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Report on the Investigation of the Fire at the Liquefaction, Storage, and Regasification Plant of the East Ohio Gas Co., Cleveland Ohio, October 20, 1944

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over investigations conducted on the 1944 fire at the East Ohio Gas Company. Descriptions of the plant, and construction of the gas tanks are listed. A detailed description of the disaster, and its aftermath are also presented. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: February 1946
Creator: Elliott, M. A.; Seibel, C. W.; Brown, F. W.; Artz, R. T. & Berger, L. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mining and Concentration of Missouri Valley Manganese at Chamberlain, South Dakota

Description: Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines regarding the concentration of manganese ore along the Missouri River valley. The report contains maps, tables, graphs, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: February 1946
Creator: Dupuy, Leon W.; Calhoun, W. A. & Rasmussen, R. T. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Heat Treatment and Machinability of Beryllium Rod

Description: Purpose: "The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether or not the machinability of extruded beryllium rod could be improved by appropriate heat treatment. It was thought that this could be accomplished in the extruded Be rod by recrystallization without further growth of these grains. This should impart a certain degree of ductility to the metal. The investigations was divided into two parts: Part I - Heat Treatment of Beryllium Rod; Part II - Machinability of Beryllium Rod."
Date: February 19, 1946
Creator: Norhaft, P. C.
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Effects of Specific Types of Surface Roughness on Boundary-Layer Transition

Description: Report presenting tests of two typical low-drag airfoils of 90-inch chord to determine the effects of surface projections, grooves, and sanding scratches on boundary-layer transition. Data were obtained for projections of various sizes and chordwise locations on both low-drag airfoils.
Date: February 1946
Creator: Loftin, Laurence K., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pressure Distributions for Representative Airfoils and Related Profiles

Description: Note presenting selected pressure-distribution diagrams for a number of conventional and special airfoils. The conventional airfoils include the NACA 22, 44, and 230 series airfoils and Clark Y family and the special airfoils consist of circular-arc sections of several thicknesses and a number of synthetic airfoils. The pressure distributions are in most cases given for several lift coefficients including that at the ideal angle of attack.
Date: February 1946
Creator: Theodorsen, Theodore & Naiman, Irven
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The synthesis of methylenecyclobutane, spiropentane, and 2-methyl-1-butene from pentaerythrityl tetrabromide

Description: From Summary: "Reduction of pentaerythrityl tetrabromide in ethanol with zinc in the presence of sodium carbonate and sodium iodide was found to yield methylenecyclobutane, spiropentane, and 2-methyl-l-butene. Yields were 46 percent methylenecyclobutane, 21 percent spiropentane, and 12 percent 2-methyl-l-butene. The reduction procedure described offers a method of preparing both methylenecyclobutane and spiropentane from the same reaction in yields comparable with individual methods of synthesi… more
Date: February 1946
Creator: Slabey, Vernon A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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300 Area, January 22--January 28

Description: Progress is reported on the topics of extrusion and canning. The information on canning is broken down into: Production test 313-74-M, studies of aluminium cans, selection of surface rejection standards, thorium, and the effect of high and low tin in bronze on tin carry-over to canning bath.
Date: February 1, 1946
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100 Areas, February 5--February 11

Description: This report gives the weekly status for the B, D, and F piles. Also given is the reactivity status at the end of the week for each pile. Process water control and pressure drop studies are discussed. Finally a brief discussion is given of the graphite expansion problem.
Date: February 15, 1946
Creator: Jordan, W. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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300 Area monthly report for January

Description: This report review the work being conducted in the 300 area of the Hanford production facility for the month of January.
Date: February 11, 1946
Creator: Kidder, C. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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300 Area, February 12 through February 18

Description: Extrusion was run on one day, February 2, and a total of 271 billets (178 Type G, 12 type BT, and 81 red band) were processed. Two failures occurred among the red band billets; UM 6610 had begun to melt in the furnace and TX 3323 disintegrated on being extruded through the die. Samples of these billets are being checked chemically and metallurgically in an attempt to ascertain the cause for the hot-short characteristics of these billets. A sample cut from a rod which possessed zero strength (fe… more
Date: February 22, 1946
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The Coprecipitation of Thorium and Uranium Peroxides

Description: From introduction: This report is concerned primarily with the coprecipitation phenomenon and its application to plant problems.
Date: February 20, 1946
Creator: Grieger, P. F. & Larson, C. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Separation of Tuballoy From Tantalum by Chlorination Distillation Process

Description: Abstract: Tuballoy can be effectively separated from tantalum filaments by chlorination of the filaments and subsequent distillation and condensation of tantalum chloride. Apparatus for chlorination of filaments and distillation separation in one unit is under consideration. Chemical methods of separation of tuballoy from distillation residues are being tested.
Date: February 6, 1946
Creator: Adams, R. H.; Rogers, J. A.; Wagner, E. L. & Miller, A. J.
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The Methods of Preparing Anhydrous Tuballoy Tetrachloride

