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The Wolter Phaseplate in Ultracentrifugation and Electrophoresis (open access)

The Wolter Phaseplate in Ultracentrifugation and Electrophoresis

The following report describes test experiments with an inexpensive practical phaseplate and to present in greater detail the theory of its operation in a schlieren optical system.
Date: January 1954
Creator: Trautman, Rodes & Burns, Victor W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Neutron-Flux Measurements in a Concentric-Cylinder Fuel Element (open access)

Neutron-Flux Measurements in a Concentric-Cylinder Fuel Element

The following report presents neutron-flux measurements made with a concentric-cylinder element (Mark II) and includes axial, radial, and peripheral flux distributions.
Date: January 29, 1959
Creator: Anno, James N.; Fairand, Barry P. & Chastain, Joel W., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aqueous Corrosion of Uranium Fuel-Element Cores Containing 0 to 20 w/o Zirconium (open access)

Aqueous Corrosion of Uranium Fuel-Element Cores Containing 0 to 20 w/o Zirconium

Abstract: A description is given of the design and operation of a windowed autoclave system employed in the study of corrosion by pressurized hot water. The device has been used to obtain time-lapse motion pictures of the swelling and rupture of deliberately defected zirconium-clad uranium specimens. A method is described by which corrosion rates were calculated from pressure and temperature measurements. A typical set of pictures taken during a test is presented, and corrosion rates are reported for uranium-0, 5, 10, 15, and 20 w/o zirconium alloys subjected subjected to 600 F water.
Date: January 7, 1957
Creator: Grieser, Daniel R. & Simons, Eugene M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of Inclusion in Dingot Uranium (open access)

Characterization of Inclusion in Dingot Uranium

Abstract: The nonmetallic inclusions in both as-reduced and fabricated dingot uranium have been studied for comparison with those in ingot uranium. Special attention was paid to the hydride for the purpose of determining the amount and distribution in the various types of uranium. The types and distribution of other inclusions were also studied. It was found that the dingot uranium was of a higher quality than ingot uranium and was comparable to as-reduced derby uranium on the basis of over-all inclusion count. The hydrogen content in dingot uranium, however, was found to be appreciably higher than in either ingot or derby uranium.
Date: January 11, 1957
Creator: Cheney, Donald M. & Dickerson, Ronald F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Weighting Factors for Radically Flattened Piles (open access)

Weighting Factors for Radically Flattened Piles

The following report calculates pile reactivity changes that result from different pile loadings where it is desirable to have available values of (flux)2 d(volume) for various flat zone radii. This information was found for a cylindrical pile having circular flat zones and an effective radius of 598 cm., by integrating over a cross sectional volume of one cm. thickness.
Date: January 10, 1952
Creator: Woodruff, R. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical applications of refractive index (open access)

Analytical applications of refractive index

Report detailing the refractive index of solutions of uranyl nitrate, nitric acid and aluminum nitrate. This report builds upon preliminary data and a brief discussion that from a previous report. This report covers more accurate and detailed data that had be accumulated following the initial report.
Date: January 9, 1955
Creator: Burger, L. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Calibration of the 305 pile for graphite testing (open access)

Calibration of the 305 pile for graphite testing

From summary: "The methods of calibrating the 305 pile for impurities and density differences in graphite are reviewed and calibration constants are calculated theoretically."
Date: January 8, 1951
Creator: Duvall, George E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Viscosity and Settling Rates of TBP Waste Metal Slurries as a Function of Shear (open access)

Viscosity and Settling Rates of TBP Waste Metal Slurries as a Function of Shear

This report follows work that is meant to determine the settling rate and viscosity of Hanford Waste metal slurry as a function of prolonged agitation and shear, and to repeat these determinations on a synthetic incubated material similar to that used in the acidification studies, HW-18367, and to make a direct comparison between the genuine and simulated wastes.
Date: January 2, 1951
Creator: Varga, L. P. & Harmon, M. K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical procedures for the plutonium Metal Fabrication Process (open access)

