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THIS PROPOSED PHASE I RESEARCH WILL LEAD TO COMPLETE INTEGRATION, ON A THEORETICAL LEVEL, OF THE NEW INNOVATIVE THERMASTRESS PROCESS (TSP) WITH THE PRESENT TIME TEMPERATURETRANSFORMATION KNOWLEDGE. THE RESULTS OF THIS EFFORT WILL FURTHER FACILITATE ATTAINMENT OF PRECURSOR STEEL PRODUCTS SIGNIFICANTLY SURPASSING PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THOSE PRESENTLY ATTAINABLE. IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED IN PHASE II ...

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THE COMBINATION OF GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH MASS SPECTROMETRY(GC/MS) PROVIDES THE BEST GENERAL PURPOSE ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT FOR SENSITIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF COMPLEX MIXTURES. IT IS USED IN THE FIELDS OF CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND FORENSICS. IN MOST CASES, THE GAS CHROMATOGRAPH SEPARATES THE STARTING MIXTURE INTO ITS CONSTITUENT COMPOUNDS PRIOR TO ANALYSIS BY THE M ...

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THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO APPLY RADIATION TRANSPORT METHODS DEVELOPED TO STUDY CONTROLLED FUSION TO SIMULATE THE REFLECTION OF LIGHT IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS. VIEWFACTOR METHODS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN APPLIED TO THE STUDY OF TIME DEPENDENT RADIATION TRANSPORT IN ENCLOSURES. CODES DEVELOPED AT KMS FUSION, INC. (KMS) HAVE THE ABILITY, BELIEVED UNIQUE FOR VIEW FACTOR CODES, OF SOLVING TIME DEP ...

WE PROPOSE TO INVESTIGATE THE USE OF ELECTRON BEAM STERLIZATION OF HOSPITAL WASTE AS A MEANS OF OVERCOMING THE LIMITATIONS OF EXISTING HOSPITAL WASTE STERILIZATION TECHNIQUES. WHEN COMBINED WITH A SHREDDER WHICH REDUCES THETHICKNESS OF THE WASTE, AND RENDERS THE THICKNESS MORE UNIFORM, ELECTRON BEAMS IN THE 3-4 MEV, AND 3-20 KW RANGE A ARE IDEAL FOR THIS TASK. ONGOING PROGRAMS AT NORTH STAR RESEAR ...

MRC PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A SAFETY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR (PI) OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) PROTECTION STATUS OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (NPP). WE BELIEVE THAT SUCH A PI IS NEEDED BECAUSE: (1) EM ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IS ON THE INCREASE,(2) ADDITIONAL EM THREATS MUST BE EVALUATED, AND (3) DISRUPTION OF NPP OPERATIONS BY EM EFFECTS CAN AND MUST BE AVOIDED. PREVIOUS STUDIES HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF E ...

INTENSE X-RAY SOURCES HAVE BEEN USED IN GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH PODS TO DETERMINE STRATA FORMATION DENSITY, LITHOLOGY, AND POROSITY. THE SCATTERING OF -RAYS FROM (137)CS OR (60)CO SOURCES WITH DECAY ACTIVITIES OF UP TO SEVERAL CI HAVE BEEN USED EXTENSIVELY IN BOREHOLE LOGGING. A NON-RADIOACTIVE PHOTON SOURCE IS HIGHLY DESIRABLE SINCE IT REDUCES THE RADIOLOGICAL HANDLING RISK AND THE RISK OF DOWN HOLE ...

ION BEAM FIGURING TECHNIQUES WILL BE APPLIED TO FIGURE ASPHERE OPTICAL ELEMENTS. A MIRROR WILL BE ASPHERIZED TO REMOVE THE R(0)6 ZERNIKE CONTRIBUTION TO CORRECT FOR THIRD-ORDER AND FIFTH-ORDER SPHERICAL ABBERRATION AND DEFOCUS. IN ADDITION, A PHASE CORRECTION PLATE WITH THE SAME OPTICAL CORRECTION WILL BE INVESTIGATED FOR FABRICATION. SIMULATED ION BEAM FIGURING OF MORE COMPLEX ELEMENTS WILL BE IN ...