Uranium - Zirconium Explosion in Nitric Acid (open access)

Uranium - Zirconium Explosion in Nitric Acid

The following report analyzes several reported incidents of uranium-rich zirconium-uranium explosions. This report offers notes designed to describe conditions sufficient to cause an explosion with an 80% wt. uranium alloy.
Date: May 11, 1953
Creator: Russell, R. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ion Exchange Experiments with Polonium (open access)

Ion Exchange Experiments with Polonium

The state of polonium in aqueous solutions was investigated by means of ion exchange equilibrium studies. The distribution of the polonium between the solid and liquid phases was determined for solutions of various compositions using both a cation and an anion exchanges. These studies show that in the absence of a complexing agent polonium is hydrolyzed to such a degree that it forms monovalent cations and anions whose charge was not investigated in this study.
Date: May 11, 1951
Creator: Tompkins, Edward R.
System: The UNT Digital Library