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Fraunhofer Diffraction Pattern Produced by a Slit of Varying Width and its Application to High Speed Cameras

Description: Abstract: "A theoretical and experimental investigation is made of the diffraction pattern produced by a slit, whose aperture varies uniformly from a constant value A to zero. The results of this investigation are applied to a proposed high speed camera. It is shown that diffraction effects are very serious and cannot be neglected. It seems, unless the suggested design of this high speed camera is changed, the camera will be of little use for accurate measurements, and photographs will show too… more
Date: November 11, 1947
Creator: Geiger, F. E. & Brixner, Berlyn
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Influence of Gamma Irradiation on RG 8/U Cable

Description: Abstract: "Static measurements have been made of the currents produced by Co-60 gamma irradiation of solid dielectric RG 8/U cable. Sensitivity curves are presented as a function of the magnitude and polarity of the collection voltage to 90 volts. It is shown that the current is due to a polarity- and voltage-sensitive ionization component and to a polarity- and voltage-insensitive component attributed to the Compton process. The total cable sensitivity at -90 volts, with saturation not achieve… more
Date: November 1955
Creator: Kloepper, Robert M.
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Equation of State of Nevada Alluvium

Description: This report analyzes two samples of Nevada alluvium to measure density and analyze the variety of particles in both samples.
Date: November 1961
Creator: McQueen, R. G. & Marsh, Sherman P.
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Plasma Thermocoufle Development

Description: A report about a thermionic converter which has been constructed for the purpose of evaluating the effect of radiation shields in the interelectrode space.
Date: November 1952
Creator: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California
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Uranium Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance of the Bozeman NTMS Quadrangle, Montana

Description: "This report describes work done in the Bozeman, Montana National Topographic Map Series (NTMS) quadrangle (1:250,000 scale) by the Hydrogeochemical and stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR). The HSSR...is designed to identify areas having higher than normal concentrations of uranium in ground waters, surface waters, and water-transported sediments" (p. 1). In this project, 1251 water and 1536 sediment samples were collected from 1586 locations to test for uranium levels.
Date: November 1978
Creator: Bolivar, Stephen L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance of the Arminto NTMS Quadrangle, Wyoming, Including Concentrations of Forty-Three Additional Elements

Description: This report presents uranium and other elemental data as part of the National Uranium Resource Evaluation which is designed to provide improved estimates of the availability and economics of nuclear fuel resources and to make available to industry information for use in the development and production of uranium resources.
Date: November 1979
Creator: Morgan, Terrance L.
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Development of Forging Techniques for Uranium

Description: Uranium has been successfully forged using a Lobdell-Nazel forging hammer and a forging temperature range of 500 to 650 degrees centigrade. Using standard forging techniques, the metal readily flowed at the temperature chosen. A noticeable increase in tensile strength, yield strength and percent elongation was obtained in forged metal as compared with cast metal. To obtain complete recrystallization and uniform grain size, a minimum of approximately 75 percent reduction in cross section by forg… more
Date: November 1, 1950
Creator: Anderson, R. E.; Taub, J. M. & Doll, D. T.
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Magnetic Field Distributions in a Pinched Discharge

Description: By use of small magnetic probes inserted into the discharge, the magnetic field distributions in the interior of a high-power pinched discharge have been measured as a function of time. From these data the current distributions can be deduced. By applying a static pressure calculation, in the cases when the radical pinch accelerations are small, the plasma pressure nkT in the pinch has been determined, with superimposed axial magnetic fields, and for stable and unstable configurations.
Date: November 20, 1956
Creator: Burkhardt, L. C.; Lovberg, Ralph H. (Ralph Harvey) & Phillips, J. A.
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Total Neutron Cross Sections for U235, Normal Uranium, Pu239

Description: The total neutron cross sections for normal uranium, U235, and Pu239 are reported as a continuous function of energy for neutron energies between 40 and 7500 Kev. Three additional measurements were made between 17 and 20 Mev. The data were obtained from a good geometry transmission experiment in which 1-in.-diameter cylindrical samples were interposed midway between a neutron source and a neutron counter spaced at about 20 in. separation. In general, the statistical errors were within +- 0.2 ba… more
Date: November 20, 1952
Creator: Henkel, R. L.
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A Review of Corrosion of Uranium and its Alloys

Description: One characteristic of the corrosion of uranium is the accelerating destruction of the metal under both dry and humid conditions and throughout a wide temperature range. Another corrosion property is the fracturing and fragmentizing of the oxide products. This results in an accelerating or decelerating growth law being operative at a particular time. This time is determined by whether the oxide ruptures rapidly or slowly compared to the rate of growth of the unfractured oxide. The reaction with … more
Date: November 7, 1952
Creator: Waber, James T. (James Thomas), 1920-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Instability of a Pinched Fluid with a Longitudinal Magnetic Field