Analytical procedures for the plutonium Metal Fabrication Process

A report describing a the results of a fluorimetric and volumetric method for the determination of fluoride. This method was developed for the determination of ionizable fluorine in gases in the range of 1-500ppm. This method was chosen because the determination depends on the generation of a color rather than the bleaching effect or on a change of color.
Date: January 15, 1951
Creator: Kendall, L. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Hanford Pile Effluent Upon Aquatic Invertebrates in the Columbia River (open access)

Effect of Hanford Pile Effluent Upon Aquatic Invertebrates in the Columbia River

Abstract: "This is the preliminary report of a radiological-ecological survey of the invertebrate fauna that inhabit the Columbia River within the confines of Hanford Works and downstream to the site of McNary Dam. The survey was carried out during the period of October, 1948 through February, 1950. Materials and methods are discussed and the results of extensive radioassays, qualitative and quantitative biological determinations, and hydrographic studies are given and analyzed. Twelve figures and twenty-three tables are included. All aquatic invertebrates were found to be concentrating radioactivity from the river water. A maximum activity density of 4.4-10-(-3) μc/g wet weight was found in the larvae of midges (Hydrobaeninae) collected near Hanford during September, 1949. Radioactive wastes were not found to be causing any apparent deleterious effects to the natural invertebrate fauna. Existing population variations are caused by biological and hydrographic conditions."
Date: January 19, 1951
Creator: Davis, Jared J. & Cooper, Calvin L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Correlations on the Equation of State of an Electron Gas (open access)

Effect of Correlations on the Equation of State of an Electron Gas

An attempt to apply quantitatively the equation of state of a free electron gas to relatively low temperatures in order to emphasize correlation effects.
Date: January 14, 1955
Creator: Ferrell, Richard
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Timing Circuit for the UCLA FM Cyclotron (open access)

A Timing Circuit for the UCLA FM Cyclotron

A circuit had been constructed which supplied timing pulses for the various operating components of the UCLA F.M. cyclotron as well as counter gating pulses of variable widths and adjustable positions on the cyclotron duty cycle. The pulses are timed relative to a master pulse generated when the cyclotron oscillator passes through a specified frequency in the direction of decreasing frequency, thus giving only one master pulse per duty cycle. Overall stability of the timing circuit is about one mu sec.
Date: January 1956
Creator: Jensen, Louis K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Design and Application of A Heat Transfer Analogue for Radially Symmetrical Problems (open access)

The Design and Application of A Heat Transfer Analogue for Radially Symmetrical Problems

This report describes the design, construction, and application of an electrical analogue for solution of the steady state problem. Teledeltos paper (an electrically conductive paper) was used to construct this analogue, and although this and other sheet materials has been used for heat transfer analogues in several previous investigations, it is believed that the present work is unique in the application of Teledeltos paper to three dimensional problems of radial symmetry.
Date: January 30, 1957
Creator: Cook, M. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Program For the Development of Plutonium Recycle For Use in Light Water Moderated Reactors: Third Quarterly Report (open access)

Program For the Development of Plutonium Recycle For Use in Light Water Moderated Reactors: Third Quarterly Report

This is a report of work completed during the period October 1, 1961, to December 31, 1961. The Program fuel element was completed and assembled. After extensive analysis, it was concluded that the fuel was satisfactory for use in the Program.
Date: January 5, 1962
Creator: Carver, J. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maritime Loop Irradiation Program Savannah I Fuel Irradiation Quarterly Progress Report October 1, 1961 - December 31, 1961 (open access)

Maritime Loop Irradiation Program Savannah I Fuel Irradiation Quarterly Progress Report October 1, 1961 - December 31, 1961

This report covers the S-I-5-B-M fuel irradiation in the GETR Maritime Loop during the second quarter of fiscal year 1962. The data are summarized in Section II. Discussions on fuel performance, fuel environment (water chemistry), problems with loop operations, and the crud deposition program are included.
Date: January 31, 1962
Creator: Danielson, D. W. & Gilbert, R. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
High Performance UO2 Program Quarterly Progress Report No. 11 October-December 1963 (open access)

