Final Report on Interpretation and Evaluation of the Uranium Occurrences Near Goodsprings, Nevada (open access)

Final Report on Interpretation and Evaluation of the Uranium Occurrences Near Goodsprings, Nevada

From introduction: This report is based on the field and laboratory studies of the uranium mineralization in the vicinity of Goodsprings, Clark Co., Nevada. The location of the region is shown in figure 1.
Date: December 31, 1954
Creator: Barton, Paul B., Jr. & Behre, Charles H., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interpretation and Evaluation of the Uranium Occurences Near Goodsprings, Nevada: Final Report (open access)

Interpretation and Evaluation of the Uranium Occurences Near Goodsprings, Nevada: Final Report

Abstract: The uranium occurrences near Goodsprings, Clark Co., Nevada, are divided into two distinct types which differ from each other in geographic distribution, localization of mineralization, mineralogy and origin. None of the known deposits is of present commercial significance and therefore this study emphasizes the genetic rather than the economic aspects.
Date: December 31, 1954
Creator: Barton, Paul B., Jr. & Behre, Charles H., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Determination of Product Variability (open access)

The Determination of Product Variability

One of the distinguishing features of many chemical production processes is that the process variation is obscured by measurement errors which are of the same order of magnitude or greater. This paper will discuss some elementary means of estimating true product variability under these conditions.
Date: December 30, 1954
Creator: Bennett, Carl A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Sample Activity vs Flow Rate (open access)

Air Sample Activity vs Flow Rate

A bibliography on the subject of air sample activity vs flow rate has been prepared. The findings in two documents reviewed have been applied directly to this problem. It is concluded that air sample activity is not dependent on flow rate when sampling particles whose average diameter in 0.06 micron or greater.
Date: December 27, 1954
Creator: Clark, R. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of Thermal Electromotive Forces to Product Magnetic Field in a Controlled Thermonuclear Reactor (open access)

Use of Thermal Electromotive Forces to Product Magnetic Field in a Controlled Thermonuclear Reactor

The following report investigates the possible use of thermal emf's to produce the plasma-containing magnetic field in a thermonuclear reactor.
Date: December 27, 1954
Creator: Northrop, Theodore G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-167 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-167

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Necessity of Performance Bonds for Business Managers of Gainesville State School for Girls, Gatesville State School for Boys, and Crockett State School for Colored Girls, and related questions.
Date: December 22, 1954
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-168 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-168

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Authority of the State to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare for the purpose of obtaining Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance coverage for federally paid civilian employees of the Texas National Guard.
Date: December 22, 1954
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Second Report on Liquid Metal Level Instrument (open access)

Second Report on Liquid Metal Level Instrument

The liquid metal level instrument will operate at tank temperatures up to 1000 F. Overall system accuracy depends on operating conditions, as described in the report. Test accuracies from 2 to 8% have been obtained from full to empty tank. The primary detector unit successfully passed navy HI shock test.
Date: December 21, 1954
Creator: Droma, Clarence R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-166 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-166

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification;Retention of mineral rights in sale of land acquired by an independent school district in a delinquent tax suit.
Date: December 21, 1954
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Formulas Pertaining to Weak-Shocks (open access)

Formulas Pertaining to Weak-Shocks

Certain solutions of the cylindrical wave-equation, such as the Possio integral, which are needed in the investigation of 2-dimensional weak-shocks are are determined in this paper.
Date: December 20, 1954
Creator: Owens, O. O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-165 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-165

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification;Possible conflict between section 12 of article 781b,V.C.C.P, relating to the eligibility for parole.
Date: December 20, 1954
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-148 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: S-148

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Construction of constitutional amendment adopted November 2, 1954, concerning voting by members of the armed forces.
Date: December 18, 1954
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Aeolotropic Elastic Relations for Uranium Crystals (open access)

The Aeolotropic Elastic Relations for Uranium Crystals

Handwritten report. This theoretical introduction to the anisotropic elastic properties of the orthorombic [sic] uranium crystal presents certain basic ideas which are useful in the study of experimental methods for determining preferred orientations in polycrystalline bodies. The method of analysis used to determine the elastic constants suggests explanations and correlations for the observations of sonic wave experiments on bars having preferred orientations and also serves as an introduction into the type of mathematical relations used in the study of anisotropic crystals.
Date: December 17, 1954
Creator: Merckx, K. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fission Cross Section f Factor of Pu²³⁹ (open access)

The Fission Cross Section f Factor of Pu²³⁹

A presentation of the values for the Pu²³⁹ fission cross section f factor extended into a higher energy range than previously reported in BNL-250. The values were obtained by integrating the standard expression defining the f factor on the Hanford IBM-CPC equipment. The un-fit experimental data of Leonard, as corrected for resolution and doppler effect, was used above 0.03 ev being attached to an analytic fit applicable below this point. Results are shown on the accompanying graph.
Date: December 16, 1954
Creator: Stuart, G. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-164 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: MS-164

Letter opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Ben Shepperd, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification;Disposition of delinquent State general ad valorem taxes levied for the year 1951 and subsequent years and collected after the year 1951.
Date: December 16, 1954
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Effect of Acidity and Reducing Agents on Ruthenium Solvent Extraction by Tributyl Phosphate in the 25 Process (open access)

The Effect of Acidity and Reducing Agents on Ruthenium Solvent Extraction by Tributyl Phosphate in the 25 Process

