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Ceramic Investigations of UO₂

Description: This report covers the progress made on an intensive program to develop and evaluate UO2 as a possible fuel element for the PWR.
Date: June 16, 1955
Creator: Allison, Adrian G. & Duckworth, Winston H.
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Evaluation and Consolidation of Electrolytic Thorium

Description: Abstract: "Sound, fabricable ingots of thorium were produced by triple are melting of electrolytic thorium. Consumable electrodes were fabricated by tack welding of cold-pressed and vacuum-sintered bars of the granular thorium electrodeposited from a molten-salt bath. The hydrogen content of the electrodeposited material was reduced from 80 to 4 ppm by vacuum sintering at 1250 C at pressures below 1 x 10-(-3) mm of mercury. Both sodium and chlorine content were reduced during melting; sodium fr… more
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: Saller, Henry A.; Dickerson, Ronald F. & Foster, Ellis L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gravitational-Electromagnetic Torus Models of the Elementary Particles

Description: Abstract: "A torus model of the elementary particles is suggested in which the electron and proton are made stable by gravitational forces derived from the electromagnetic field. It is suggested that the gravitational forces for the unstable particles, presumably the mesons, are not sufficient to keep the torus from expanding in the direction of its large radius. Rest energy zero can be achieved, presumably for photons and neutrons, when the gravitational energy and electromagnetic field energy… more
Date: June 23, 1955
Creator: Bostick, W. H.
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An Integrated Miniature Solvent Extraction System for Processing Radioactive Solutions

Description: Abstract: "Because of the radiation hazards inherent in processing large volumes of radioactive solutions by solvent extraction techniques, there is need for a system with small hold-up which can be contained within a minimum of shielding and yet which is versatile enough to be used as a research tool. A system utilizing a miniature mixer-settler has been constructed and its successful operation by remote means demonstrated. The unit is semiportable and employs a number of novel features of val… more
Date: June 21, 1955
Creator: Bloom, Justin L.
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Influence of Fluorine Substitution on the Properties of Metal Chelate Compounds

Description: From introduction: "This is the first of three articles dealing with the influence of fluorine substitution in the ligand on the properties of metal chelate compounds. Although the primary purpose of this project was to study the influence of fluorine substitution on the properties -- particularly light absorption -- of uranyl compounds, copper chelates were chosen for preliminary study as model substances, because they are easily prepared."
Date: June 9, 1955
Creator: Belford, R. Linn; Martell, Arthur E. & Calvin, Melvin, 1911-1997
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High-Current Linear Accelerators

Description: This report analyzes two high-current linear accelerators, the A-54--a 48.5 megacycle resonant cavity accelerator--and the A-48, that is under construction during the time this report is written.
Date: June 27, 1955
Creator: Clark, A. F.; Jopson, R. C.; Lamb, W. A. S.; Smith, Lloyd & Van Atta, Chester Murray
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Further Studies of Amines as Extractants for Uranium from Acid Sulfate Solutions

Description: Abstract: "Since the first report on the use of amines as uranium extractants (ORNL-1734) over eighty additional organo-nitrogen compounds have been examined for their ability to extract uranium from aqueous solutions, particularly sulfate solutions, of the types usually encountered in uranium ore processing. As before, the more promising of these (as well as other compounds previously reported) have been examined further with respect to other characteristics essential to practical application,… more
Date: June 24, 1955
Creator: Moore, J. G.; Brown, K. B. & Coleman, C. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Chloroplast Reactions and Plant Metabolism

Description: This technical report represents a brief survey of work by this project on the effects of ultraviolet radiation (UV) on certain of the photochemical and metabolic properties of rhubarb chard and sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). These plants were selected for this work because for some years they have been used as sources of chloroplasts for Hill reaction studies in this laboratory. Some of this work has appeared as a brief paper.
Date: June 15, 1955
Creator: Anderson, Donald R.; Spikes, John D. & Mayne, Berger C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Electronuclear Research Division Semiannual Progress Report For Period Ending March 20, 1955

Description: The ORNL 86-in. cyclotron is being modified to provide for deflection of the proton beam. It is expected that operation will be resumed late in the spring. Nuclear physics work was limited, for the most part, to interpretation of previously collected data and to making preparations for utilizing the deflected beam. It was found that for certain isotopes the production rates could be almost doubled by operating at a slightly reduced energy and a much larger current. With the use of the ORNL 63-i… more
Date: June 24, 1955
Creator: Livingston, Robert S. & Howard, F. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chemistry Division Semiannual Progress Report for Period Ending June 20, 1955

Description: Continued work on the adsorbability of metal complexes from concentrated LiCl solutions and LiCl-HCl mixtures on a strong-base anion-exchange resin further demonstrated the much higher adsorbability of these complexes from LiCl solutions than from HCl solutions. The effect is believed to be due to the formation of less strongly adsorbed undissociated chloro-complex acids in the case of the HCl solutions.
Date: June 20, 1955
Creator: Taylor, E. H. & Bredig, M. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Liquid Magnesium as a Coolant for Thermal Reactors

