Radiochemical Investigation of the Spontaneous Fission of Cm²⁴² (open access)

Radiochemical Investigation of the Spontaneous Fission of Cm²⁴²

Report discussing the distribution of mass in the spontaneous fission of Cm²⁴², which was investigated by a radiochemical determination of the fission yields of twenty-one nuclides ranging in mass from 91 to 140. "Corrections for absorption, scattering, geometry, decay, and fractional saturation were applied to obtain saturation disintegration rates, which, with the known fission rate of the source, give the fission yields."
Date: March 13, 1953
Creator: Steinberg, E. P. & Glendenin, Lawrence E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Crystal Structure and Thermal Expansion of Gamma Plutonium (open access)

The Crystal Structure and Thermal Expansion of Gamma Plutonium

Gamma plutonium is found to be orthorhombic with eight atoms in a unit cell of dimension (1t 235 degree C) [formula]. The calculated density is [formula]. The space group is Fddd and the positions of the eight atoms are: [formula]. Each plutonium atom is bonded to ten others at an aver distance of [formula], four being at [formula], two at [formula] and found at [formula]. The mean linear coefficients of thermal expansion are found to be [formula].
Date: December 13, 1953
Creator: Zachariasen, William H. (William Houlder), 1906-1979 & Ellinger, F. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library