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Methods To Improve The Metallurgy Of Bolivian Tin Ores, Oscar Davila-Michel

Masters Theses

"Tin is a rare element; among the base metals it is one of the rarest. Although it was one of the first metals used by man and has been used since prehistoric time, the ore-dressing and metallurgical methods of tin are inefficient and very wasteful.

The only tin deposits of importance in the Americas are located in Bolivia, South America, and it is in Bolivia that the problems of tin metallurgy are greatest. More than 50% of the tin that is mined in Bolivia is lost in the tailing dumps of the beneficiation plants. In a country where the export …

Design Of Distillation Solvent Recovery System, Donald Empson Puyear

Masters Theses

"With the advent or the atomic bomb during the summer of 1945 the opportunity for engineering colleges to provide an integrated course of study in the field of nuclear engineering was presented. This opportunity has been greatly enhanced by a policy of the Atomic Energy commission, granting funds to selected institutions for equipment necessary for successful instruction in this field. The Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, realizing the opportunity presented, has established a course of study in nuclear engineering in which the departments of Ceramic, Chemical, Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering and Physics are taking an active part.

That portion …

Quality Aggregates For Indiana Highways : Technical Paper, Kenneth B. Woods, John Francis Mclaughlin, Robert Lee Schuster

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

A Laboratory Investigation Of Factors Affecting The Slipperiness Of Bituminous Paving Mixtures, John Wallace Shupe

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Polishing Characteristics Of Mineral Aggregates : Technical Paper, John Wallace Shupe, R. W. Lounsbury

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Estimation Of Highway Needs For County Primary Road Systems In Michigan And Minnesota By Sample Survey Methods, Donald O. Covault

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

A Master Highway Transportation Plan For Tampa Metropolitan Area, Hillsborough County, Florida, Wilbur Smith And Associates

City and Regional Planning -- Florida

Fully recognizing the need for a comprehensive study of an integrated expressway and arterial highway system for the Tampa Metropolitan area, the State Road Department of Florida, jointly with the County of Hillsborough and the City of Tampa, engaged Wilbur Smith and Associates to develop a Master Highway Transportation Plan for the Tampa Area. The geographic limits of the study area are defined as the city limits of Tampa on the north, Tampa Bay on the west, Hillsborough Bay on the south, and U. S. Route 301 on the east. The development of basic planning data and necessary field studies …

A Method Of Developing Engineering Soil Maps For Kentucky, Robert C. Deen

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

No abstract provided.

Frictional Behavior Of Flat Sliding Surfaces, Elmer J. Weiter

Bachelors’ Theses

The objectives of this thesis are four in number. The first is to advance the basic understanding of the frictional behavior of materials in flat surface sliding, especially in the breakaway region where the coefficient of static friction is predominant. The second is to present an apparatus incorporating the use of flat contact surfaces, to provide accurate determination of the coefficient of static friction and some of the kinetic characteristics. The third is to establish a procedure of testing such that the static frictions is accurately analyzed to include variations with time and wear. The fourth objective is to establish …

An Investigation Of High-Strength, Deformed Steel Bars For Concrete Reinforcement, Sidney A. Guralnick, George Winter

CCFSS Library (1939 - present)

INTRODUCTION High strength steel as reinforcement for concrete has received some serious attention by researchers and by the construction industries as long ago as the early 1900' s. Recent developments abroad, notably in Sweden, Germany and Austria, have caused renewed interest in the use of this material in concrete structures. The term "high-strength" is somewhat ambiguous since it usually has been employed to describe the type of steel used in cables and strands for prestressed concrete or suspension bridge structures. Such steels commonly have proof stresses of the order of 200,000 psi. However, in the case of ordinary reinforced concrete …

Recovery Of Phthalic Acid, George Thomas Roberts

Theses

Crude phthalic acid from the fusion processing of alkyd resins was found to be recoverable by solvent extraction, neutralization-acidification, sublimation, distillation, esterificatton with monohydric alcohols, ion exchange or alkyd resin preparation.

