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A NOVEL CHEMICAL FUEL, FIRED COMBUSTOR IS PROPOSED FOR USE AS A LOW COST HEAT SOURCE TO SIMULATE A CLASS OF NUCLEAR REACTORS, INCLUDING THE SOLID CORE, COLLOID CORE, AND GAS CORE NUCLEAR REACTORS, WHICH OPERATE AT PEAK STAGNATION TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 2000-5000OK. SINCE THIS TEMPERATURE RANGE IS COMPATIBLE WITH NON-EQULIBRIUM, MHD GENERATORS, WE ALSO PROPOSE TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING A ...

LOW TEMPERATURE MOLTEN SALTS BASED ON AL, FE, AND B ARE KNOWN. RECENTLY, UNIQUE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED IN THESE EUTECTIC MIXTURES. THESE LOW TEMPERATURE EUTECTICS ( 100 DEGREE(C)) ARE ATTRACTIVE MEDIA FOR COAL CONVERSION. THE EUTECTICS SHOULD DISSOLVE LARGE QUANTITIES OF HYDROGEN. BY CONTROLLING THE ACIDITY OF THE MIXTURES, COAL CLEAVAGE REACTIONS SHOULD BE ENHANCED. ETHER CLEAVAG ...

ION EXCHANGE HAS PROVEN USEFUL FOR DECONTAMINATION OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE WATERS. ZEOLITES ARE NOW USED FOR THIS TASK. ZEOLITES SHOW SEVERAL ADVANTAGES OVER OTHER ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS. ION EXCHANGE RATES AND CAPACITY OF ZEOLITES ARE HIGH. ZEOLITES ARE ALSO EASILY HANDLED. HOWEVER, OPTIMUM SIZE OF ZEOLITES FOR ION EXCHANGE IS APPROXIMATELY 10-50 MESH. THE HOT ZEOLITE MUST BE CONVERTED TO A GLASS-LI ...

THE COUNTER CURRENT SOLID STREAMS HEAT TRANSFER (CCSSHT) RETORT IS A NEW PROCESS FOR EFFICIENT OIL RECOVERY FROM OUR PLENTIFUL TAR SANDS AND OIL SHALE RESERVES. AS A HEAT RECOVERY SOIL INCINERATOR, IT HAS THE ADVANTAGES OF REDUCED FUEL DEMAND AND LOW COMBUSTION GAS PRODUCT (REDUCING AIR POLLUTION CONTROL NEEDS FOR THE INCINERATOR). THE CCSSHT UNIT IS A SINGLE VESSEL ROTATING KILN THAT (1) PREHEATS ...

BECAUSE OF THE RAPIDLY INCREASING DEMANDS ON DATA ACQUISITION AND COMPUTER PROCESSING SYSTEMS IN MOST DOE-FUNDED RESEARCH TODAY, FASTBUS HAS BECOME A VITAL PRESENCE IN HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS PROJECTS WORLDWIDE. SIMILARLY, BECAUSE OF ITS BROAD FLEXIBILITY AND INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER, VMEBUS IS EMERGING AS A POPULAR HOST AND POST-PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT. ALTHOUGH SOME SYSTEMSHAVE BEEN DESIGNED THAT ALLO ...

THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR IMPROVED DISPLAYS TO DEAL WITH MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DATA FROM COMPLEX EXPERIMENTS. EVEN WITH A GREAT DEAL OF COMPUTER MANIPULATION, THE RESULTS MUSTBE PRESENTED TO THE EXPERIMENTER IN COMPREHENSIBLE FORM. THIS IS BEST DONE USING HIGH-RESOLUTION COLOR GRAPHICS. THEDISPLAY SHOULD BE LARGE ENOUGH SO THAT A GROUP OF EXPERIMENTERS CAN WORK WITH IT AND INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER, A ...

ADVANCED SOLAR COLLECTOR TECHNOLOGY CAN PROVIDE LIGHT INTENSITIES SEVERAL THOUSAND TIMES THAT OF INCOMING SUNLIGHT. ACHIEVEMENT OF SUCH INTENSITIES SUGGESTS A NOVEL OPPORTUNITY: PROMOTION OF MULTIPHOTON CHEMICAL PROCESSES BY SOLAR SOURCES. AT VERY HIGH LIGHT INTENSITIES, MORE THANONE QUANTUM OF RADIATION CAN BE ABSORBED BY A SINGLE MOLECULE. THE RESULTANT MULTIPHOTON ABSORPTION CAN LEAD TO NEW PHO ...

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A METHOD TO DISCOVER HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS IN THE HUMAN BODY IS ESSENTIAL TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF INFECTIONS OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN (OCCULT ABSCESSES) AND FOR OTHER CONDITIONS. PRESENT METHODS ARE EXPENSIVE, TIME-CONSUMING, AND REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT TECHNICAL EXPERTISE.THIS PROJECT WILL INVOLVE PREPARATION OF A RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL FOR USE IN DETECTING OCCULT ABSCESSES AND OTHER CO ...