Annual summary documenting research related to metallurgy at Ames Laboratory. Discussions are given of developments in the following areas: the preparation and purification of metals; phase equlibria and thermodynamic properties of alloys; physical and mechanical properties of metals and alloys; solid state studies; separation processes; and investigations dealing with diffusion, oxidation, and reduction, halide reactions, preparations, vapor pressure measurements, and transport reactions. (B.O.G.)

Report documenting the results of experiments to test the solubility of thorium oxalate in nitric acid solutions and effect of excess oxalic acid. it includes graphed and tabular results: "Tabulation of Results of Oxalate Precipitations."