The author proposes that alkyd resin preparation, based on analysis of the crude phthalic acid, is the most practical way for the alkyd resin manufacturer to recover the crude phthalic acid. No purification of the crude phthalic acid is necessary for this utilization and the resulting alkyd resin is saleable at a profit.

The Heat Treatment Of An Eight Percent Manganese-Titanium Alloy, Robert Alden Loucks

Bachelors Theses and Reports, 1928 - 1970

The subject of this particular investigation, manganese titanium alloy, has a sufficient amount of manganese present to retain beta upon quenching from the alpha plus beta or beta ranges. Thus, improvement of properties of this alloy is possible by selective heat treatments.

Artificial Rhodonite: It's Synthesis And X-Ray Diffraction Powder Pattern, Frank E. Jeniker

Bachelors Theses and Reports, 1928 - 1970

This report presents the investigation of three methods of synthesizing artificial rhodonite; fusion of silica and manganese dioxide, prolonged sintering of the compact of manganous carbonate and silica at below liquidus temperatures, and the precipitation by reaction of salts in an aqueous solution followed by sintering. In each case the rhodonitic product was of less than desired purity, containing varying amounts of silica, tephroite, and higher valence oxidized manganese forms, as well as aluminum.

Initial Bibliography Of Soviet Military Medicine, 1917-1950, Medical Information And Intelligence Agency, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This is a author list of more than 1000 articles about Soviet military medicine with a subject index.

This compilation is an initial listing of Soviet military articles, less specialized naval and aviation topics, from the time of the Bolshevik Revolution to the outbreak of the Korean conflict as they appeared in the Quarterly Cumulative Index, Volumes 1-11 and the Quarterly Cumulative Index Medicus, Volumes 1 - 55.

The subject headings searched are listed below and constituted 20,167 entries for this thirty three year period. 887 of these entries were of Soviet origin and comprised the publications of the 1,025 …

Investigation Of Plastic Deformation In Prestressed Concrete Slabs From Long Time Loading, Joe B. Roberts

Masters Theses

"It is the purpose of this research to investigate the creep in a thin concrete slab under a long-time prestress load with the compressive load being applied to the edge of the slab through a bearing plate of small dimensions.

Seven plain concrete slabs, 3' x 4' x 4", approximately one year old, made of normal cement and approved aggregate were subjected to the following loading conditions: (1) Three slabs loaded at the center of the greater dimension with a prestress load or 20,000 pounds applied over an area of eight square inches, (2) Three slabs loaded symmetrically at six …

Separation Of Iron-Tin Alloys Using Gas-Solid Reactions, Carl Richard Bieling

Masters Theses

"For years it has been a problem to the tin smelting, plating, and detinning industries to be able to separate iron from tin once they were associated together as described above. Due to the lack of a tin smelter in the United States in the past, and the abundance of tin scrap available, which had little value either for the iron content or the tin content in their untreated state, most interest was concentrated on seeking methods of separating this tin scrap into its two useful components, iron and tin, rather than deal with the problems of smelting tin from …

Pumping Of Highway And Airfield Pavements: Technical Paper, Eldon J. Yoder

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Base Course Gradation On The Results Of Laboratory Pumping Tests, W. P. Chamberlin

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

The Federal Aid Highway Act Of 1956 -- Its Implications, Benefits And The Problem Of Highway Cost Allocation : Technical Paper, Arthur K. Branham

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

A Review Of Research On Deleterious Substances In Concrete Aggregates : Technical Paper, Robert Lee Schuster

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Base Course Gradation On The Results Of Laboratory Pumping Tests : Technical Paper, W. P. Chamberlin, Eldon J. Yoder

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Highway Highlights Of 1956 And The Challenge Ahead : Technical Paper, Arthur K. Branham

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Application Of Pulse Velocity Tests To Several Laboratory Studies In Materials : Technical Report, Kenneth B. Woods, John Francis Mclaughlin

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

The Estimated Effects Of Four Proposed Shopping Centers On Metropolitan Lafayette, Mart Kask

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

An Experimental And Theoretical Investigation Of The Preferred Orientation In Deformed And Recrystallized Hafnium, David S. Gould

Doctoral Dissertations

"The research problem, as presented, therefore became two-fold; first to investigate and determine the feasibility of fabrication of hafnium and secondly to study the deformation characteristics of the material in light of the overall study of hexagonal metals aimed at the development of an overall general theory of plastic deformation. This appeared to envolve a study of the operating deformation systems in hafnium and the theoretical and experimental study of the textures resulting from plastic deformation. These were to be analyzed in comparison with the other hexagonal metals.

