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Problems of Air-Borne Contamination in Handling of Pu F₄ Powders

Description: Abstract: Studies were made of the air-borne contamination present during the operation of reducing plutonium tetrafluoride powder to the metal. Equipment design changes were made and operation technique changes were made until the amount of contamination present during operations was well below tolerance levels.
Date: July 31, 1947
Creator: Kennedy, William R.; Dumrose, A. & Ludwig, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Report for the Month of December, 1947 : Contract No. W-38-094-eng-27

Description: This report for December, 1947 describes progress in ore dressing and pyrometallurgical studies, chemical work on phosphates, and analytical work.
Date: December 31, 1947
Creator: Center, E. J.; Pray, H. A.; Richardson, A. C. & Sullivan, John D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Report for the Month of March, 1947 : Contract No. W-38-094-eng-27

Description: This report for March, 1947 describes progress regarding chemical and spectrographic analysis, chemical work, physical methods of analysis, and ore dressing and pyrometallurgical studies,
Date: March 31, 1947
Creator: Center, E. J.; Nelson, H. R.; Pray, H. A.; Richardson, A. C. & Sullivan, J. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Report for the Month of January, 1947 : Contract No. W-38-094-Eng-27

Description: This report for January, 1947 discusses progress regarding ore dressing studies, pyrometallurgical work, chemical work, chemical and spectrographic analysis, and physical methods of analysis.
Date: January 31, 1947
Creator: Center, E. J.; Nelson, H. R.; Pray, H. A. & Richardson, A. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The medical applications of radioactive tracers

Description: This report provides a broad yet in depth overview of the use of radioactive materials as tracers in medicine and biology for the period of 1935--1947. Particular attention is paid to is of radio-sodium, radio-iodine, radio-iron, radio-phosphorus, radio-strontium, and fission products. The main thrust of this paper is human rather than animal work and focuses in work that has been published.
Date: December 31, 1947
Creator: Hamilton, J. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High-Speed Aerodynamic Characteristics of Four Thin NACA 63-Series Airfoils

Description: Memorandum presenting high-speed wind-tunnel tests of four thin NACA 63-series airfoil sections with a design lift coefficient of 0.2 with the uniform-load type of mean camber line to determine the effectiveness of forward movement of the minimum-pressure position in improving the high-speed lift characteristics of low-drag airfoils. Results regarding the tunnel-wall effects, lift coefficient, drag coefficient, and moment coefficient are provided.
Date: December 31, 1947
Creator: Ilk, Richard J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Supersonic-Tunnel Tests of Two Supersonic Airplane Model Configurations

Description: Report presenting supersonic-tunnel tests of two models of similar supersonic airplane configurations at Mach numbers of 1.55, 1.90, and 2.32 to determine values of the drag, lift, pitching moment, yawing moment, and side force. The models were similar except for the vertical wing location relative to the body axis and horizontal tail; one had a high wing and one had a low wing. Results regarding the precision of data, Reynolds numbers of tests, results at the different Mach numbers, and Schile… more
Date: December 31, 1947
Creator: Ellis, Macon C., Jr.; Hasel, Lowell E. & Grigsby, Carl E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Progress Report for the Month of May, 1947 : Contract No. W-38-094-eng-27

Description: This report for May, 1947 describes progress regarding analytical work, chemical work, beta-counting methods of analysis, ore-dressing and pyrometallurgical studies, and pyrometallurgical work.
Date: May 31, 1947
Creator: Center, E. J.; Nelson, H. R.; Pray, H. A. & Richardson, A. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Emf of Cells with Uranium: Uranium Halide Couples in Fused Salt Electrolytes

Description: The emf of galvanic cells at high temperatures was measured using uranium metal in equilibrium with its chloride as one half of the cell, the other half of the cell being some reference electrode such as silver - silver chloride. Several designs of cells tried are described. A value of 2.83 volts/eq. at 1170[degree]K and also at 990[degree]K is considered as the most probably value for the potential of the uranium halide couple.
Date: July 31, 1947
Creator: Eastman, E. D. (Ermon Dwight), 1891-1945.; Campbell, J. A.; Cubicciotti, D. D. & Sienko, Michell J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Acute Radiotoxicity of Injected Yttrium91

Description: Report describing results of experiments that involved injecting radioactive yttrium into animals: "The excretion, retention, and distribution of the yttrium was measured, and its effect on survival and growth was observed. The average total excretion of Y91 to the time of death (from 76 hours to 24 days) was a little less than 30 per cent of the injected dose" (p. 2).
Date: July 31, 1947
Creator: Anthony, David S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Development of Outboard Nacelle for the XB-36 Airplane

Description: From Summary: "An investigation of two 1/14 scale model configurations of an outboard nacelle for the XB-36 airplane was made in the Langley two-dimensional low-turbulence tunnels over a range of airplane lift coefficients (C (sub L) = 0.409 to C(sub L) = 0.943) for three representative flow conditions. The purpose of the investigation was to develop a low-drag wing-nacelle pusher combination which incorporated an internal air-flow system. The present investigation has led to the development of… more
Date: October 31, 1947
Creator: Nuber, Robert J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Results of an Altitude-Wind-Tunnel Investigation of a TG-100A Gas Turbine-Propeller Engine 5 - Combustion-Chamber Characteristics

Description: "An investigation to determine the performance and operational characteristics of the TG-1OOA gas turbine-propeller engine was conducted in the Cleveland altitude wind tunnel. As part of this investigation, the combustion-chamber performance was determined at pressure altitudes from 5000 to 35,000 feet, compressor-inlet rm-pressure ratios of 1.00 and 1.09, and engine speeds from 8000 to 13,000 rpm. Combustion-chamber performance is presented as a function of corrected engine speed and corrected… more
Date: December 31, 1947
Creator: Gensenheyner, Robert M. & Berdysz, Joseph J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flight Investigation of the Effects of Ice on an I-16 Jet-Propulsion Engine

Description: "A flight investigation of an I-16 jet propulsion engine installed in the waist compartment of a B-24M airplane was made to determine the effect of induction-system icing on the performance of the engine. Flights were made at inlet-air temperatures of 15 deg, 20 deg., and 25 F, an indicated airspeed of 180 miles per hour, jet-engine speeds of 13,000 and 15,000 rpm, liquid-water contents of approximately 0.3 to 0.5 gram per cubic meter, and an average water droplet size of approximately 50 micro… more
Date: January 31, 1947
Creator: Pragliola, Philip C. & Werner, Milton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental investigation of the effects of viscosity on the drag and base pressure of bodies of revolution at a Mach number 1.5

Description: Models were tested to evaluate effects of Reynolds number for both laminar and turbulent boundary layers. Principal geometric variables investigated were afterbody shape and length-diameter ratio. Force tests and base-pressure measurements were made. Schlieren photographs were used to analyze the effects of viscosity on flow separation and shock-wave configuration and to verify the condition of the boundary layer as deduced from the force tests. The results are discussed and compared with theor… more
Date: January 31, 1947
Creator: Chapman, Dean R. & Perkins, Edward W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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