Exploratory Scavenging Studies for the Decontamination of Redox Solutions (open access)

Exploratory Scavenging Studies for the Decontamination of Redox Solutions

From introduction: "This report is concerned with exploratory experiments designed to studies the efficiency of a number of scavengers for zirconium and niobium adsorption and to provide preliminary information on the best conditions to employ on the most satisfactory of those scavengers studied, namely Super Filtrol FO. The data in this report include data obtained through October, 1949, and are by no means considered to be final. The investigation is currently being actively continued."
Date: May 1, 1950
Creator: Roake, W. E. & Lowe, C. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A comparison of two methods for the spectrochemical analysis of plutonium (open access)

A comparison of two methods for the spectrochemical analysis of plutonium

Report describing the methods, discrepancies, accuracy of methods, and conclusions of two different analytical methods of spectrochemical analysis of plutionium.
Date: February 1, 1950
Creator: Van Tuyl, H. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Coulometric Determination of Acid (open access)

The Coulometric Determination of Acid

Introduction: "The need for a method of acid determination which could be used for small samples and easily adapted to remote control led to the investigation of the use of electrolytically generated base for the titration of acid in certain solutions. The use of electrolytically generated base for the titration of acetic acid in the presence of nitric acid has been reported (1)."
Date: March 1, 1950
Creator: Carson, W. N. & Ko, Roy
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of Plutonium Electrodeposition Methods : Interim Report (open access)

The Development of Plutonium Electrodeposition Methods : Interim Report

From introduction: "The following report presents a body of information obtained in the Health Instrument Development Laboratory from September, 1948, to the present, and is intended to be a preliminary review of [the study of electrodeposition of plutonium]. Many improvements in technique and methods and investigations along lines not explored are suggested by the present work. These will be undertaken as time permits, and reported at a later time."
Date: March 1, 1950
Creator: Schwendiman, L. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Equilibrium Relationships for Stripping Uranium from Solutions of Tributyl Phosphate and Hydrocarbon Diluent (open access)

Equilibrium Relationships for Stripping Uranium from Solutions of Tributyl Phosphate and Hydrocarbon Diluent

Objective: "The laboratory equilibrium study RC-E-1 described in this report was carried out to obtain uranium equilibrium curves at various concentrations of nitric acid and of TBP."
Date: May 1, 1950
Creator: Clagett, Fred
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report on Reactor Fuel Element Research, Development, and Production (open access)

Final Report on Reactor Fuel Element Research, Development, and Production

Technical report describing the Brookhaven National Laboratory nuclear reactor and the physical studies of heat transfer and efficiency conducted to improve nuclear reactor operations.
Date: May 1, 1950
Creator: Warner, W. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Nebraska (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Nebraska

Report documenting the suitability of Nebraska for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest
Date: November 1, 1950
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mound Laboratory Liquid Waste Disposal Research Quarterly Report for January - March, 1950 (open access)

Mound Laboratory Liquid Waste Disposal Research Quarterly Report for January - March, 1950

The following report follows a complete radiochemical analysis that has been made on the sample of first-cycle neutralized waste, as well as a gravimetric analysis made on the sludge in the sample of first-cycle waste.
Date: April 1, 1950
Creator: Monsanto Chemical Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering Study of Evaporation for Concentrating Radioactive Liquid Wastes : Engineering Research Final Report (open access)

Engineering Study of Evaporation for Concentrating Radioactive Liquid Wastes : Engineering Research Final Report

Summary: "The problem of evaporation of secondary radioactive wastes resulting from waste disposal studies at Mound Laboratoy has been studied experimentally to determine the fundamental design characteristics of a plant size unit. Emphasis, of course, was on decontamination, but the factors affecting foaming and scaling also had to be investigated and evaluated. Generally speaking, the final design is a standard type of evaporator, the only unique feature being the relation of the two effects. Where critical, as affecting performance, the particular design features have been specified."
Date: November 1, 1950
Creator: Bates, R. L. & McEwen, M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Power Requirements for Ice Prevention and Cyclical De-Icing of Inlet Guide Vanes with Internal Electric Heaters (open access)

Investigation of Power Requirements for Ice Prevention and Cyclical De-Icing of Inlet Guide Vanes with Internal Electric Heaters

