Lee College Courier, Volume 2, Number 4, November 1993 (open access)

Lee College Courier, Volume 2, Number 4, November 1993

Newsletter of Lee College discussing news, events, and other updates.
Date: November 30, 1993
Creator: Lee College (Baytown, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Time Variation of Thermodynamic Parameters of a Gas in the Region of a Shock Front : Progress Report III (open access)

Time Variation of Thermodynamic Parameters of a Gas in the Region of a Shock Front : Progress Report III

The original goal of this investigation was to compare the thermodynamic characteristics of the gases in and behind the shock fronts in gases at initial pressures in the millimeter range and to compare these characteristics in the geometries of single and double discharges. The shock fronts were not visible, so it was not possible, at these pressures, to get visual data from the shock front itself. The parameters giving the properties of the gases were faces. Measurements made with an image converter camera (which is still in the development stage) agree well with these made with a photomultiplier tube. Differences are observed between the front velocities in the cases studied. These are of the order of 3 to 15 per cent. Considering the nature of the shot to shot fluctuations in the discharges and the inductance variation between the single and double discharges represent a physical difference. The mathematical treatment which says that two equal strength colliding with a wall behaves, has not been shown to be inadequate by this investigation. It was hoped that a stronger confirmation could be fien to the theory, but the accuracy of the data does not warrant it.
Date: November 30, 1959
Creator: Eastmond, E. John (Elbert John), 1915-; Hales, Richard Wayne, 1926-; Hoyt, G. D.; Baird, Ramon C.; Chowdhury, P. N. R. & Strong, William J
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Technical Report on Physics Research (open access)

Final Technical Report on Physics Research

Results are summarized on theoretical considerations of the excited states of the Ca isotopes, experimental studies of the level structure of Ca42 and Ca44, studies of the production of circularly polarized bremsstrahlung by beta rays, the Moller scattering spectrometer, and the Moller scattering coincidence experiment.
Date: November 30, 1959
Creator: McCullen, J. D.; Kraushaar, J. J.; Woolum, J. C.; Sandifer, C. W.; Kliwer, J. K.; Baker, D. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Periodic Radiation Survey. Section III. First Performance. Core I, Seed 1. Test Results DL-S-231, T-612394 (open access)

Periodic Radiation Survey. Section III. First Performance. Core I, Seed 1. Test Results DL-S-231, T-612394

The purpose of the test was to determine the radiation levels inside the concrete enclosures but outside the reactor plant containers after shutdown following plant power operation. Radiation levels at the survey points in the 1-AC and 10BD Boiler Chambers Enclosures and in the Reactor Container Enclosure indicated that no significant radiation hazards were present approximately 25 minutes after all rods had been inserted. The radiation levels approximately 4 minutes after shutdown at the survey points in the Auxiliary Chamber Enclosure indicated that several points were above background, the highest test level being obtained in contact with the East Auxiliary Chamber container drain pipe.
Date: November 30, 1959
Creator: Shramko, John, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Leveling of Extraction Tool Crane Rails. Section I. Second Performance. Core I, Seed 1. Test Results DL-S-246, FY-59-323 (open access)

Leveling of Extraction Tool Crane Rails. Section I. Second Performance. Core I, Seed 1. Test Results DL-S-246, FY-59-323

The purpose of the test was to check the extraction crane rails in the area of the reactor pit for level and parallelism. The west extraction crane rail exceeded the allowed tolerance of 1/32 inch at only one location. The elevation of the north bumper was out of tolerance by 1/64 inch. The east extraction crane rail was consistently lower than the west rail by as much as 8/64 inch. The east rail was parallel with the west rail within allowable tolerances over the length tested except at one location where the transit was located, approximately 41 feet from the north bumper.
Date: November 30, 1959
Creator: Pazuchanics, Nicholas
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress Report No. 39 for the Period September 1, 1955 through November, 1955 (open access)

Progress Report No. 39 for the Period September 1, 1955 through November, 1955

This is the thirty-seventh progress report of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Progress during the period of June 1, 1955 through August 31, 1955 is reported on: (1) Chemistry of the fission elements group, (2) Nuclear chemistry (inorganic) group, (3) Nuclear chemistry (organic) group, (4) Cosmic ray group, (5) Elementary particle scattering group, (6) Neutron physics group, (7) ONR generator group, (8) Radioactivity group, (9) Cyclotron group, (10) Synchrotron group, (11) Theoretical group, (12) Personnel listing.
Date: November 30, 1955
Creator: {{{name}}}
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Radioactivation Analysis (open access)

