Zirconium Tube Rupture from Localized Overheating (open access)

Zirconium Tube Rupture from Localized Overheating

Very little information and data are available on the various physical properties of Zircaloy tubing, especially the high temperature- high pressure failure aspects. As greater use is being made of the low cross-sectional properties of this material in the design and development of reactor components, it was considered desirable to determine the type of failure that would be experienced under conditions of a localized over-heating. This hot-spot could be caused by "cocked" or warped fuel elements coming in direct contact with the process tube, thereby preventing adequate cooling media at the particular location.
Date: September 9, 1959
Creator: Jackson, P. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recovery of U from Pyrolytic Carbon-Coated UC2 Spheroids (open access)

Recovery of U from Pyrolytic Carbon-Coated UC2 Spheroids

100% recovery of uranium from pyrolytic carbon-coated spheroids of uranium dicarbide has been accomplished by an aqueous electrolytic process at the small scale laboratory level. This result was obtained in a system which circulated 1 molar nitric acid through a thin bed of the spheres. The bed was supported between a glass frit and the anode, with which the bed was in contact. The anode was a spiral of platinum wire; the cathode was a grid of titanium wire. Current density was about 0.2 amp/cm2 based on geometric surface area calculated from the average particle size of 150 microns. Initial flow rate was about 1.3 ml/cm2/sec. Reaction temperature was 72-82°C; time was 15 hours. At 1/5 the above current density and at the same temperature recovery was smaller and was independent of concentration of nitric acid over the range 1-4 molar; also recovery in 1 molar ammonium nitrate was about the same as in 1 molar HNO3. About a 100-fold increase in recovery was obtained by going from a convection stirred cell at 90°C to the pumped type of cell at 54°C using ammonium nitrate as the electrolyte.
Date: September 9, 1963
Creator: Katz, H
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Passage of Electrons Through Matter (open access)

Passage of Electrons Through Matter

One of the oldest properties of electrons is their emission of x-rays (discrete and continuous spectra) when impinging on matter. Cloud-chamber tracks show light ionization, and considerable multiple scattering, except for fast electrons. Tracks are long and range indefinite.
Date: September 9, 1953
Creator: Vaughan, Edward
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cloverleaf Cyclotron Three Phase Radiofrequency System (open access)

The Cloverleaf Cyclotron Three Phase Radiofrequency System

The geometry of the magnetic pole structure in the cloverleaf cyclotron suggests the use of three dees excited by three phase rf placed in the valleys out of the way of the beam. Experience with the model machines indicates that it is desirable to be able to vary the phase angles between the three dee voltages through 30 or 40 degrees and to be able to maintain them at any given value within plus or minus one degree. It is desirable, also, to be able to vary the phase angle independently of the amplitude of the dee voltages. There are several possible ways of meeting these requirements. The one which was chosen appears to be the most flexible and to best meet the problems presented by the center geometry of the machine.
Date: September 9, 1952
Creator: Smith, Bob H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Crude-Oil Separator (open access)

Crude-Oil Separator

Patent for crude-oil separators mainly improves crude oil separators of baffle plate type.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Lawrence, William P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Skimmer or Cleaner (open access)

Boiler Skimmer or Cleaner

Patent for improvements for a boiler skimmer or cleaner with suitable valves to control the blowing off from scum, steam or water.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Phillips, Eugene N. & Dick, Harvey H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vise for Drilling-Machines (open access)

Vise for Drilling-Machines

Patent for a vise for drilling-machines with a novel construction and combination of parts. The work is positioned and clamped under the drill.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Joyce, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Tire. (open access)

Wheel-Tire.

