From introduction: The present report describes further refinements of the apparatus and the method to meet a need for a sensitive determination of carbon in plutonium.

Memorandum presenting an investigation of a 2:1 area-ratio diffuser of length equal to the inlet diameter with several arrangements of simple rectangular vortex generators over a speed range up to an inlet Mach number of 0.5. The investigation was for an inlet boundary layer of 5 percent of the inlet diameter, a condition for which this diffuser had substantial separated areas with no vortex generators. Results regarding the diffuser with no vortex generators, counterrotating vortex generators, other arrangements investigated, and a comparison with results from previous diffuser research are provided.

Report summarizing data from Purex tests for pulse column specifications. These test results were used to estimate pilot plant specifications.

"An investigation was conducted at the NACA Lewis laboratory to determine whether simulated porous gas-turbine blades fabricated by the Eaton Manufacturing Company of Cleveland, Ohio would be satisfactory with respect to coolant flow for application in gas-turbine engines. These blades simulated porous turbine blades by forcing the cooling air onto the blade surface through a large number of chordwise openings or slits between laminations of sheet metal or wire. This type of surface has a finite number of openings, whereas a porous surface has an almost infinite number of smaller openings for the coolant flow" (p. 1).

The following report describes work carried out to investigate whether the Hanford IB column as designed in a previous report will decontaminate the uranium adequately from plutonium, particularly if there's any slowness in either the rate of reduction or transfer of the plutonium.

Abstract: "A series of experiments was carried out to determine the precision of the spectrochemical procedure for the isotopic analysis of uranium, especially at low uranium 235 concentrations. Standards were prepared from uranium hexafluoride which had been assayed on the mass spectrometer with a 95 per cent confidence interval of 0.5 per cent of the amount present. For a determination consisting of 9 separate measurements, the best precision obtained at normal concentration on the 95 per cent confidence interval was 0.711 +/- 0.112 per cent uranium 235 (16 per cent of the amount present)."

An accidental burst of radiation occurred at the laboratory on 1 February 1951 during remote control operation of a critical experiment. There was no personnel hazard. Normal operations were resumed within 24 hr, and the active material involved in the burst returned to service within three weeks. An unforeseen brief excursion into the prompt critical region was engendered in the act of scramming the assembly at the end of a series of measurements. This report describes the effects of the burst and analyzes the probable causes in some detail.

Technical report outlining the determination of the effective resonance integral for U238 as a function of the mass ratio for cylinders of 5/8" to 3" diameter. Also gives a linear approximation of the effective resonance integral with infinite shielding in the form of a function. [From Abstract]

Report presenting the effect of Mach number on the characteristics of the downwash and wake behind an unswept, tapered wing of aspect ratio 2.67 with full-span, 25-percent-chord, leading- and trailing-edge flaps has been determined from wind-tunnel tests. Results regarding downwash characteristics and wake characteristics are provided.

Report discussing a pressure-distribution investigation of a wing of a supersonic aircraft in the presence of a fuselage at a specified Mach number and aerodynamic chord. The wing had a quarter chord swept back 40 degrees, an aspect ratio of 4, a taper ratio of 0.5, and 10-percent-thick circular-arc sections perpendicular to the quarter-chord line. The results were compared to a similar investigation at a different Mach number.

Memorandum presenting a review of the current and anticipated lubricant problems as related to aircraft turbojet engines, which has indicated that the current and anticipated bearing operating temperature ranges to be met are specified. The most promising approaches, including types of lubricants and temperatures, are provided.

Report documenting the suitability of California for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials such as oil-impregnated strippable deposits, coal, and natural gas.

Abstract: Hunt's Mesa was examined on June 2 and 3, 1951, by the writer assisted by R. C. Cutter. Two channels were located and studied. Outcrops of the channels are mineralized, the mineralization being of the copper-uranium variety. There are indications that an appreciable quantity of ore can be found by exploration drilling. A program of 25,000 feet of wagon drilling is recommended.

Empirical methods of Ainley and Kochendorfer and Nettles were used to predict performances of nine turbine designs. Measured and predicted performances were compared. Appropriate values of blade-loss parameter were determined for the method of Kochendorfer and Nettles. The measured design-point efficiencies were lower than predicted by as much as 0.09 (Ainley and 0.07 (Kochendorfer and Nettles).

"Flame speeds based on the outer edge of the shadow cast by the laminar Bunsen cone were determined as functions of composition for methane-air mixtures at initial mixture temperatures ranging from -132 degrees to 342 degrees c and for propane-air and ethylene-air mixtures at initial mixture temperatures ranging from -73 degrees to 344 degrees c. The data showed that maximum flame speed increased with temperature at an increasing rate. The percentage change in flame speed with change in initial temperature for the three fuels followed the decreasing order, methane, propane, and ethylene" (p. 105).

"The purpose of this memo is to set down a derivation and numerical technique for a method that can be used for criticality calculations on bare reactors containing hydrogen together with another moderator such as BeO. The method and notation are that of G. Goertzel (NDA)-1, and D. Selengut (NEPA). In the interest of the computers, the numerical technique, associated notation, and calculation form are modeled after that currently used by the ANP Physics Group for BeO moderated reactors."

"Tabulated pressure coefficients and aerodynamic characteristics obtained in flight from pressure distributions over six chordwise rows of orifices on the right wing of the D-558-I research airplane (BuAero No. 37972) are presented. The data were obtained through a Mach number range of 0.80 to 0.89 and throughout the normal-force-coefficient range at Mach numbers of 0.61, 0.70, 0.855, and 0.88. This paper supplements similar tabulated data which have been presented in NACA RM L50J10 and NACA RM L50L12a" (p. 1).

Report presenting a study of rocket-powered models at transonic speeds to determine the effect on the zero-lift drag coefficient of an indented fuselage modification and a thickened wing-root modification of a swept-wing airplane configuration. Results regarding the variation of drag coefficient with Mach number, effect of wing root thickening, and wing-plus-interference drag coefficients for the tested models are provided.

Memorandum presenting results of compressive tests on duplicate longitudinal specimens from sheets of 76S-T6 and R301-T aluminum alloys in three thicknesses as graphs of tangent modulus, secant modulus, and are plotted against stress on a dimensionless basis.

The forced-convection heat-transfer characteristics of lead-bismuth eutectic were experimentally investigated. Experimental values of Nusselt number for lead-bismuth fell considerably below predicted values. The addition of a wetting agent did not change the heat transfer characteristics.

Discussing a geological reconnaissance of the King Tut Mesa, East Carrizo District.

This report describes an improved infrared absorption method to analyze aqueous samples and TBP after extraction. The method described in the following pages is the carbon tetrachloride extraction method.

Report presenting an investigation to determine the control characteristics of flap-type controls of various chords and spans on an unswept wing with a modified double-wedge section, an aspect ratio of 2.5, and a taper ratio of 0.625.The control chords in the study were 25, 35, and 45 percent of the wing chord, and the control spans were 25, 50, and 75 percent of the wing semispan. The data from the study indicated that the control-parameter values are approximately proportional to control chord or span for the chords tested.

Structural map of the King Tutt Mesa, East Carrizo District, in New Mexico produced for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's mining operations. Scale 1:24,000