Quarterly Report May 1947 to August 1947 : Biology Division (open access)

Quarterly Report May 1947 to August 1947 : Biology Division

The following documents were compiled into a quarterly report that was to be published in the Radiobiology Volume of the PPR. The following reports provide data from the Biology department of the University of Chicago between May and August of 1947.
Date: August 1, 1947
Creator: Brues, Austin M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Dimensions of Untamped Conical Vessels (open access)

Critical Dimensions of Untamped Conical Vessels

Abstract: "The need often arises for determining the critical chemical concentration of uranium solution in the conical bottom of a plant reactor or storage vessel, or the dimension if the concentration is known. This report describes the mathematical analysis of Poisson's equation for a spherical sector, which approximates a right circular cone. The ratio of the critical dimension of an equivalent sphere to the height of the sector for various sector angles is derived from a comparison of first eigenvalues. No description of further relations between composition and dimensions is discussed in the report."
Date: August 25, 1947
Creator: Murray, Raymond
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impregnation of Beryllium Oxide with Uranium (open access)

Impregnation of Beryllium Oxide with Uranium

The purpose of this report is to present a method of impregnating beryllium oxide with uranium and to describe the properties of beryllium oxide and of commercial beryllium oxide ceramics.
Date: August 20, 1947
Creator: Sanz, M. C. & Randolph, R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Obliquity Factors for Shields (open access)

Obliquity Factors for Shields

The following preliminary report describes obliquity factors for shields of various shapes.
Date: August 15, 1947
Creator: Brooks, Harvey
System: The UNT Digital Library