It became evident immediately that the research techniques which must be evolved …

Field Manual, Fm 11-30, Signal Corps Technical Intelligence, August 1956, Robert Bolin , Depositor

United States Department of Defense Military Intelligence

This is a very thorough manual which can be viewed as a detailed definition of Signal Corps technical intelligence and of the role of the Signal Corps Intelligence Agency (SCIA). When this was published the field of Signal Corps technical intelligence was about 15 years old and the SCIA was about six years old.

The modern US Army vision of the technical intelligence developed during World War II. Shortly before World War II, Army Technical Services had been instructed to set up intelligence sections in the office of their chiefs. The technical services were bureaus which supplied weapons, equipment, and …

Hydrolysis Of Sodium Silicofluoride, Frank Arthur Graf

Theses

The kinetics of an apparent solubility decrease of commercial sodium fluoride encountered in a piece of equipment designed to produce saturated sodium fluoride solution was Investigated, in order to understand why a consistently saturated solution was not possible to achieve with plain tap water as solvent.

The main impurity, about 1 percent sodium silicofluoride, coats the sodium fluoride crystals, resulting in an equilibrium shift during dissolution of the salt in water; and under certain conditions results in the formation of a protective gel. Therefore, in order to produce a constant strength sodium fluoride solution, this coated impurity must be decomposed …

Ammonia Catalized Phenol Formaldehyde Resins, Murlin Charles Ehrgott

Theses

The literature on ammonia-catalyzed phenol-formaldehyde resins is reviewed and critical comparisons are made of the manner in which the ammonia-catalyzed resins differ from both the alkali- and acid-catalyzed resins.

Intermediate products formea during the initial stapes of the ammonia-catalyzed phenol-formaldehyde reactions, as reported in the literature, are tabulated and % N contents are calculated.

Experimental determinations of N content of resins with molar ratios of 1:1.25 phenol to formaldehyde with ammonia at 0.2, 0.5, and 1.0 moles per mole of phenol, show that at the 0.2 molar ratio of ammonia, all the N enters into the resin and remains during …

The Preparation Of 3,4-Diaminopyridine, Emil John Fencl

Theses

The preparation of 3,4-diamincpyridine from pyridine was investigated, but found to be of little synthetic value because of the low yield obtained on the rearrangement of 4-nitraminopyridine to 3-nitro 4-aminopyridine. In attempt to nitrate nicotinamide-N-oxide resulted in the isolation of nicotinic acid-N-oxide. Attempts to nitrate nicotinic acid-N-oxide were unsuccessful. Attempts to oxidize 3-methylpyridine-N-oxide and 4-nitro-3-methylpyridine were unsuccessful. The nitration of 3-methylpyridine-N-oxide led to the isolation of 2-nitro-5-methylpyridine, which has not previously been reported as a by-product of that reaction.

Electrodeposition Of Cellulose And Carboxy-Methylcellulose, Charles Edward Driesens Jr.

Theses

The previous work done by Frank Cozzarelli on the eleotrodeposition of cellulose from a sodium zincate-urea-cellulose system has been verified, except that zinc was found to deposit on the cathode at all voltages and current densities within the range of the optimum conditions for deposition. The optimum conditions are: voltage - 1.10 to 1.28 volts; current density 0.13 to 1.10 amperes/square foot; electrode material - copper. Current efficiencies range from 0.80 to 5.53%.

A chelate-like complex formed from the sodium zincate and urea which couples with the cellulose has been proposed as a possible explaination of the mechanism governing the …