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Progress Report No. 65 Aug. 15-Sept. 15, 1948

Description: This is a progress report on the following: (1) 184-inch Cyclotron Program; (2) 60-inch Cyclotron Operation; (3) Synchrotron Program; (4) Linear Accelerator Operation; (5) Experimental Physics; (6) Theoretical Physics; (7) Isotope Separation Program; (8) Chemistry; (9) Medical Physics; and (10) Health Chemistry and Physics.
Date: September 15, 1948
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Clarification of Redox Feed (1AF) by Filtration : A Semi-Works Study Progress, Redox Technical Data Study No. 8

Description: The following report was made to determine the effective clarity improvement, flow rate characteristics, and operational problems encountered on passing Redox uranium feed solution through sintered, modified Type 304 stainless steel filter elements.
Date: October 15, 1948
Creator: Cooper, V. R. & Coleman, E. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radioactive contamination in the environs of the Hanford Works for the period April - May - June, 1948

Description: This report summarizes the radioactive contamination measured at the Hanford Works and immediate plant areas for the quarter April, May, and June, 1948. Topics discussed are: Meteorology; airborne contamination; contamination in the Columbia and Yakima Rivers; and contamination in rain, drinking water, vegetation, and in Hanford Wastes.
Date: October 15, 1948
Creator: Singlevich, W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sand filter pilot proposal

Description: This report is a short communication concerning the performance of pilot plant sand filters at Building 292-B at Hanford Atomic Products Operation. (VC)
Date: July 15, 1948
Creator: Stainken, F. A. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Review of stuck slugs

Description: Records show that difficulty has been encountered with the discharge of two tubes in B Pile, twelve in the D Pile, and fifteen in the F Pile during the period from initial start-up until March 15, 1948. In sixteen cases the tubes have been replaced, six of the tubes which were in the fringe have been made air tubes, four did not warrant replacement, and three are to be replaced in the future. General statistics for these twenty-nine tubes are presented with additional details in this report.
Date: March 15, 1948
Creator: Alexander, W. K. & Woods, W. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Metabolism of Curium in the RAT

Description: The heaviest of the known elements is curium, which was recently discovered by Seaborg and his associates. This new element can be produced by the alpha particle transmutation of plutonium by the following reaction: {sub 94}Pu{sup 239} + {sub 2}He{sup 4} {yields} {sub 96}Cm{sup 242} + {sub 0}N{sup 1} This isotope of curium is radioactive and decays by the emission of an alpha particle to form plutonium 238 which, in turn, is also radioactive. Curium 242 has a half-life of 150 days, and its radi… more
Date: January 15, 1948
Creator: Hamilton, J.; Scott, K. & Axelrod, D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Fission of thorium with Alpha Particles

Description: Soon after the discovery of fission, Meitner, Bretscher and Cook found differences in the decay of various chemical fractions separated from uranium irradiated with slow neutrons and thorium irradiated with fast neutrons respectively and suggested that a difference existed in the distribution of fission products in the two cases. In 1940, Turner suggested that the distribution in various modes of fission should be investigated. The fact that elements such as tin, cadmium, palladium, and silver … more
Date: October 15, 1948
Creator: Newton, Amos S.
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The Founding of the Brookhaven National Laboratory - Associated Universities, Inc.

Description: At the end of the war it became apparent that the teamwork of government and scientific institutions, which had been so effective in wartime work, must somehow be perpetuated in order to insure the continued progress of nuclear science in peace time. The enormous expense of the tools needed to pursue the next steps in this research -- nuclear reactors and high energy accelerators -- and the shortage of scientifically trained personnel pointed towards the establishment of a cooperative laborator… more
Date: January 15, 1948
Creator: LABORATORY, BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL
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The Acute Radiotoxicity of Injected Na²⁴ for Mice and Rats

Description: The following report describes the results from studies based on the toxicity and metabolism of radioactive substances derived from uranium fission. Rats and mice were administered radioactive sodium and reactions and changes were studied.
Date: April 15, 1948
Creator: Finkle, R. D.; Snyder, R. H.; Kisieleski, Walter E.; Teresi, J.; Broido, A. & Tompkins, P. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SULFAMIC ACID IN THE REDOX PROCESS

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Date: July 15, 1948
Creator: Zebroski, E. & Feber, R.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of the Effect of Sweep on the Flutter of Cantilever Wings

Description: Report presenting an experimental and analytical investigation of the flutter of uniform sweptback cantilever wings. The experiments used groups of wings sweptback by rotating and by shearing with angles of sweep ranging from 0 to 60 degrees. Results regarding the experimental investigation and a discussion and comparison of the analytical and experimental results are provided.
Date: November 15, 1948
Creator: Barmby, J. G.; Cunningham, H. J. & Garrick, I. E.
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High-Speed Wind-Tunnel Tests of a 1/16-Scale Model of the D-558 Research Airplane: D-588-1 Speed-Reduction Brake and Symmetrical-Profile Wing Characteristics

Description: Report presenting the results of pitching-moment, lift, and drag measurements on a model of the D-558-1 with speed reduction brakes and a symmetrical profile wing at a range of Mach numbers. Only a small decrement in Mach number is produced with no nose-inlet flow and the speed-reduction brakes deflected.
Date: June 15, 1948
Creator: Wright, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stability and control characteristics of a free-flying model with an unswept wing of aspect ratio 3 (XS-3)

Description: The results of power-off force tests and flight tests of a model with a thin unswept low-aspect-ratio wing are presented. The tests were made with the flaps retracted and deflected. The effects on the lateral flight characteristics of decreasing directional stability were noted.
Date: November 15, 1948
Creator: Bennett, Charles V. & Hassell, James L., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Altitude-wind-tunnel investigation of thrust augmentation of a turbojet engine IV: performance with tail-pipe burning and water injection

Description: From Introduction: "Thrust augmentation of an axial-flow-type turbojet engine by burning fuel in the tail pipe is discussed in references 1 to 3. Thrust augmentation of the same turbojet engine by water injection at the compressor inlet is reported in reference 4."
Date: June 15, 1948
Creator: Dietz, Robert O., Jr.; Wishnek, George & Kuenzig, John K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Application of Theodorsen's theory to propeller design

Description: A theoretical analysis is presented for obtaining, by use of Theodorsen's propeller theory, the load distribution along a propeller radius to give the optimum propeller efficiency for any design condition. The efficiencies realized by designing for the optimum load distribution are given in graphs, and the optimum efficiency for any design condition may be read directly from the graph without any laborious calculations. Examples are included to illustrate the method of obtaining the optimum loa… more
Date: March 15, 1948
Creator: Crigler, John L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of variation of piston temperature with piston dimensions and undercrown cooling

Description: From Summary: "A theoretical analysis is presented that permits estimation of the changes in piston-temperature distribution induced by variations in the crown thickness, the ring-groove-pad thickness, and the undercrown surface heat-transfer coefficient. The analysis consists of the calculation of operating temperatures at various points in the piston body on the basis of the experimentally determined surface heat-transfer coefficients and boundary-region temperatures, as well as arbitrarily s… more
Date: January 15, 1948
Creator: Sanders, J. C. & Schramm, W. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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