy water.
Date: October 10, 1945
Creator: Fischer, R. & Wattenberg, Albert, 1917-
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Precipitation of Thorium Oxalate from Nitric Acid Solutions

Description: Introduction. It has been known for a long time that thorium is precipitated by oxalic acid in acid solutions, but a survey of the literature showed no study of the limits of the acidity and oxalic acid excess which yield quantitative results. V. I. Spitzin reports on the solubility of thorium oxalate in varying concentrations of several acids, but the effect of an excess oxalic acid is not included. Since solutions are sometimes presented for analysis that contain more than the recommended … more
Date: October 5, 1945
Creator: Ayers, A. S.
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Analysis of Uranium-Manganese Alloys

Description: Introduction. the conventional procedures of analysis for uranium and manganese can be employed in the analysis of alloys of these metals. The alloys are reacted with perchloric acid and hydrogen peroxide, fumed to remove any chloride ions, diluted to volume and aliquots analyzed by redoximetry.
Date: October 5, 1945
Creator: Ayers, A. S.
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The Wigner Effect in Graphite, Relationship Between Advantage Factor and Location of Samples in an Operating Pile

Description: Technical report. The extent of the Wigner effect in graphite at any point in a pile is sensitive to the local structural situation. It is greater near a slug. These control experiments give information on changes in graphite to be expected in selected places in the pile.
Date: October 20, 1944
Creator: Novick, A.; Neubert, T. J. & Burton, Milton, 1902-
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Studies on the Determination of Carbon by the Low Pressure Combustion Method

Description: Technical report: The apparatus for the low pressure combustion method of determining carbon in iron and steel has be redesigned to increase the speed of manipulation. It has been tested by running several thousand determinations and found to yield results in good agreement with Wooten's form of the apparatus. A detailed description of the equipment and its manipulation is given together with an account of experimental studies on the method. Results are also shown for the carbon content of c… more
Date: October 20, 1943
Creator: Murray, W M., Jr. & Ashley, S E. Q.
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Reactor Safety, Quarterly Progress Report, February-April 1954

Description: "The composition of the solder for the solder plug has been set as the tin-silver eutectic. Final tests on this solder show that life expectancies much longer than 6 months are probable with the current design. The design of the heater tube to contain the solder plug has been settled. This consists of a copper tube impregnated with U235O2. Arrangements have been made to have test specimens fabricated by powder metallurgy techniques. The equipment for the MTR in-pile test of trigger element r… more
Date: October 1, 1954
Creator: Huston, Norman E.
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The Chemical Effects of 1 Mev Electrons on BrF3 at 25 degrees C

Description: "An investigation of the chemical effects of 1-Mev electrons on BrF3 at 25 degrees C has been carried out. Pressure measurements taken during the irradiation suggest the presence of Br2 and BrF5 as decomposition products and a fractional distillation of the irradiated liquid confirmed their presence. The extent of decomposition was determined both by fraction distillation and spectrophotometric methods. The radiation effect seemed to reach saturation when approximately 10 per cent of the BrF3… more
Date: October 1, 1954
Creator: Yosim, S. J.
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Review of Drilling Methods and Procedures With Results Obtained

Description: "In this review and critique of many matters, most of them related to a central scheme, namely the outlining of methods and procedures in the Commission, ore-finding technique, new empirical criteria as guides to analyses of grade, ore realization factors, and many other subjects that have a bearing on our field methods used have been treated."
Date: October 20, 1954
Creator: Garbrecht, Louis
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Uranium Occurrences, Fall River Area, Clear County, Colorado

Description: This report describes the Fall River Area that was examined for favorable areas between known occurrences of pitchblende at Quartz Hill and at Lawson.
Date: October 16, 1951
Creator: Smith, Loren E. & Baker, Kenneth E.
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Fracture systems and tectonic elements of the Colorado Plateau

Description: A report regarding regional fracture systems mapped for an area of about 90,000 square miles, embracing most of the Colorado Plateau and small strips of the adjoining Rocky Mountains, by the use of aerial photographs and mosaics. The data interpreted from the photographically reduced to produce the final map.
Date: October 1958
Creator: Kelley, Vincent C. & Clinton, N. James
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Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Lonquimay Area, Province of Malleco, Chile

Description: Discussing a two-week reconnaissance of the Lonquimay area, in south-central Chile, in which anomalies were noted in marl and in a sulfide-mineralized shear zone in continental black shales
Date: October 1962
Creator: Knowles, Paul H.; Bowes, William A.; C., Mario Serrano & Moraga Brito, Aldo
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Stratigraphic Drilling in the Crooks Gap Area

Description: Discussing a drilling program planned to investigate the lithology and internal stratigraphy of the Wasatch formation and to determine the depth to the underlying surface of unconformity of the basal contact of the Wasatch formation.
Date: October 24, 1958
Creator: Bromley, Charles P.
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Possibilities for Uranium in Afghanistan

Description: Discussing the potential for Afghanistan to be used as a uranium source.
Date: October 1955
Creator: Judd, Edward K.
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Status of Uranium Exploration in Turkey

Description: Field evaluations made of uranium deposits located in and near southwestern Turkey
Date: October 1961
Creator: Kratchman, Jack
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