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The Extraction Method of Purification of Uranyl Nitrate

Description: Technical report. Three extractions of a diethyl ether solution of uranyl nitrate with small portions of water are effective in removing rare earths, as is shown by radio-gadolinium and radio-europium tracer experiments. A study of representative ethers, alcohols, ketones, and esters showed that diethyl ether and a mixture of 85% ethyl methyl ketone with 15% xylene are the best solvents for the extraction.
Date: August 28, 1942
Creator: Myers, L. S., Jr.; Anderson, K. C.; Wexler, Sol & Boyd, G. E.
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Radiation Problems of the Chemical Plant

Description: "Absorption measurements have been made in a large body of water to evaluate the contribution to the radiation intensity produced by the degradation of radiation without absorption. Radiation intensities three times those expected from a simple exponential absorption were found. Scattering from the air of gamma radiation has been measured and has been found to agree satisfactorily with theoretical predictions. The penetration of radiation through curved pipes in shielding has been measured and … more
Date: December 12, 1942
Creator: Borst, Lyle B. & Wollan, Ernest Omar
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Capture Cross Section of Si for Thermal Neutrons

Description: The following report analyzes different values and measurements that give the same results for the captured cross section of thermal neutrons for Si.
Date: May 6, 1942
Creator: Coon, J. H.
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An Attempted Separation of Mercury Isotopes

Description: The following document describes the analysis on an attempt at separating mercury isotopes by making their environments as widely different as possible.
Date: April 30, 1942
Creator: Kauzmann, Walter, 1916-
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The Preparation of Tungsten Hexafluoride

Description: From introductory paragraph: "Because of the possibility that tungsten hexafluoride might occur as an impurity in uranium hexafluoride it seemed worthwhile to prepare some of the material in order to become familiar with its mode of preparation, reactions, etc."
Date: June 1942
Creator: Priest, Homer F. & Colton, R.
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Measurement of Density of Liquid UF6

Description: This report describes a method and apparatus used to determine the density of liquid sodium hexafluoride. The report includes a drawing of the density cell used in the experiment.
Date: March 29, 1942
Creator: Priest, Homer F.
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Effect of Temperature on the Surface of Cast Uranium Metal

Description: Technical report. Photomicrographs showing the effect of heating polished uranium surface at 600, 700, 850, and 1000 degrees C, and sandblasted and cut surface at 1000 degrees C are included.
Date: December 3, 1942
Creator: Johns, I. B; Newton, A. S. & Gladrow, E. M.
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Interaction of Be with Fission Neutrons

Description: To determine whether or not the (n,2n) reaction in Be would produce a net increase in fission neutrons in a power plant, the distribution of In resonance neutrons slowed down from fission energies in a graphite block was measured with and without a 2" of Be in front of a U3O8 slab undergoing fission. The thermal neutrons producing the fissions were obtained by slowing down neutrons from a cyclotron source. The observed distribution without Be was well represented by a Gaussian source range 36 c… more
Date: April 29, 1942
Creator: Borst, L.; Allison, S. K.; Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008 & Weinberg, Alvin Martin, 1915-2006
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Poisoning and Production in a Power Plant

Description: The yield of 49, the efficiency of production of 49, and poisoning in a power plant are discussed. Only the crudest of estimates of the poisoning are possible: these indicated that production will probably not be hampered by poisoning. In this case the yield of 49 could be as high as 3 kg/ton but only about 2 kg/ton is compatible with a fairly high efficiency. In the case that production is stopped by poisoning, smaller yields, proportional to the tolerable loss in k, are obtained. In this case… more
Date: December 15, 1942
Creator: Ashkin, J.; Christy, Robert F., 1916-2012 & Feld, Bernard T. (Bernard Taub), 1919-1993
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