Radioactivation Analysis

The development of nuclear reactors and other nuclear particle sources has given the analyst a new analysis method which can be successfully applied to the determination of microgram and submicrogram quantities of many elements. Known as "radioactivation analysis", this method is one in which an "activation" by some type of nuclear reaction is used to produce a radioactive isotope of the element to be determined. Since this radioisotope decays with its own characteristic radiations and half-life, it is possible to make radioactivation analysis a very specific analysis. Chemical separations of the radioisotope are employed whenever necessary and its radioactivity measured by some type of radiation counter.
Date: November 30, 1960
Creator: Leddicotte, G. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Newsletter of Texas State Representative Sam Harless: [November] 2021 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative Sam Harless: [November] 2021

Newsletter of Sam Harless State Representative District 126 discussing recommendations to various committees, the results of the constitutional amendment voting, and an update on critical gas facilities.
Date: November 30, 2021
Creator: Harless, Sam
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Health and Human Services Coordinating Council Annual Report:1988 (open access)

Health and Human Services Coordinating Council Annual Report:1988

Annual report of the Health and Human Services Coordinating Council describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 1988.
Date: November 30, 1988
Creator: Human and Health Services Coordinating Council
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Inmate Monthly Report: November 2021, Part 4 (open access)

Texas Inmate Monthly Report: November 2021, Part 4

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: November 30, 2021
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Study of Early Assessment and Early Intervention Models Authorized by House Bill 3468, 82nd Texas Legislature, 2011 (open access)

Study of Early Assessment and Early Intervention Models Authorized by House Bill 3468, 82nd Texas Legislature, 2011

The report describes details a summary of research on early assessment and intervention programs. A profile of early assessment and intervention policies and practices in four states, obtained through a review of online documents and telephone interviews with key informants, including state department of education staff, institutions of higher education staff, and high school administrators; A sample of early assessment and intervention practices at Texas higher education institutions, obtained through telephone interviews; and The results of an online survey of Texas higher education institutions about the extent to which campuses are working with high schools to offer early assessments and interventions.
Date: November 30, 2012
Creator: Texas Education Agency
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Equations of State for Stream-Water Mixtures and Some Representative Applications Analysis (open access)

Equations of State for Stream-Water Mixtures and Some Representative Applications Analysis

The majority of two-phase flow problems involving equations of state are solved by use of point-wise utilization steam table values. In this manner, problems involving the use of the various flow equations of continuity, momentum and energy are generally forced into iterative solutions. Considerable effort towards the development of an analytical expression for the state equation seems indicated so as to simplify the analysis of two-phase problems, particularly apparent in the analysis of systems undergoing phase transformation as demonstrated by the significant difference between simple theory and experimental critical flow determinations. The assumption of homogeneous, equilibrium mixture is indicated as a first attack upon the problem.
Date: November 30, 1959
Creator: Love, W. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Neutron Dosimetry in and Around Human Phantoms By Use of Nuclear Track Emulsion (open access)

Neutron Dosimetry in and Around Human Phantoms By Use of Nuclear Track Emulsion

The power of nuclear track research emulsion as a fast neutron dosimeter is examined in the exposure of a human phantom to PuBe neutrons. Semiautomatic track scanning and high-speed data analysis obviate the major disadvantages of this dosimeter, and allow the following basic information to be obtained without a serious cost in time: the rulative proton recoil energy spectrum, the absolute differential proton track den sity spectrum, and the average proton recoil energy at various locations in the phantom. From this are calculated the total absorbed local tissue doze due is proton recoils, the local thermal neutron intensity, and that portion of the tissue doze due to thermal [formula] tracks.
Date: November 30, 1961
Creator: Akagi, Hiroaki & Lehman, Richard L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fiscal year 2017 annual report to  Federal Highway Administration - Texas (open access)

Fiscal year 2017 annual report to Federal Highway Administration - Texas

This report has been prepared to fulfil requirements in the Stewardship and Oversight Agreement on Project Assumption and Program Oversight by and between Federal Highway Administration, Texas Division and the State of Texas Department of Transportation in 2017. This report describe local government interchangeable with local public agencies. Local government transportation project phase of project development environmental, design, right of way, utility relocation or construction.
Date: November 30, 2017
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Report to  Federal Highway Administration - Texas (open access)

Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Report to Federal Highway Administration - Texas