High Performance UO2 Program Quarterly Progress Report No. 11 October-December 1963

Work performed during the quarter is summarized by: direct measurement of fission gas pressure, loop operations, performance of UO2 fuel, UO2 grain growth and melting studies.
Date: January 15, 1964
Creator: Weidenbaum, B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Creep-Rupture Tests of Beryllium (open access)

Creep-Rupture Tests of Beryllium

"A program of creep-rupture tests of several bars of Beryllium has been completed. The tests were made at 1200, 1400, 1550, and 1700 F. in protective atmospheres of tank helium or hydrogen. The results are given in a summary table and by creep and design curves. A description of the test set-up is included."
Date: January 9, 1951
Creator: Manjoine, M. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Equilibrium Phases in the System UOâ‚‚ - ZrOâ‚‚ (open access)

A Study of Equilibrium Phases in the System UOâ‚‚ - ZrOâ‚‚

Report discussing phase equilibrium studies on the UOâ‚‚ - ZrOâ‚‚ system, which was found to primarily consist of two solid solutions separated by a two phase region which shrinks as temperature rises. These studies were completed to understand UOâ‚‚ and ZrOâ‚‚ high temperature reactions and temperature limitations.
Date: January 1951
Creator: Lambertson, Wingate A. & Mueller, Melvin H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alpha Particle Detection and the A. C. Operated Detector "A" (Howler) (open access)

Alpha Particle Detection and the A. C. Operated Detector "A" (Howler)

Abstract: This discussion concerns the operation, construction, and servicing of an alpha rate meter of medium sensitivity (30,000 alpha particles full scale per minute) and good stability. The instrument is equipped with an oscillator which increases both in frequency and loudness as the alpha activity is increased. The oscillator circuit includes an anticipator which causes a change in frequency depending directly upon the rate of change of alpha activity. Maximum sensitivity is approximately 100 millivolts full scale. Grid current varies from 1 to 5 x 10^-14 amperes. A general discussion of time constants and accuracy is included. Tables of stopping power, ionization and alpha activity are appended.
Date: January 29, 1946
Creator: Neil, Hugh G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
On the Accuracy of a Procedure Occurring in the Monte Carlo Method (open access)

On the Accuracy of a Procedure Occurring in the Monte Carlo Method

The following report analyzes and calculates the accuracy of a procedure that processes independent source neutron cards in the Monte Carlo method.
Date: January 7, 1948
Creator: Siegert, Arnold
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Search for Fission Induced Fission (open access)

Preliminary Search for Fission Induced Fission

This report follows investigations of fission fragments, as they contain charged nuclear high energy and contain a high excess of neutrons.
Date: January 2, 1948
Creator: Fowler, J. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Crystal Structure of Neptunium Metal (open access)

The Crystal Structure of Neptunium Metal

The following report provides measurements of the crystalline structure of neptunium metal.
Date: January 22, 1952
Creator: Zacharissen, W. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Cement Base for the Hot Filament Mass Spectrometer Source (open access)

A Cement Base for the Hot Filament Mass Spectrometer Source

The following document is meant to inform the reader on the makings of a cement base for the hot filament mass spectrometer source as part of a publication in the review of scientific instruments, "Laboratory and Shop Notes".
Date: January 17, 1952
Creator: Hand, John E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Temperature on the Distribution of Nitric Acid Between Dibutyl Carbitol and Aqueous Solutions of Copper Nitrate (open access)

The Effect of Temperature on the Distribution of Nitric Acid Between Dibutyl Carbitol and Aqueous Solutions of Copper Nitrate

This report follows a test made to determine the effect of temperature on the distribution of nitric acid between "carbitol" and gunk, extracting a number of samples of aqueous copper nitrate with samples of "carbitol" of various acidities. The data obtained is covered in Table 1.
Date: January 17, 1946
Creator: Shacklett, C. D. & Wilcox, W. J., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library