Description: The stability of a pinched plasma equilibrium with a longitudinal magnetic field superimposed on the characteristic azimuthal magnetic field of the pinch current is studied theoretically. The linearized solutions are developed as helical perturbations of the plasma surface, and the behavior of these is given for the different cases of uniform longitudinal, longitudinal field zero inside the plasma, and for helices of the same and opposite sense to the helix which describes the total magnetic fi… more
Date: November 1953
Creator: Kruskal, Martin D. (Martin David), 1925-2006 & Tuck, J. L.
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The Relative Physiological and Toxicological Prosperities of Americium and Plutonium

Description: The relative physiological and toxicological properties of americium and plutonium have been studied following their intravenous administration to rats. The urinary and fecal excretion of americium was similar to that of plutonium administered as Pu(N03)4. The deposition of americium the tissues and organs of the rat was also similar to that observed for plutonium. The liver and the skeleton were the major sites of deposition. Zirconium citrate administered 15 minutes after injection of americi… more
Date: November 15, 1951
Creator: Langham, Wright H. (Wright Haskell), 1911-1972 & Carter, Robert E.
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Effects of Certain Variables Upon the Reactions for Preparation, by the Dry Method, of UF4 from U3O8

Description: The effects of certain process variables on the production of uranium tetrafluoride from U3O8 on the 250 g. (uranium) scale, and smaller scales in a few cases, have been studied. It was found that the initial step (reduction of U3O8 to UO2 by hydrogen) is essentially complete in 15 minutes at 700 degree C. The rate of conversion was shown to be temperature dependent, the greatest increase in rate of conversion occurring in the vicinity of 500 degree C. In the conversion of UO2 to UF4 by hydroge… more
Date: November 1954
Creator: Fry , O. E. & Kewish , R. W.
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Development for Techniques for Rolling Uranium Metal

Description: Uranium can be rolled from cast metal or forged ingot to sheet satisfactory for cupping, deep drawing, and similar fabrication procedures by a combination of hot breakdown in the neighborhood of 600 deg C and warm finishing at 225 to 325 deg C. Sheet may also be obtained by hot rolling alone and by warm rolling alone. However, it is difficult to secure a uniform, controlled grain size by hot rolling only and warm rolling is time consuming because of the limited reduction per pass obtainable. Th… more
Date: November 15, 1950
Creator: Deutsch, D. E.; Hanks, G. S.; Taub, J. M. & Doll, D. T.
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Effect of Annealing Practice on the the Hydrogen Content of Uranium

Description: It was found that hydrogen is introduced into uranium during process-annealing in a fused salt bath. The increased hydrogen content reduces the tensile elongation and general formability of the metal. The partial removal could be affected by annealing in argon, helium, or nitrogen, and better by annealing in high vacuum at temperatures above 450°C. The effect of the hydrogen content on the tensile properties was confirmed by annealing in hydrogen. Tensile properties, the hydrogen content, and c… more
Date: November 1953
Creator: Waber, James T. (James Thomas), 1920-.
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Physical Properties of Nickel Carbonyl

Description: The vapor pressure of nickel carbonyl was determined with material obtained by laboratory preparation with CO and Ni powder and by purifying commercial nickel carbonyl. The observed vapor pressure data were used in the derivation of the following equations which express the vapor pressure, P, of liquid nickel carbonyl and the sublimation pressure, P/sub s/, of the solid, respectively, as a function of the absolute temperature, T: log P = 7.88431578/T and log P/sub s/ 10.1897-2173/T. The average… more
Date: November 24, 1953
Creator: Walsh, K. A.
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Critical Masses of Oralloy Lattices Immersed in Water

Description: Certain oralloy (Oy) lattices were immersed in infinite water for determining critical masses at various low-Oy densities. Three Oy unit sizes were used. In a broad sense the experiment shows safe and unsafe conditions for handling heterogeneous Oy-water mixtures.
Date: November 1955
Creator: Hoogterp, J. C.
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The Effect of Gallium on Plutonium Assay

Description: Several of the plutonium assay methods were reexamined as part of a continuing effort to make improvements in these frequently used analyses. This investigation included a study of the controlled-potential coulometric, amperometric, potentiometric, and photometric titration methods and their applications to assays of delta-stabilized and alpha plutonium metal.
Date: November 1962
Creator: Bergstresser, K. S. (Karl Samuel), 1909-2004 & Waterbury, Glenn R.
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Some Observations on the Reactivity of Plutonium Dioxide

Description: The index of refraction of PuO2 made by thermal decomposition of PU(C2O2, 6H2O gradually increases from a value < 1.9 to 2.40 as the decomposition temperature is increased from 150 degree to l000 degree C. This change in refractive index parallels a gradual change in the x-ray diffraction pattern from weak, diffuse lines for PuO2 ignited at 150° to sharp, well resolved lines for PuO2 ignited at 1000°C. Similar results are observed for PuO2 made by thermal decomposition of Pu2(C2O4)3*11H2O. The … more
Date: November 1, 1954
Creator: Bjorklund, C.W. & Staritzky, Eugene
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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