Results of tracer studies suggest that, in tributyl phosphate extraction processes designed to recover and purify fissionable material, minimum ruthenium extraction should be obtained from feeds at least 2 M in nitric acid or at least 1 M acid-deficient. Ruthenium decontamination was decreased by preheating the feed and increased by pretreatment with reducing agents. A pretreatment using 0.06 M ferrous ion and 0.5 M urea with 1 hr simmering at 85°C should increase ruthenium decontamination about 10-fold in the 25 process. If other process considerations dictate the use of a low-acid feed, decontamination from ruthenium may be improved by using 3 M nitric acid as the scrubbing solution. Apparently, the scrubbing process is quite time-dependent; a solvent holdup time of about 15 min may be needed in the scrub section for maximum decontamination.
Date: December 15, 1954
Creator: Flanary, J. R. & Frashier, L. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Flame Photometric Determination of Tributylphosphate (open access)

The Flame Photometric Determination of Tributylphosphate

The study of the flame photometric method for determining the concentration of tributylphosphate (TBP) in a hydrocarbon diluent was undertaken because it showed promise of being economically competitive and subject to fewer interferences than the existing methods. The determination of TBP in the hydrocarbon solutions throughout the range 0.01 to 80 per cent TBP may be performed using the flame photometer. The principal conclusions resulting from the study found a that there was higher precision in the one to two percent TBP rang than the 45 per cent TBP level due to error in reproducing narrow slit width in the higher range, 2) nitric acid, uranyl nitrate, and thorium nitrate all interfere if present but can be eliminated by contacting the solution with water or sodium carbonate solution. 3) a single determination may be made in 15 minutes, multiple determinations can be made at a rate of one to two minutes per determination, and 4) a modification of an existing method makes possible the application of this method to the determination of TBP dissolved in aqueous samples. A relative precision of plus of minus five per cent (95 per cent confidence level) is obtained.
Date: December 15, 1954
Creator: Brite, D. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
General Chemistry, Quarterly Progress Report, April-June 1954 (open access)

General Chemistry, Quarterly Progress Report, April-June 1954

"General Chemistry investigations reported herein includes: (1) the Organic Coolant-Moderator Program, (2) investigations on zirconium hydride, and (3) analytical chemistry."
Date: December 15, 1954
Creator: Colichman, Eugene L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proton Irradiation Effects in Thorium (open access)

Proton Irradiation Effects in Thorium

"Iodide-processed thorium foils were irradiated with 9-Mev protons at temperatures below -140 degrees C. the recover of electrical resistance upon annealing was studied in the range 0 degrees to 75 degrees where tempering curves showed rapid changes taking place. Determinations of the activation energy associated with this process were made and the mean value obtained was 1.22 ev. Correlations of this result have been made with those found previously for copper. From these comparisons, a tentative assignment of the motion of interstitial atoms in thorium has been made for this process. In addition, some evidence has been found which illustrates the corrosive action that water has on thorium at temperaturs as low as 0 degrees C."
Date: December 15, 1954
Creator: Meechan, Charles J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anodic Etching Procedure for Uranium: Useful Lifetime of Baths Without Regeneration (open access)

Anodic Etching Procedure for Uranium: Useful Lifetime of Baths Without Regeneration

The useful lifetimes of the phosphoric-hydrochloric anodic etching solution and the nitric acid stripping solutions were studied. Groups of uranium wafers of surface areas approximately 0.033 sq ft were anodically etched and stripped. From the losses in weight observed, it was concluded that at least three square feet of uranium may be anodized per liter of phosphoric-hydrochloric acid solution without regeneration. The nitric acid stripping solution was found to be satisfactory for at least one square foot of uranium per liter, but the reaction rate decreased rapidly after the treatment of two square feet per liter.
Date: December 14, 1954
Creator: Pitzer, E.C.; Katayama, Y. B. & Budke, W. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airborne Reconnaissance in Southwestern Arkansas (open access)

Airborne Reconnaissance in Southwestern Arkansas

Introduction: Reconnaissance for uranium in central and southwestern Arkansas was carried out as a joint project of the U.S. Atomic energy Commission and the U.S. Geological Survey during March and May 1954. The project was planned as an investigation of several areas of known abnormal radioactivity, and as a search for others, by airborne and ground radiometric reconnaissance.
Date: December 13, 1954
Creator: Malan, R. C. & Nash, A. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Equation of State of Solids (open access)

Equation of State of Solids

Data which determine points on the Hugoniot curves of fourteen solids are given in the technical report.
Date: December 13, 1954
Creator: Walsh, J. M. & Yarger, F L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reactivity Temperature Coefficient of High Exposure Fuel (open access)

Reactivity Temperature Coefficient of High Exposure Fuel

The presence of large amounts of plutonium in high exposure uranium will give rise to a large, positive, graphite reactivity, temperature coefficient. This will create control problems in normal operation and also in the event of loss of cooling. Some general suggestions are given for the solution of these problems. The magnitude of the coefficient is probably known within ± 25% at present and a program is planned to reduce this uncertainty. The uncertainty is of minor importance in the operating control problem but of considerable significance in the disaster control problem.
Date: December 13, 1954
Creator: Gast, P. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Welding Procedure Specification for Welding of Austenitic Stainless Steel to Carbon Steel by Shielded Metal-Arc Process (open access)

Welding Procedure Specification for Welding of Austenitic Stainless Steel to Carbon Steel by Shielded Metal-Arc Process

The following report describes the welding procedures for welding austenitic stainless steel to carbon steel through a shielded metal-arc process, including the safety precautions and post-production process.
Date: December 11, 1954
Creator: Seran, P.N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library