"An investigation was conducted to determine the electric power requirements necessary for ice protection of inlet guide vanes by continuous heating and by cyclical de-icing. Data are presented to show the effect of ambient-air temperature, liquid-water content, air velocity, heat-on period, and cycle times on the power requirements for these two methods of ice protection. The results showed that for a hypothetical engine using 28 inlet guide vanes under similar icing conditions, cyclical de-icing can provide a total power saving as high as 79 percent over that required for continuous heating" (p. 1).
Date: December 1, 1950
Creator: von Glahn, Uwe & Blatz, Robert E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elevator-stabilizer effectiveness and trim of the X-1 airplane to a Mach number of 1.06 (open access)

Elevator-stabilizer effectiveness and trim of the X-1 airplane to a Mach number of 1.06

Report presenting measurements of elevator-stabilizer effectiveness and trim of the X-1 airplane at 40,000 feet altitude at a range of Mach numbers and normal-force coefficients.
Date: November 1, 1950
Creator: Drake, Hubert M. & Carden, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Longitudinal Characteristics of the X-3 Configuration Using Rocket-Propelled Models: Preliminary Results at Mach Numbers From 0.65 to 1.25 (open access)

An Investigation of the Longitudinal Characteristics of the X-3 Configuration Using Rocket-Propelled Models: Preliminary Results at Mach Numbers From 0.65 to 1.25

Report presenting a rocket-powered model of the X-3 configuration flown through a range of Mach numbers to determine the response of the model to rapid deflections of the horizontal tail and its effects on lift, drag, longitudinal stability and control, and longitudinal-trim change. The model was found to remain statically and dynamically stable through the lift-coefficient and Mach number range of the test.
Date: December 1, 1950
Creator: Mitchell, Jesse L. & Peck, Robert F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Free-flight investigation at transonic and supersonic speeds of the rolling effectiveness of a partial-span aileron on an inversely tapered sweptback wing (open access)

Free-flight investigation at transonic and supersonic speeds of the rolling effectiveness of a partial-span aileron on an inversely tapered sweptback wing

Report presenting an investigation of the rolling effectiveness at transonic and supersonic speeds of an inversely tapered sweptback wing with a 10-percent-thick cambered airfoil section and outboard partial-span controls made by means of rocket-propelled test vehicles.
Date: May 1, 1950
Creator: Strass, H. Kurt; Fields, E. M. & Schult, E. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Large-scale flight measurements of zero-lift drag at Mach numbers form 0.86 to 1.5 of a wing-body combination having a 60 degree triangular wing with NACA 65A003 sections (open access)

Large-scale flight measurements of zero-lift drag at Mach numbers form 0.86 to 1.5 of a wing-body combination having a 60 degree triangular wing with NACA 65A003 sections

Report presenting flight testing at high-subsonic and supersonic speeds at high Reynolds numbers to determine the zero-lift drag of a fin-stabilized body and a wing-body combination. The body was parabolic in profile, had a fineness ratio of 10, and a ratio of body frontal area to wing area to 0.306.
Date: June 1, 1950
Creator: Nelson, Robert L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Operating Pressure Ratio of a Supersonic Wind Tunnel Utilizing Distributed Boundary-Layer Suction in Test Section (open access)

Investigation of Operating Pressure Ratio of a Supersonic Wind Tunnel Utilizing Distributed Boundary-Layer Suction in Test Section

Effect of distributed boundary-layer suction on operating pressure ratio of a supersonic wind tunnel was investigated. Investigation was made in 3.84- by 10-inch supersonic tunnel operating at Mach number 2.0 and suction was applied in neighborhood of the normal shock to two walls of a constant-area extension of test section. A reduction of 4 percent of operating pressure ratio was attributed to improved flow conditions at subsonic-diffuser inlet. The theoretical normal shock was, in practice, replaced by a multiple-branch shock configuration across which the flow parameters changed in approximate accordance with the Rankine-Hugoniot values.
Date: November 1, 1950
Creator: Cohen, C. B. & Valerino, A. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental damping in pitch of 45 degree triangular wings (open access)

Experimental damping in pitch of 45 degree triangular wings

Report presenting the results of an experimental wind-tunnel investigation of the damping in pitch of two triangular wings having leading edges swept back 45 degrees are presented. The wings differed only in airfoil section. Results regarding the damping coefficients, aeroelastic effects at supersonic speeds, Reynolds number effects, and application of the results to the prediction of the dynamic behavior of full-scale aircraft are provided.
Date: December 1, 1950
Creator: Tobak, Murray; Reese, David E., Jr. & Beam, Benjamin H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low-Speed Investigation of Deflectable Wing-Tip Elevators on a Low-Aspect-Ratio Untapered 45 Degree Sweptback Semispan Wing With and Without an End Plate (open access)

