0-2 kv Flash Tube Supplies (open access)

0-2 kv Flash Tube Supplies

In order to perform the various experiments with a bubble chamber, a high intensity flash tube is used. This report briefly describes the power supplies designed and constructed to power these lamps.
Date: March 15, 1962
Creator: Miller, D. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
6 kv Capacitor Charging Supply (open access)

6 kv Capacitor Charging Supply

The power supplies designed and constructed to power high intensity flash tubes used in bubble chamber experiments are briefly described and are accompanied by a schematic diagram of the layout. (D.C.W.)
Date: March 15, 1962
Creator: Miller, D. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 4K ANGIE Code (open access)

The 4K ANGIE Code

The ANGIE, one of a series of reactor neutronic programs for an IBM 709 or 7090 data processing system, solves the time-dependent, multi-group, neutron diffusion equation for 1 to 26 energy groups applied to a rectangular mesh superimposed on either an x-y or an r-z plane.
Date: March 5, 1962
Creator: Stone, Stuart P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Absorption and Turnover Rates of Iron Measured by the Whole Body Counter (open access)

Absorption and Turnover Rates of Iron Measured by the Whole Body Counter

Human iron metabolism has been extensively studied in the past twenty-five years with the radioisotopes iron⁵⁵ and iron⁵⁹. Before the availability of the whole body counter, however, iron absorption studies were performed by the indirect methods of fecal assay of unabsorbed radioiron, and estimation of red cell incorporation of absorbed tracer. The few long-term excretion studies performed required numerous assumptions, since human iron excretion was less well understood. Whole body counting provides a simple and accurate method of measuring the total body retention of administrative tracer iron⁵⁹, thus making absorption and subsequent excretion determinations possible with a single radioiron study. The energetic gamma emissions of iron⁵⁹ permit ready external detection with small quantities of isotope, Normal radioiron distribution is uniform throughout the circulating red cell mass and thus minimize geometry influences on the counting efficiency, 0nly the 45.1 day half-life of iron⁵⁹ limits long term iron turnover studies. Measurements of iron⁵⁹ absorption and long-term body turnover have been under way at Brookhaven National Laboratory for over two years. The present paper outlines some of the results of these studies, and discusses some implications of the method.
Date: September 5, 1962
Creator: Price, D. C.; Cohn, S. H. & Cronkite, B. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acceleration of Deuterons or Alpha Particles in the AGS (open access)

Acceleration of Deuterons or Alpha Particles in the AGS

The magnetic field of the AGS ring can contain particles of magnetic rigidity about 34 Bv/c. This includes not only protons of kinetic energy 33 Bev, but also 32 Bev deuterons, 64 Bev alpha particles, and conceivably heavier nuclei such as 188 Bev carbon nuclei. It will be shown in this paper that such nuclei can be injected and accelerated in the AGS if some rather small modifications are made in the injection and acceleration systems. What physics could be done with such beams? Several types of experiments may be suggested. In the first place, since the deuteron is a rather loosely bound combination of a neutron and a proton, it is likely to break up when it hits a target nucleus (stripping reaction). In a considerable fraction of the collisions the neutron will go straight on with essentially unchanged energy (half the deuteron energy). Therefore, with an internal target bombarded by 30 Bev deuterons one should obtain an intense, rather well collimated and monochromatic beam of 15 Bev neutrons in the forward direction.
Date: December 28, 1962
Creator: Courant, E. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acceleration of Polarized Protons to Relativistic Energies (open access)

Acceleration of Polarized Protons to Relativistic Energies

Maintenance of polarization of polarized protons in a linear accelerator is known to be feasible. Circular accelerators present a different problem, and the investigation of the interaction of orbit dynamics and particle polarization in general is undertaken. The equation of motion of the spin vector of a charged particle in a magnetic field as formulated by Bargmann, Michel, and Telegdi is utilized in the study of depolarization for several accelerators. High values of depolarization are obtained, and means for avoiding such depolarization are suggested. (D.C.W.)
Date: January 22, 1962
Creator: Courant, E.D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accurate Nuclear Fuel Burnup Analyses: Fourth Quarterly Progress Report September-November, 1962 (open access)

Accurate Nuclear Fuel Burnup Analyses: Fourth Quarterly Progress Report September-November, 1962

Work has continued on the development of accurate nuclear fuel burnup analysis. Work performed during the fourth quarter is summarized here.
Date: December 1, 1962
Creator: Rider, B. F.; Ruiz, C. P. & Peterson, J. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Accurate Nuclear Fuel Burnup Analyses: Third Quarterly Progress Report June - August, 1962 (open access)

Accurate Nuclear Fuel Burnup Analyses: Third Quarterly Progress Report June - August, 1962

Work has continued on the development of accurate nuclear fuel burnup analysis. Work performed by the third quarter of 1962 is summarized.
Date: October 1, 1962
Creator: Rider, B. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Addendum to Hazard Summary Report Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) (open access)

Addendum to Hazard Summary Report Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II)

Report containing hazard and safety information regarding the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II in Idaho.
Date: June 1962
Creator: Koch, L. J.; Loewenstein, W. B. & Monson, H. O.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Additional Physical Property Data, U12g.01 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nev. (open access)

Additional Physical Property Data, U12g.01 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nev.