Description: It was suggested to the writer by K.A. Eschbach that liquid magnesium might offer certain advantages as a reactor coolant. As a result of this suggestion, a preliminary investigation of the possibilities of this material was made. Definite advantages for a restricted class of applications were found, but a detailed evaluation would seem to require further basic experimental research on the heat transfer, corrosion and flux-mechanical properties of the substance.
Date: June 10, 1955
Creator: Triplett, J. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Metallurgical Examination of Resistance Thermometer Elements Removed from 105 KW and KE Areas

Description: This examination was conducted primarily to determine the extent of corrosion existing between the silver bearing alloy and the type 416 stainless steel nut of K reactor units subjected to service conditions and also to establish irrevocably that metallurgical defects exist in the brazes.
Date: June 6, 1955
Creator: Hartcorn, L. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Thermal Annealing Kinetics of C₀ Spacing Damage in Irradiated Graphite

Description: Graphite suffers radiation damage when exposed to high energy particles. Many of its physical and chemical properties are changed. One of the effects which is easily measured is an increase in the interlayer or C₀ distance of the crystal lattice. This has been attributed to the displacement of atoms or groups of atoms into interstitial positions of the lattice forcing the planes apart. The C₀ expansion may be annealed out by heating the damaged crystal to high temperatures. This paper deals wit… more
Date: June 20, 1955
Creator: Nightingale, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Thermal Annealing Kinetics of Interlayer Spacing Damage in Irradiated Graphite

Description: The primary objective of this work is to add to the understanding of irradiated graphite. This report describes an experimental technique whereby changes in crystal lattice parameter may be studied as a function of time at constant temperature. The results given here are limited to changes in the C₀ spacing for a typical sample of irradiated graphite in the temperature range 100 to 750 C.
Date: June 21, 1955
Creator: Nightingale, R. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Study of Waste Facilities

Description: The purpose of this report is to develop an economic selection of conventional reinforced concrete structures of various shapes to establish a design criteria for intermediate level radioactive liquid wastes.
Date: June 30, 1955
Creator: Stivers, H. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Determination of Small Amounts of Thorium in the Presence of Uranium, Titanium, and Tungsten

Description: Thorium is determined in uranium alloys by means of a fluoride separation followed by a complexometric titration. A nitric of hydrochloric acid solution of the alloy is neutralized to a pH of 2.0 to 3.0 and the thorium precipitated as thorium fluoride by the addition of hydrofluoric acid and ammonium fluoride using lanthanum as a carrier.
Date: June 1955
Creator: Willard, Hobart H. (Hobart Hurd), 1881-1974; Moses, Arthur W. & Gardner, Ross D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Detection of Airborne Beryllium Dust : Monthly Report Covering the Period from May1 to June 1, 1955

Description: During this period a prototype gamma ray detection system was assembled and data was obtained on samples of beryllium salts on filter paper under a variety of conditions. Ordinarily either a scaler-register combination or the CRM-recorder combination would be sufficient for obtaining data. Both units have been used here in order to utilize the particular advantages of each system. The scaler-register unit was employed for obtaining precise data over short intervals while the CRM-recorder was us… more
Date: June 14, 1955
Creator: McCarty, R. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fundamentals of Glass-to-Metal Bonding. [Part] 5-A. Temperature and Pressure Dependence of the Wettability of Metals by Glass. [Part] 5-B. Reactions of Tantalum and sodium Silicate Glass. Technical Report No. 5

Description: Part A. The major effort during the past year has been the construction of a suitable vacuum furnace for studying the effects of temperature and pressure on the wettability of metals by glass. A systems was completed that was capable of subjecting test combinations up to temperatures of 1400 degree C at a working pressure of 1 x 10(-5) mm. of Hg. Part B. A compound, identified by X-ray analysis as sodium meta tantalate (na2Ta2O6), was found at the interface between a sodium silicate glass and t… more
Date: June 24, 1955
Creator: Fulrath, Richard M.; Mitoff, Stephan P. & Pask, Joseph A. (Joseph Adam), 1913-2003.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Studies of Thorium X Applied to Human Skin. IV. Clinical and Autoradiographic Findings Following the Introduction by Iontophoresis

Description: 1) The technical details of controlled experiments with iontophoresis of thorium X solutions are described. 2) Experiments carried out on living human skin in situ demonstrate that Iontophoresis of weak solutions of thorium X will increase its biologic effects as judged by erythema and pigmentation, and cause greater penetration as shown by autoradiography. 3) The possible relationship between increased penetration of thorium X and increased clinical biologic effects is discussed. 4) Some possi… more
Date: June 1955
Creator: Fleischmajer, Raul & Witten, Victor H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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