Low-Speed Investigation of Deflectable Wing-Tip Elevators on a Low-Aspect-Ratio Untapered 45 Degree Sweptback Semispan Wing With and Without an End Plate

Report presenting an investigation to determine the longitudinal control characteristics of deflectable wing-tip elevators on a low-aspect-ratio, untapered, 45 degree sweptback semispan wing. The elevators had triangular and parallelogrammic plan forms and flat-plate profiles. Results include the elevator effectiveness and comparison of the elevator effectiveness of deflectable wing-tip controls and trailing-edge flap-type controls.
Date: June 1, 1950
Creator: Fischel, Jack & O'Hare, William M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of thrust augmentation of turbojet engines by water injection at compressor inlet including charts for calculating compression processes with water injection (open access)

Analysis of thrust augmentation of turbojet engines by water injection at compressor inlet including charts for calculating compression processes with water injection

From Summary: "Curves are presented that show the theoretical performance of the augmentation method for various amounts of water injected and the effects of varying flight Mach number, altitude, ambient-air temperature, ambient relative humidity, compressor pressure ratio, and inlet-diffuser efficiency. Numerical examples, illustrating the use of the psychrometric chart and the Mollier diagram in calculating both compressor-inlet and compressor-outlet conditions when water is injected at the compressor inlet, are presented."
Date: June 1, 1950
Creator: Wilcox, E. Clinton & Trout, Arthur M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of spanwise temperature distribution in three types of air-cooled turbine blade (open access)

Analysis of spanwise temperature distribution in three types of air-cooled turbine blade

From Summary: An approximate method for determining the allowable stress-limited blade-temperature distribution is included, with brief accounts of a method for determining the maximum allowable effective gas temperatures and the cooling-air requirements. Numerical examples that illustrate the use of the various temperature-distribution equations and of the nondimensional charts are also included.
Date: March 1, 1950
Creator: Livingood, John N. B. & Brown, W. Byron
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Reactions of Hexone in the Redox Process (open access)

The Reactions of Hexone in the Redox Process

Report discussing several reactions that occur during the Redox process and involve hexone. Discussion of each reaction and experimental data is included.
Date: September 1, 1950
Creator: Jones, B. R. & Burger, L. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrosion of Construction Materials in TBP (HW-3 Flowsheet) Process Streams (open access)

Corrosion of Construction Materials in TBP (HW-3 Flowsheet) Process Streams

Introduction:"A corrosion test program to determine the effect TBP process streams, which contain chlorides, have upon the corrosion resistance of several construction materials, was completed. Data are presented on the performance of Carpenter 20, T-309SCb, T-347. T-316 and tantalum in the RAF and RAW process streams and on the performance of titanium and zirconium in the RAW stream."
Date: November 1, 1950
Creator: Koenig, W. W. & Sanborn, K. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report : Production Test 105-329-F, Filled Block Graphite Sample Report (open access)

Final Report : Production Test 105-329-F, Filled Block Graphite Sample Report

This report provides data on production test 105-329-P and solid graphite samples used to analyze damage obtained from controlled natural erosion tests. The data provided will help establish current ideas on the status of filler block graphite and interpretation of the data will assist in establishing pile operating temperature limits based on stored energy.
Date: November 1, 1950
Creator: Johnson, P. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physical Properties of the System Uranyl Nitrate - Aluminum Nitrate - Nitric Acid - Water - Hexone: Part 6. Distribution Coefficients of Plutonium(IV) Nitrate (open access)

Physical Properties of the System Uranyl Nitrate - Aluminum Nitrate - Nitric Acid - Water - Hexone: Part 6. Distribution Coefficients of Plutonium(IV) Nitrate

Report discussing the properties of plutonium and plutonium's distribution between hexone and aqueous phases, which relates to the function of Redox plants
Date: December 1, 1950
Creator: Groot, C.; Rehn, I. M. & Slansky, C. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Decontamination of Redox Feed Solutions by Super Filtrol Scavenging (open access)

Decontamination of Redox Feed Solutions by Super Filtrol Scavenging

This report investigates multiple scavengings using Super Filtrol as a scavenging agent for removing zirconium and niobium from Hanford dissolver solution.
Date: September 1, 1950
Creator: Roake, W. E. & Hicks, H. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library