Updated report about work that originated in February 1942 for the purpose of determining minor amounts of cadmium in uranium and related materials. A method was developed over a long series of studies made following the original report for determining small amounts of various materials in uranium and in a variety of other materials.

The following document is a compilation of quarterly reports from August 1946 to November of 1947 from the Biology Division of the University of Chicago.

The following documents were compiled into a quarterly report that was to be published in the Radiobiology Volume of the PPR. The following reports provide data from the Biology department of the University of Chicago between May and August of 1947.

Summary: "It has been demonstrated that the electrolysis-distillation stages of the procedure that has been developed for traces of metals may be utilized, with certain precautions, to recover milligram quantities of cadmium, cobalt, copper, iron, nickel and zinc. Lead remains partially as undissolved lead sulfate and hence the recovery of amounts ranging from 1 - 5 mg. is not advisable by this procedure."

Report describing an updated method to determine traces of metals under polarographic studies, which operates at a higher cathode current density with a small area of the anode immersed in the solution where an appreciable quantity of iron was present in the solutions that were to be polarographed. The results of these studies are also presented.

This report follows the hematological studies conducted on the Plutonium Project. The studies focus on the internal and external effects of plutonium radiation on biological features, applying these effects toward the protection of individuals who worked in the Project, and using the findings generally for the protection of the public which was potentially in danger of exposure to these physical hazards.

The following report provides information conducted during histological observations made on the anatomy of female mice who have been exposed to 400 arbitrary units of slow neutrons.

The following report follows a study that was made to find alternative methods for the characterization of the uranium tetrafluoride.

This report discusses two methods used for experimental determination of the interfacial tension of an immisible aqueous-organic system where the density of the organic phase is less than that of the aqueous phase. The methods discussed are the falling drop method and the Donnan modification/rising drop method.

The following report covers the literature available in the Battelle library as well as the Atomic Energy Commission (New York, N.Y.) on the processing of monazite sands for thorium and rare earth contents.

The following report briefly covers broad general features of the chemical studies to be used by the Atomic Energy Commission in considering future work on the chemical studies of phosphate rock and shale.

This is a progress report on the work of ore tressing and pyrometallurgical studies as well as a study of chemical work on phosphates. This report covers the month of November, 1947.

From introduction: "The purpose of this report is to summarize some of the information obtained to date on the distribution of the uranium in the mineral phases of the phosphate rocks and shale."

The following report is divided into two parts, both parts center around the effects of radiation on skin tissue. Part one focuses on superficial radiation, or Beta rays, while part two is on penetrating radiation, or neutrons and gamma rays.

This report records analyses on the fluorescence procedure of uranyl salts.

Abstract: The erroneously high values for uranium content of salvage solutions as determined by the ether extraction-ascorbic acid procedure have been demonstrated to be due to the presence of colored organic materials in these solutions. Evaporation of such solutions to fumes of HC104 before extraction has been shown to be completely successful in preventing such interference while pretreatment with activated carbon is sufficiently successful for application in Control laboratories. Complete procedures for application of either protreatment and results of such application to composite salvage solutions received over a six-month period are included.

The following report describes tests made to analyze the performance of granular resistance furnaces to determine the heating characteristics of the furnaces used in preparing pure graphite.

This report discusses the contributions of the workers at Tennessee Eastman Corporation in the investigation of limiting conditions in the application of penta-ether (aka. dibutoxytetraethylene).

Abstract: "The need often arises for determining the critical chemical concentration of uranium solution in the conical bottom of a plant reactor or storage vessel, or the dimension if the concentration is known. This report describes the mathematical analysis of Poisson's equation for a spherical sector, which approximates a right circular cone. The ratio of the critical dimension of an equivalent sphere to the height of the sector for various sector angles is derived from a comparison of first eigenvalues. No description of further relations between composition and dimensions is discussed in the report."

Abstract: A TEC regulator amplifier driving an Eaterline-Angus recording meter was used to record magnet current variations. Tests were made to determine magnet current variations. Tests were made to determine magnet current stability for currents from 500 amperes to 4000 amperes. Changes were necessary in both the TEC and GE regulators before currents below 2500 amperes could be regulated. Regulation to 0.025 percent for and hour was obtained for currents of 1000 to 4000 amperes with the TEC and GE regulators, and regulation to 0.05 percent for 500 ampere currents.

The purpose of this report is to present a method of impregnating beryllium oxide with uranium and to describe the properties of beryllium oxide and of commercial beryllium oxide ceramics.

From summary: A preliminary study of the chemical stability of pile materials in the high temperature power pile has been made.

Introduction: "The purpose of this work was to develop a high-frequency pulse generator that could be used in conducting research on high-rate trigger pairs and scaler circuits. The need for an instrument of this type arose because there was no parallel commercial instrument having this type arose because there was no parallel commercial instrument having a pulse recurrence frequency over approximately 200,000 pulses per second."

The following report examines a set of beryllium metal rods through pile radiation, taking measurements, and analyzing differences between irradiated and radiated rod samples.