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| Title | BLAST EFFECTS ON GLASS VACUUM CONTAINERS |
| Creator/Author | Laug, E.P. ; Leininger, H.V. |
| Publication Date | 1958 Mar 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 4311813 |
| Report Number(s) | WT-1461 |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
| Resource Relation | Other Information: Project 38.1-11 of OPERATION PLUMBBOB. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58 |
| Research Org | Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C.; Federal Civil Defense Administration, Battle Creek, Mich |
| Subject | GENERAL; FAILURES; GLASS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PROJECT PLUMBBOB; SHOCK WAVES; TESTING; VACUUM; VESSELS |
| Description/Abstract | Case lots of Federal Civil Defense Administration perfusion and blood- collecting bottles were exposed to a nuclear explosion of approximately twice nominal yield. The bottles, packed six to a paperboard carton, were exposed in trenches 1/4 and 1/2 mile from Ground Zero (GZ). There was 40% failure in the 1000-ml perfusion bottles with limited evacuated head space and 23% failure in those bottles with the vacuum relieved before exposure. There were no failures in the blood-collecting bottles containing 120 ml of fluid with 600 ml of evacuated head space. Greatest failure in the 1000-ml perfusion bottles occurred in the cartons placed on their sides with the tops facing GZ. Sterility and pyrogen tests of the bottle contents indicated that there were no hidden failures in any bottle seals. (auth) |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: X; Size: Pages: 12 |
| Availability | NTIS |
| System Entry Date | 2008 Apr 07 |
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