Description: Abstract: "A survey report of the known production and experimental methods for the preparation of anhydrous tuballoy tetrachloride with references of each method."
Date: February 1946
Creator: Wagner, E. L.
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The Preservation of Fluorescence Standards

Description: Report discussing the practice of using methyl methacrylate as a coating for platinium dishes in fluorescence method of uranium analysis. The experimental procedure described in this report to evaluate this practice indicates that the sample would be sufficiently protected from contamination and would not need to be stored in a desiccator.
Date: February 15, 1946
Creator: Grotta, H. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerodynamic Characteristics of Four NACA Airfoil Sections Designed for Helicopter Rotor Blades

Description: "The purpose of the present work is to extend the previous investigation and to derive additional airfoil sections designed to minimize the undesirable characteristics of the previously tested airfoils. The tests of these additional airfoils were made in the Langley two-dimensional low-turbulence tunnel (LTT)" (p. 2).
Date: February 1946
Creator: Stivers, Louis S., Jr. & Rice, Fred J., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Stress-Strain and Elongation Graphs for Aluminum Alloy R301 Sheet

Description: Note presenting properties determined from tests on duplicate longitudinal and transverse specimens from aluminum alloy R301 sheets with three nominal thicknesses. The stress-strain, stress-deviation, tangent-modulus, and reduced-modulus graphs are plotted on a dimensionless basis to make the results of a limited number of tests applicable to materials with similar stress-strain curves and with yield strengths which differ from those of the test specimens.
Date: February 1946
Creator: Miller, James A.
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Jet-boundary and plan-form corrections for partial-span models with reflection-plane, end-plate, or no end-plate in a closed circular wind tunnel

Description: A method is presented for determining the jet-boundary and plan-form corrections necessary for application to test data for a partial-span model with a reflection plane, an end plate, or no end plate in a closed circular wind tunnel. Examples are worked out for a partial-span model with each of the three end conditions in the Langley 19-foot pressure tunnel and the corrections are applied to measured values of lift, drag, pitching-moment, rolling-moment, and yawing-moment coefficients.
Date: February 4, 1946
Creator: Sivells, James C. & Deters, Owen J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Occurrence of Iron Oxides on Cast-Iron Engine Surfaces After Operation

Description: Report presenting an examination of the surfaces of used cast-iron piston rings from various single-cylinder aircraft engine tests by electron diffraction. Generally, the oxide patterns were obtained to an appreciable extent from only the top compression ring of the piston-ring assembly; the other rings gave predominately a graphite pattern.
Date: February 1946
Creator: Nowick, A. S. & Brockway, L. O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Determination of the Stability and Control Characteristics of a Straight-Wing, Tailless Fighter-Airplane Model in the Langley Free-Flight Tunnel

Description: Report presenting an investigation to determine the stability and control characteristics of a straight-wing, tailless fighter model with a pusher propeller in the free-flight tunnel. The investigation consisted principally of force and flight tests of a powered dynamic model. Results regarding longitudinal stability, longitudinal control, trim at high angles of attack, lateral stability, and lateral control are provided.
Date: February 1946
Creator: Seacord, Charles L., Jr. & Ankenbruck, Herman O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Effect of Lateral Area on the Lateral Stability and Control Characteristics of an Airplane as Determined by Tests of a Model in the Langley Free-Flight Tunnel

Description: Report presenting the effects of large variations of lateral area on the lateral stability and control characteristics of a free-flying model when ailerons are used as the principal control as determined by flight tests. The effects of the lateral-force parameter were investigated for a wide range of values of the directional-stability parameter and the rotary-damping-in-yaw parameter.
Date: February 1946
Creator: Drake, Hubert M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of Specific Types of Surface Roughness on Boundary-Layer Transition

Description: Report presenting tests conducted with two typical low-drag airfoils of 90-inch chord to determine the effects of surface projections, grooves, and sanding scratches on boundary-layer transition. Data were obtained for projections of various sizes and chordwise locations on both low-drag airfoils.
Date: February 1946
Creator: Loftin, Laurence K., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Wind-Tunnel Investigation of Control-Surface Characteristics of Plain and Balanced Flaps on an NACA 0009 Elliptical Semispan Wing

Description: Report discusses a series of force tests of a NACA 0009 elliptical semispan wing equipped with a flap that is either 50 percent of the wing area or 30 percent of the wing area. Information about the lift, hinge moment, and drag and pitching moment is provided.
Date: February 1946
Creator: Tamburello, Vito; Smith, Bernard J. & Silvers, H. Norman
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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