DENSITY MEASUREMENTS IN GLOVEBOXES. WITH DENSITY DATA ON MONOBROMOBENZENE, CAST THORIUM, THORIUM-URANIUM, AND THORIUM-PLUTONIUM ALLOYS

Blumenthal, B.

doi:10.2172/4148258

Title: DENSITY MEASUREMENTS IN GLOVEBOXES. WITH DENSITY DATA ON MONOBROMOBENZENE, CAST THORIUM, THORIUM-URANIUM, AND THORIUM-PLUTONIUM ALLOYS

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By taking into consideration temperature differences between the glovebox atmosphere and the liquid, it was possible to make density measurements in gloveboxes by the hydrostatic weighing method with monobromobenzene as a liquid with an accuracy of plus or minus 0.005 g/cm/sup 3/. This is an improvement by an order of magnitude over the prior state. This accuracy allows structural changes to be detected in thorium--uranium and thorium--plutonium alloys. (auth)

Authors:: Blumenthal, B.

Publication Date:: Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1963

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab., Ill.

OSTI Identifier:: 4148258

Report Number(s):: ANL-6671

NSA Number:: NSA-18-001481

DOE Contract Number:: W-31-109-ENG-38

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-64

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: CHEMISTRY; BENZENE; BROMINATED HYDROCARBONS; CASTING; DENSITY; GLOVEBOXES; MEASURED VALUES; ORGANIC BROMINE COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM ALLOYS; RADIATION PROTECTION; REMOTE HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; THORIUM; THORIUM ALLOYS; URANIUM ALLOYS

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                    Blumenthal, B. DENSITY MEASUREMENTS IN GLOVEBOXES. WITH DENSITY DATA ON MONOBROMOBENZENE, CAST THORIUM, THORIUM-URANIUM, AND THORIUM-PLUTONIUM ALLOYS.  United States: N. p., 1963. 
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                    Blumenthal, B. DENSITY MEASUREMENTS IN GLOVEBOXES. WITH DENSITY DATA ON MONOBROMOBENZENE, CAST THORIUM, THORIUM-URANIUM, AND THORIUM-PLUTONIUM ALLOYS.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/4148258

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                    Blumenthal, B. 1963.  
        "DENSITY MEASUREMENTS IN GLOVEBOXES. WITH DENSITY DATA ON MONOBROMOBENZENE, CAST THORIUM, THORIUM-URANIUM, AND THORIUM-PLUTONIUM ALLOYS".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/4148258.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4148258.

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  author       = {Blumenthal, B.},

  abstractNote = {By taking into consideration temperature differences between the glovebox atmosphere and the liquid, it was possible to make density measurements in gloveboxes by the hydrostatic weighing method with monobromobenzene as a liquid with an accuracy of plus or minus 0.005 g/cm/sup 3/. This is an improvement by an order of magnitude over the prior state. This accuracy allows structural changes to be detected in thorium--uranium and thorium--plutonium alloys. (auth)},

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