This report has been prepared to fulfil requirements in the Stewardship and Oversight Agreement on Project Assumption and Program Oversight by and between Federal Highway Administration, Texas Division and the State of Texas Department of Transportation in 2020. This report describe local government interchangeable with local public agencies. Local government transportation project phase of project development environmental, design, right of way, utility relocation or construction.
Date: November 30, 2020
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report to  Federal Highway Administration - Texas (open access)

Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report to Federal Highway Administration - Texas

This report has been prepared to fulfil requirements in the Stewardship and Oversight Agreement on Project Assumption and Program Oversight by and between Federal Highway Administration, Texas Division and the State of Texas Department of Transportation in 2019. This report describe local government interchangeable with local public agencies. Local government transportation project phase of project development environmental, design, right of way, utility relocation or construction.
Date: November 30, 2019
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiscal year 2018 Annual Report to  Federal Highway Administration - Texas (open access)

Fiscal year 2018 Annual Report to Federal Highway Administration - Texas

This report has been prepared to fulfil requirements in the Stewardship and Oversight Agreement on Project Assumption and Program Oversight by and between Federal Highway Administration, Texas Division and the State of Texas Department of Transportation in 2018. This report describe local government interchangeable with local public agencies. Local government transportation project phase of project development environmental, design, right of way, utility relocation or construction.
Date: November 30, 2018
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiscal year 2016 annual report to  Federal Highway Administration - Texas (open access)

Fiscal year 2016 annual report to Federal Highway Administration - Texas

This report has been prepared to fulfil requirements in the Stewardship and Oversight Agreement on Project Assumption and Program Oversight by and between Federal Highway Administration, Texas Division and the State of Texas Department of Transportation. This report describe local government interchangeable with local public agencies. Local government transportation project phase of project development environmental, design, right of way, utility relocation or construction.
Date: November 30, 2016
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Molecular Association and Electronic Structures of Nickel (II) (open access)

Molecular Association and Electronic Structures of Nickel (II)

"A new phenomenon which can, under certain circumstances, account for anomalous magnetic and spectral behavior of planar nickel(II) complexes has been discovered. This is a molecular association of the solute molecules in solvents of low coordinating power. It is shown that the magnetic moment and spectrum of bis(2.6-dimethyl1-3,5-heptanediono)nickel(II), Ni(DIBM)z, dissolved in toluene, are dependent upon both temperature and concentration.
Date: November 30, 1960
Creator: Cotton, F. Albert (Frank Albert), 1930-2007 & Fackler, John P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dimensional Stability of Uranium Powder Compacts Upon Thermal Cycling (open access)

Dimensional Stability of Uranium Powder Compacts Upon Thermal Cycling

Thermal cycling tests on uranium have shown that the dimensional changes that occur on cycling in the alpha range are directly related to both the texture of the material and its grain size: cold rolled rods generally elongate in the direction of rolling, while the same rods, after a beta-treatment, grow at rates several orders of magnitude lower. This considerable improvement by beta-treatment has been attributed to the texture randomization accompanying the heat-treatment. In the course of this heat-treatment, however, considerable grain growth occurs, which ahs the effect of causing surface roughening on cycling (also referred to as "bumping"); fine grained material generally retains a smooth surface. These observations led to the speculation that the most desirable structure in uranium, from standpoint of dimensional stability, is one that combines both a random texture and a fine grain size. Heat treatment of rolled rod offered no easy method to obtain such a product; powder metallurgical techniques, however, appeared ideally suited for the purpose. To this end, early in 1949, the Sylvania Electric Products Company initiated a program to develop suitable techniques for producing uranium powder compacts having the above-mentioned desired characteristics. Because of the availability of thermal cycling equipment at Argonne, …
Date: November 30, 1953
Creator: Mayfield, R. M.; Zegler, S. T. & Chiswik, H. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Butter-Cutter (open access)

Butter-Cutter

Patent for improved butter cutting machine to be used in professional kitchens.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Palmer, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Radiator (open access)

Automobile-Radiator

Patent for automobile radiator with protective members for the water-containing chambers.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Herold, Harry H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cane-Stripper. (open access)

Cane-Stripper.

Patent for a wooden sugarcane stripper with two cutting blades that "reduces to a minimum the liability of damage being done to the stalks during the stripping operation" (p. 2, lines 21-24), including illustrations.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Knowlton, Ida E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Braking Actuating Mechanism for Automobiles (open access)

Braking Actuating Mechanism for Automobiles

Patent for an improvement to braking actuating mechanism for automobiles to allow for safer braking with the lever right of the driver's seat, in particular adaptable to Ford emergency brakes.
Date: November 30, 1917
Creator: Baker, Howard A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History