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Laboratory-Scale Demonstration of the Fused Salt Volatility Process

Description: The feasibility of processing enriched irradiated zirconium--uranium alloy fuel by the fused salt-fluoride volatility procedure has been demonstrated in laboratory tests with fuel having a burnup of over 10%. Uranium recoveries were greater than 99% and decontamination factors for radioactive fission products were 10/sup 6/ to 10/sup 6/. The UF/sub 6/ product contained significant quantities of nonradioactive impurities; additional work in this area is needed. (auth)
Date: August 1, 1962
Creator: Cathers, G. I.; Jolley, R. L. & Moncrief, E. C.
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A PULSED EDDY CURRENT TEST SYSTEM USING REFLECTED FIELDS

Description: An eddy current test system is described in which the test information is detected as a series of fields reflected from the metal surface and interior. Pulsed electromagnetic fields are caused to impinge upon the test specimen. These fields are restricted to a small cross sectional area over a path in space long enough to be useful for test purposes by devices called mask-apenture assemblies. This approach provides a number of advantages over conventional eddy current methods of comparable capa… more
Date: June 11, 1962
Creator: Renken, C. J.
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Secondary Isotope Effects in Molecular Structure

Description: A study was made to determine whether secondary iso tope effects also occur in molecular structure. Electron diffraction studies were carried out on ethane and deuteroethane. In C/sub 2/H/sub 6/ the mean C-C and C-H bond lengths found agreed very closely with values determined for other paraffin hydrocarbons, and the C--H bond showed a normal primary isotope effect (~ 0.005 A) similar to that found in methane when H is replaced by O. The output of the leastsquares analysis suggested that the me… more
Date: June 15, 1962
Creator: Bartell, L. S.
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Studies on Lymphocytes. [Part] 1. Lymphopenia Produced by Prolonged Extracorporeal Irradiation of Circulating Blood

Description: A method for extracorporeal irradiation of the circulating blood is described. Extracorporeal irradiation of the blood will produce a lymphopenia promptly which persists for weeks. Heparin in high doses in the calf produces a lymphocytosis and neutrophilic leukocytosis. (auth) Red cell sensitization by either agglutinating or incomplete antibodies was detected with an I/sup 131/ labeled rabbit antihuman globulin serum (RAG). Non-specific absorption of RAG by red cells was reduced to a minimum b… more
Date: August 1, 1962
Creator: Cronkite, E. P.; Jansen, C. R.; Mather, G. C.; Nielsen, N. O.; Usenik, E. A.; Adamik, E. R. et al.
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New Hot Laboratory Facilities at Los Alamos

Description: New Hot Laboratory Facilities which support three major research programs directed by the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California are described. For the Nuclear Rocket Propulsion Program, a hot cell addition to the Radio Chemistry Building at Los Alamos will be completed early in 1963, and construction is expected to start soon on the hot cell addition to the Maintenance, Assembly and Disassembly Building at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station in Nevada. Integral hot… more
Date: January 1, 1962
Creator: Wherritt, Charles R.; Franke, Paul R.; Field, R. E. & Lyle, A. R.
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Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Holmium Single Crystals

Description: Magnetic moment measurements are made on holmium single crystals (hcp) from 1.3 to 300 deg K in magnetic fields from 250 to 18,000 Oe, with the field applied along the c axis, the a axis, and a (1010) direction. The STA1010! direction is the direction of easy magnetization with an extrapolated effective moment per atom at saturation of 10.34 Bohr magnetons. Basal plane measurements show antiferromagnetism below the Neel temperature of 132 deg K with basal plane anisotropy occurring below 80 deg… more
Date: September 15, 1962
Creator: Strandburg, D. L.; Legvold, S. & Spedding, F. H.
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Communication: From Molecules to Mars

Description: An analysis is made of the energetic, molecular, macromolecular and organizational steps which appear to be essential for the development of a living cell from a nonliving origin. Accepting the current view of the primitive atmosphere of the earth, experimental demonstration for the formation of the fundamental molecules of living organisms (amino acids, fatty acids, purines and pyrimidines) under the influence of available energy sources (ultraviolet light, ionizing radiation and electric disc… more
Date: August 1, 1962
Creator: Calvin, Melvin
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EPSILON HYPERONS IN THE REACTION K- + P -->+ K+

