Metallurgical Laboratory, Chemical Research - Heavy Water, Report for the Month Ending May 1, 1944 (open access)

Metallurgical Laboratory, Chemical Research - Heavy Water, Report for the Month Ending May 1, 1944

Technical report with short reports on (1) Heavy water analysis and standardization, and Specific gravity of pure D2O; (2) Homogenous exponential experiment; (3) Recombination of pile gases; (4) Slurry pumping studies; and (5) Electron microscope laboratory.
Date: May 16, 1944
Creator: Hogness, T. R. (Thorfin Rusten), 1894-; Hiskey, C. F. & Eidinoff, Maxwell Leigh, 1915-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preparation of U233 (open access)

Preparation of U233

Technical report. The object of the research is to determine the procedure and equipment for the preparation of U233 on a semi-works scale. The general proposed procedure is that thorium carbonate in aluminum cans will be irradiated with pile neutrons. The Pa233 resulting from neutron absorption the Th232 and the decay of Th233 will be extraction from 99% of the thorium and the natural U in thorium by MnO2 precipitations. The Pa233 will then be allowed to decay to U233 which in turn will be isolated from the remaining Th and partially decayed Pa233 by ether extraction.
Date: May 16, 1944
Creator: Apple, R. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library