Introduction: "This report presents physical property analyses for 28 additional samples and is a supplement to Geological Survey Technical Letter: Area-12-1, which gave a brief summary of the geology, descriptive data on the tunnel, and X-ray, chemical, semiquantitative spectrographic analyses, and some physical properties determinations of samples collected in the U12g.01 tunnel."
Date: October 5, 1962
Creator: Emerick, W. L.; Snyder, R. F. & Hoover, D. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of Parts of East-Central New York and West-Central New England (ARMS-I) (open access)

Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of Parts of East-Central New York and West-Central New England (ARMS-I)

Report concerning "[a]n airborne gamma-radiation survey of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and parts of New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont" (p. 5) made between 1958 and 1960 that indicated that a broad range of radioactivity exists in those areas depending on the type of bedrock. Correlations are drawn between this radioactivity and the geology of the region.
Date: August 1962
Creator: Popenoe, Peter
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of the Georgia Nuclear Laboratory Area, Northern Georgia (ARMS-I) (open access)

Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of the Georgia Nuclear Laboratory Area, Northern Georgia (ARMS-I)

Report regarding an airborne gamma-radioactivity survey that took place over a 7,000 square mile area around the George Nuclear Laboratory in Dawson County, Georgia. Topics include the types of bedrock noted in the area as well as their levels of radioactivity.
Date: January 1962
Creator: MacKallor, Jules A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Ages" of the Sikhote Alin Meteorite (open access)

"Ages" of the Sikhote Alin Meteorite

The potassium-argon age of the Sikhote Alin iron meteorite has been determined. The value is 1.7 + 0.2 x 10⁹ years. Previous lead data suggest an age of 4.6 x 10⁹ years . The date of solidification may be the sum of these two ages.
Date: 1962
Creator: Fisher, David E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Alexander Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1962
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alkali Metal Physical Properties Program at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft-CANEL (open access)

Alkali Metal Physical Properties Program at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft-CANEL

The favorable combination of physical properties such as heat capacity, viscosity, electrical resistivity, thermal conductivity and high temperature liquid range make alkali metals, in principle, among the best heat transfer fluids available for use in nuclear reactor and other esoteric powerplant systems. Unfortunately, many of these properties are not known with sufficient certainty in the high temperature region to permit optimization of design criteria for developing maximum efficiency coolant systems. For this reason, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft-CANEL, have been concerned for some time in extending the physical properties data of alkali liquid metals in the high temperature region. A supplemental program is being initiated to study some of the properties of alkali metals in the gas phase. This information is required for designing systems where the alkali vapor is the working fluid. In addition, programs are under way to study the solubility of noble gases in alkali liquid metals and wetting characteristics of these liquid metals with structural materials.
Date: June 15, 1962
Creator: Kapelner, S. M. & Cleary, Robert E., 1920-
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alpha Air Monitoring with [alpha]/[beta] Ratio Compensation for Natural Interference (open access)

Alpha Air Monitoring with [alpha]/[beta] Ratio Compensation for Natural Interference

Abstract. Results are presented of a theoretical study to calculate the [alpha]/[beta] ratio of filter-collected natural airborne radioactivity. The detection of airborne plutonium contamination by noting increases in this [alpha]/[beta] ratio is discussed. A modification of this approach which provides a more uniform response to alpha airborne contamination is described.
Date: February 5, 1962
Creator: Lindeken, C. L. & Montan, Donald N.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Cell Population Kinetics (open access)

Analysis of Cell Population Kinetics

The relation between trace kinetic parameters of cell populations and the statistics used in studies on cell populations is discussed. It is pointed out that responses in cell populations are complex and subject to many perturbations. Some of these are discussed. It is concluded that a complete check list of sources of error is required for studies of great accuracy, and a calculus to help in combining heterogeneous data is needed for studies of systems of great complexity.
Date: 1962
Creator: Quastler, Henry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1961 (open access)

Annual Report of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America: 1961

Annual report submitted by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America to Congress describing highlights from 1961, activities, finances, organizational leadership, and other information about scouting programs.
Date: April 1, 1962
Creator: Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Anthony Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1962
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Anthony Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1962
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antiproton-Proton Two-Prong Interactions at 3.25 Bev/c (open access)

Antiproton-Proton Two-Prong Interactions at 3.25 Bev/c

A study is being made of two-prong antiproton interactions in hydrogen at 3.25 Bev/c. About 2250 two-prong events were measured on automatic digitized machines and their reconstruction and analysis were performed with standard programs. Of the total number of events 1003 were classified as elastic interactions. About 500 inelastic events were examined using bubble density estimates in addition to criteria based on distribution values in the classification procedure. The inelastic events in which a secondary nucleon or antinucleon was unambiguously identified were used to obtain limits for annihilation and non-annihilation partial cross sections. The two-prong events were 57% of the total. Results for angular distributions and cross sections are presented in graphs and tables. (M.C.G.)
Date: 1962
Creator: Ferbel, T.; Sandweiss, J.; Taft, H.D.; Culwick, B.B.; Gailloud, M.; Morris, T.W. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of Boron Carbide Nickel Dispersion to a Prototype Control Rod (open access)

Application of Boron Carbide Nickel Dispersion to a Prototype Control Rod

Previously reported results on the testing of small samples of boron carbide dispersed in nickel by electrolytic codeposition were adequately encouraging to lead to the development of a prototype control rod for operation in the Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor. The operation of the control rod has been entirely satisfactory.
Date: May 1962
Creator: Williamson, H.E. & Alexander, A. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Atom Arrangements in Some Iron-Aluminum Solutions, Report No. 1 (open access)

Atom Arrangements in Some Iron-Aluminum Solutions, Report No. 1

"Short-range order coefficients were measured at 300 and 400°C for iron-aluminum alloys containing 14.8, 18.2, and 20.0 atomic per cent aluminum. These alloys exhibited a strong preference for unlike near neighbors. The short-range order was greater at the lower temperature and increased as the Fe 3Al composition was approached."
Date: July 12, 1962
Creator: Houska, C. R. & Averbach, B. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Aubrey Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1962
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History