Introduction: In anticipation of the design of equipment for heat transfer tests, a series of short exposure corrosion tests was initiated in an effort to determine the order of magnitude of the corrosion involved. Information was required on the effect on corrosion rates of applying a potential between two concentric tubes, the annulus between them containing condensate water.

Abstract: "This paper gives an arithmetic method of computing the number of sections required in a catalytic tower to produce a given enrichment. It also tells how to calculate the enrichment of a tower with a given number of sections. The problem of the most economical design of catalytic towers is solved. Methods are given for determining the temperature, the efficiencies of catalyst beds and strippers, the relative production rate, and the water vapor-hydrogen gas ratio which give the optimum combination of operating pressure, cross sectional area, number of sections, and volume of catalyst in the tower. Simple directions as to how to make the calculations are included."

Technical report covering (1) analysis of uranium bromide and chloride samples, (2) the ferric-nitrate method of analyzing uranium fluorides for fluorine, (3) spectrographic determination of boron, cadmium and manganese in magnesium metal, (4) service analyses. contributions to other problems, (5) attempted preparation of uranous oxyfluoride, and (6) corrections in previous reports.

An approximate calculation is made of the variations of the flexibility of a long cartridge with the length of the slug used, assuming that the jacket slides without friction.

Report discussing procedures for analyzing the quantity of plutonium in stool samples. Ashing methods are described, as well as methods for extraction of plutonium from the stool.

Abstract: "Using xylene as the densimetric solvent, the crystal densities have been determined by the pyknometric method for the following chlorides, UCl3, UCl4, UCl6(UCl4), UCl6 and U02Cl2."

The following report describes procedures taken to utilize the photelometer to procure the most rapid and reliable determinations, but the goal of the tests presented was to create satisfactory dispersions of particles to analyze.

This report describes the use of pile control over atomic power, including the different methods of control.

Technical report includes three reports of research progress: 1)Meson Mass Determination by Grain Counting, W. H. Barkas; 2) The Magnetic Beta Ray Lens Spectrograph, A. C. Helmholz; 3) Anthracene Counters, E. Martinelli.

Purpose: "To study the value of electrical induction methods for the measurement of liquid and interface levels."

A report which deals with the Redox IA Column studies made in small-scale columns packed with 3/16-in. Fenske helices and using NH4NO3 salting agent.

Report discussing the progress made on a research project for the preparation of ductile zirconium during April 1949.

The absolute excitation functions for the production of fission by charged particle bombardment in several substances were investigated at both high and low energies. The low energy work was done at the 60-inch Crocker cyclotron with alpha particles and deuterons, while the high energy work was done at the 184-inch cyclotron with alpha particles, deuterons, and protons.

Report discussing the progress made on the Experimental Breeder Project during the period from March 1, 1949 to January 31, 1950.

Report discussing a procedure for the preparation of anhydrous vanadium trifluoride. From abstract: "By selecting proper operating conditions and equipment, a method of preparation was devised such that anhydrous vanadium trifluoride of high purity was produced reliably in five pound batches." The method of preparation involves manipulating the starting material, vanadium pentoxide.

The tests described in this report were static tests devised to afford a basis for a quick evaluation of the resistance of uranium to attack by lithium. The work was done at the same time as the tests of beryllium, thorium, and various engineering metals in lithium (described in ANL-4990); but the results with uranium are given in the present classified report so that the results of the other tests can be published as an unclassified document. The procedure for carrying out the tests is described in ANL-4990.

Technical report describing results on work which cannot be ascribed to one reactor program. Outlines the results of miscellaneous corrosion testing, the development of new shielding materials, the testing of irradiated plastics, and general heat transfer investigation. [From Preface]

Calculations are developed which indicate the Pu production is an infinite lattice

A complete investigation was made of the r-f field in the 1/10-scale Materials Testing Accelerator (Mark I) cavity

From abstract: "This report outlines a method for selecting materials including alloys for use as a structural member in a neutron flux based on its thermal neutron absorption properties."

The results of a series of neutron diffusion calculations relating to an untamped Orally sphere are presented in detail in this report. The three-velocity neutron transport theory was taken as the basis for the analytical work preceding the computations. This particular theory, also known as the transport approximation, is defined in LA-1271 and known to be quite accurate for assemblies primarily involving materials of large atomic weight. For a sphere of uniform density and atomic composition the transport theory has another advantage. It can readily be formulated in terms of simultaneous integral equations (in our case three), relatively simple in form, involving the collision densities [formula] and a set of parameter values describing the materials. Nb(r) is , as indicated, a function of the radial distance [formula] and the velocity index g, g - 1, 2, 3. The parameters, fifteen in number for the three-velocity theory, are comprised of the velocities, the inverse mean free paths, and the transfer coefficients.

The following report describes the process of the determination of hydrogen in magnesium, lithium, and magnesium alloys, including methods of analyzing magnesium-lithium alloys for hydrogen, and the tin-fusion method used for determining the hydrogen content of pure magnesium that can also be used to analyze pure lithium for hydrogen.

The following report is one of a series of rolling tests to establish the rolling process for Feed Materials Production Center at Fernold, Ohio. The primary objective of this program is to find a mechanically feasible process for continuous rolling of uranium.

From abstract: "The rate of hydrolysis of TBP and the effect of the hydrolysis products in the Purex Process have been studied. Hydrolytic conditions may be encountered in the process which would lead to formation of dibutyl phosphoric acid, causing significant losses of tetravalent plutonium in stripping. This situation may be easily alleviated by reducing and stripping the plutonium in the trivalent state."