Fabrication of Uranium Wire (open access)

Fabrication of Uranium Wire

From abstract: "The present report describes experimental work performed to establish a procedure for the production of uranium metal wire. In all cases, the size of the initial rod was 1/2 inch diameter. Three materials were used: hot extruded tuballoy rod, high purity cast tuballoy rod, and cast U-235 rod."
Date: October 25, 1949
Creator: Anderson, R. E.; Taub, J. M. & Doll, D. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spontaneous Fission of 48 (open access)

Spontaneous Fission of 48

Report discussing an experiment to reinvestigate the spontaneous fission of 48 (Pu-238) in an effort to determine a more accurate value for the spontaneous fission constant that was found in a previous experiment.
Date: December 19, 1949
Creator: Jungerman, John A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Modified Decade Scaler: Final Report on Project Authorization Number CMR-3-5 (open access)

A Modified Decade Scaler: Final Report on Project Authorization Number CMR-3-5

Final report describing the development and usage of an automatic decade scaler which operates for a fixed number of counts, developed for use with a Geiger tube.
Date: June 9, 1949
Creator: Rupert, George N.
System: The UNT Digital Library