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Date: June 5, 1962
Creator: Alvarez, Luis W.; Berge, J. Peter; Kalbfleisch, George R.; Button-Shafer, Janice; Solmitz, Frank T.; Stevenson, M. Lynn et al.
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PERTURBATION-THEORY RULES FOR COMPUTING THE SELF-ENERGY OPERATOR IN QUANTUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS

Description: Highly convenient rules are given for the general term in the time-independent perturbation-theory expansion for the self-energy operator of quantum statistical mechanics. The rules are derived by starting from the usual formalism involving time-dependent Green's functions. The well-known formulas for thermodynamic quantities in terms of the self-energy operator are included for completeness.
Date: December 17, 1962
Creator: Baym, Gordon & Sessler, Andrew M.
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HELIUM THREE

Description: A review is given of the present state of knowledge concerning the condensed phases of He{sup 3}. Attention is confined to the pure substance, and emphasis is placed upon the theoretical understanding of the material.
Date: September 11, 1962
Creator: Sessler, Andrew M.
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THE IMPURITY OF SCIENCE

Description: Science is impure in two ways. There is not a 'pure' science. By this I mean that physics impinges on astronomy, on the one hand, and chemistry on biology on the other. And not only does each support its neighbors but derives sustenance from them. The same can be said of chemistry. Biology is, perhaps, the example par excellence today of an 'impure' science. Beyond this, there is no 'pure' science itself divorced from human values. The importance of science to the humanities and the humanities … more
Date: April 19, 1962
Creator: Calvin, Melvin
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A High-Speed Readout for Multi-Channel Pulse-Height Analyzers

Description: From American Nuclear Society Meeting, New York, Nov. 1963. In computer-coupled automated activation analysis such as in the Mark II system, conventional methods of data readout impose a serious restriction on the minimum handling time per sample. A data coupler for operating between the data accumulation system and the computer tape unit was developed which contributes nothing to the handling time per sample, does not distort the data, and prepares the data for direct computer entry. In additi… more
Date: January 1, 1962
Creator: Wilkins, W. W.; Fite, L. E. & Wainerdi, R. E.
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THERMAL STUDY OF CRYSTAL FIELD SPLITTINGS IN ERBIUM ETHYLSULFATE

Description: The heat capacities of erbium and yttrium ethylsulfates were measured in the range 12-300 deg K. The magnetic contribution of the erbium ion was evaluated with the help of an assumption concernlng the difference in lattice contributions between the erbium and yttrium salts. The contribution agrees, to within experimental error, with the experimental energy level scheme for the /sup 4/I/ sub 15/2/ state previously published. (auth)
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Gerstein, B. C.; Penney, C. J. & Spedding, F. H.
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NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY: A 1962 PROGRESS REPORT

Description: The possibility of improved detection discrimination between selected materials; the high absorption of several 1ight materials such as hydrogen, lithium, and boron; and the relatively low absorption of many heavy materials are some characteristics which make neutron radiographic inspection attractive as a complementary technique to xradiography. A study of neutron radiography is reported in which the emphasis has been placed upon determining many of the characteristics of various techniques fo… more
Date: August 17, 1962
Creator: Berger, Harold
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REACTIVE COLLISIONS IN CROSSED MOLECULAR BEAMS

Description: The distribution of velocity vectors of reaction products is discussed with emphasis on the restrictions imposed by the conservation laws. The recoil velocity that carries the products away from the center of mass shows how the energy of reaction is divided between internal excitation and translation. Similarly, the angular distributions, as viewed from the center of mass, reflect the partitioning of the total angular momentum between angular momenta of individual molecules and orbital angular … more
Date: January 1, 1962
Creator: Herschbach, D.R.
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The Effect of Ionizing Radiation on the Optical and Electrical Properties of the Alkali Halides

Description: Various mechanisms for the formation of point defects in ionic crystals are considered. Their probable importance as a function of the energy of the ionizing radiation and the temperature at which the irradiation takes place is discussed. Complex centers formed from aggregates of simple point defects are reviewed and their occurrence considered in terms of the expected spatial distribution of the point defects. The effect of high energy x rays and protons on the ionic conductivity is discussed … more
Date: January 1, 1962
Creator: Royce, B S.H.
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PERTURBATION THEORY OF MANY-BOSON SYSTEMS

Description: A noncanonical transformation of the boson creation and annihilation operators is performed in order to obtain a Hamiltonian which can be treated by the standard methods of field-theoretic perturbation theory. The standard results of Belyaev (with a slight modification) are rederived by this technique. (auth)
Date: December 15, 1962
Creator: Kromminga, A.J. & Bolsterli, M.
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