Patent for improvement in automobile tires, resulting in more resilient tires that utilize internal spring coils that are encased in an elastic casing to protect against direct contact with the rubber tire.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Dalwigk, Hermann
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of making tire-fillers (open access)

Process of making tire-fillers

Patent for the process of making tire fillers that relates to the fillers for tire casings and the process of producing the same.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Aycock, Edward F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow that has functional improvements in plows.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Fudge, Henry E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Traction-Lug (open access)

Tire Traction-Lug

Patent for tire traction-lug preventing slipping of the wheel in mud, sand, snow, slush, and other soft road-beds.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Smith, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Apparatus for Sizing and Separating Comminuted Material (open access)

Process of Apparatus for Sizing and Separating Comminuted Material

Patent for new and useful improvements in process and apparatus for sizing and separating comminuted materials. This is the fifth patent and improves on the previous four patents.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process Of and Apparatus for Separating and Grading Material. (open access)

Process Of and Apparatus for Separating and Grading Material.

Patent for improvements in the process of and apparatus for separating and grading material. "Improvement upon our Patent #1,073,644, issued September 23, 1913, for a 'Separating table and process of separation'" (lines 14-17). Object of invention is to improve the general construction of separating table.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paving for Streets and the Like (open access)

Paving for Streets and the Like

Patent for paving for streets and the like invention relates to paving with specific constructions for high efficiency in resisting wear.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Stubbs, Robert C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-seed-separating machine (open access)

Cotton-seed-separating machine

Patent for a cotton-seed-separating machine for separating cotton seeds from the bolls.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Jones, Joel W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Recovering Tools from Wells. (open access)

Device for Recovering Tools from Wells.

Patent for a device to lift and recover tools, such as drill-bits, that have been dropped or lost in wells. The device features two prongs that may be engaged to grip or secure in a "biting hold" (line 50) various objects, illustrations included.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Scott, Augustus B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: Senate Higher Education Committee Interim Report (open access)

Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature: Senate Higher Education Committee Interim Report

Report from the Texas Senate Higher Education Committee describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 85th Texas Legislature.
Date: September 9, 2016
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate. Higher Education Committee.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Preventable Disease News, Volume 49, Number 36, September 9, 1989 (open access)

Texas Preventable Disease News, Volume 49, Number 36, September 9, 1989

Newsletter of the Texas Bureau of Disease Control and Epidemiology discussing the news, activities, and events of the organization and other information related to health in Texas.
Date: September 9, 1989
Creator: Texas. Bureau of Disease Control and Epidemiology.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Public Utility Rulebook Updates: September 19, 2016] (open access)

[Public Utility Rulebook Updates: September 19, 2016]

Memorandum providing updates to rulebook related to public utilities with revised pages containing amendments and instructions for inserting the new pages into existing books.
Date: September 9, 2016
Creator: Texas. Public Utility Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Parks & Wildlife News, September 9, 1987 (open access)

Texas Parks & Wildlife News, September 9, 1987

Weekly newsletter discussing natural resources, parks, hunting and fishing, and other information related to the outdoors in Texas.
Date: September 9, 1987
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Broilers: For Week Ending September 5, 1987 (open access)

Texas Broilers: For Week Ending September 5, 1987

Weekly report of the Texas Agricultural Statistics Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending August 1 to the week ending September 5, during 1986 and 1987 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.
Date: September 9, 1987
Creator: Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Disease Prevention News, Volume 62, Number 19, September 2002 (open access)

Texas Disease Prevention News, Volume 62, Number 19, September 2002

Newsletter of the Texas Department of Health discussing the news, activities, and events of the organization and other information related to health in Texas.
Date: September 9, 2002
Creator: Texas. Department of Health.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Half-Life of Polonium (open access)

Half-Life of Polonium

Abstract: "The half-life of polonium has been measured by a calorimetric method using samples several thousand times larger than have been previously available. The value is found to be 138.3 +/- 0.1% days."
Date: September 9, 1946
Creator: Beamer, William H. & Easton, William E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Limits of Inflammability and Ignition Temperatures of Hexone in Air and in Other Gaseous Atmospheres (open access)

Limits of Inflammability and Ignition Temperatures of Hexone in Air and in Other Gaseous Atmospheres

The following report summarizes the data taken from a series of measurements on the combustion and ignition properties of hexone. The experiments were taken at the Bureau of Mines Central Experiment Station by their personnel, and the samples were given to them by KAPL and Hanford.
Date: September 9, 1949
Creator: Alter, H. Ward
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library