Technical Quarterly Report for First Quarter (open access)

Technical Quarterly Report for First Quarter

Report discussing the progress made on various research projects by the staff responsible for the Materials Testing Reactor at Phillips Petroleum Company during the first quarter of 1953.
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Crawford, F. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemistry Division, Section C-II, Summary Report for July, August, and September 1952 (open access)

Chemistry Division, Section C-II, Summary Report for July, August, and September 1952

This report deals with the (1.1) physical properties of graphite, (1.2) effects of pile irradiation on the properties of graphite, (1.3) effect of irradiation on "ceramic" materials, (1.4) effects of radiation on ice -- the x-ray induced luminescence of ice, (1.5) investigation of color centers and other optical properties of single crystals. (2.1) radiation chemistry of liquids, (2.2) application of mass spectrometry to chemical problems, (2.3) vapor pressure and heat of vaporization of uranium, (3.1) nuclear properties of Zr93 and Nb93m from fission, (3.2) mass distribution in the spontaneous fission of Cm242, (3.3) Upper limit to the lifetimes of the first excited states of Th236, U234, and Pu236, (3.4) on the one-body model of alpha radioactivity, (4.1) spectrographic analysis, (4.2) chemical analysis, (5.1) paramagnetic resonance measurements, and (5.2) the 60-inch cyclotron.
Date: January 21, 1953
Creator: Gilbreath, J. R. & Simpson, O. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemistry Division, Section C-II, Summary Report for July, August, and September 1952 (open access)

Chemistry Division, Section C-II, Summary Report for July, August, and September 1952

This report deals with the (1.1) physical properties of graphite, (1.2) effects of pile irradiation on the properties of graphite, (1.3) effect of irradiation on "ceramic" materials, (1.4) effects of radiation on ice -- the x-ray induced luminescence of ice, (1.5) investigation of color centers and other optical properties of single crystals. (2.1) radiation chemistry of liquids, (2.2) application of mass spectrometry to chemical problems, (2.3) vapor pressure and heat of vaporization of uranium, (3.1) nuclear properties of Zr93 and Nb93m from fission, (3.2) mass distribution in the spontaneous fission of Cm242, (3.3) Upper limit to the lifetimes of the first excited states of Th236, U234, and Pu236, (3.4) on the one-body model of alpha radioactivity, (4.1) spectrographic analysis, (4.2) chemical analysis, (5.1) paramagnetic resonance measurements, and (5.2) the 60-inch cyclotron.
Date: January 21, 1953
Creator: Gilbreath, J. R. & Simpson, O. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medical and Health Physics Quarterly Report: May, June, July, 1953. Aerosol Studies. (open access)

Medical and Health Physics Quarterly Report: May, June, July, 1953. Aerosol Studies.

Our aerosol program employing monkeys has been initiated. A plutonium oxilate solution was introduced into the trachea. Preliminary results of the fecal and urinary determinations appear here.
Date: September 21, 1953
Creator: Hamilton, J. G. & Wallace, Patricia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boron in Sodium Metal: Determination of Microgram Amounts by Alcohol Extractions (open access)

Boron in Sodium Metal: Determination of Microgram Amounts by Alcohol Extractions

The following document analyzes the effects of extracting boron from sodium chloride with ethyl alcohol.
Date: September 21, 1953
Creator: Rynasiewicz, Joseph; Sleeper, Muriel P. & Ryan, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Adsorbed by Graphite at Various Relative Pressures (open access)

Water Adsorbed by Graphite at Various Relative Pressures

Summary: "The quantity of water adsorbed by graphite at various relative pressures has been determined and the data are presented in graphical and tabular form."
Date: July 21, 1953
Creator: Spalaris, C. N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medical and Health Physics Quarterly Report: April, May, June, 1953 (open access)

Medical and Health Physics Quarterly Report: April, May, June, 1953

Progress report on biological studies of radiation effects, metabolic properties of various materials, health chemistry, health physics.
Date: September 21, 1953
Creator: University of California Radiation Laboratory
System: The UNT Digital Library