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Acknowledgement Of Symposium Moderators, University Of Missouri--Rolla

UMR Journal -- V. H. McNutt Colloquium Series

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Preface, Paul Dean Proctor, Robert E. Carlile

UMR Journal -- V. H. McNutt Colloquium Series

Because this university, formerly under the well known title of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, has contributed so much to the nation’s and world’s mineral supplies through the work of its well trained graduates, it was considered appropriate that a major symposium be held during its Centennial Year on one of the last major mineral frontiers of the United States......Alaska.

Preliminary planning for the symposium on “Alaska, Its Mineral Potentials and Environmental Challenges” began in the fall of 1969. In January, 1970, Robert E. Carlile and Paul Dean Proctor visited Alaska to meet with some of the petroleum and …

Approaches To The Synthesis Of Bis-Acenaphth [1,2-A] Acenaphthene, Kenneth Neal Boudette

Honors Theses

The purpose of this project was the synthesis of bis-acenaphth[l,2-a] acenaphthene. The synthetic route attempted was the preparation of 1,8-naphthalylnaphthalene by reacting 1,8-dilithionaphthalene with acenaphthene- quinone followed by oxidation with lead tetracetate and treatment of the diketone with 1,8-dilithionaphthalene to give the product.

Study Of The Radiolysis Of Aqueous Dichloromethane, Joseph Herbert Dal Pian

Honors Theses

Aqueous solutions of dichloromethane have been irradiated with a cobalt-60 gamma source. Products of the radiolysis have been determined in order to formulate the mechanism of the radiation induced decomposition. Chemical analysis of irradiated solutions has shown that hydrochloric acid and formic acid are among the products of the decomposition. The effect of oxygen and dichloromethane concentrations on the production and yield of chloride ion has been determined. From the results, a mechanism for the radiolysis of aqueous dichloromethane in the presence of oxygen has been deduced.

Preparation Of Some Alkynes And Alkenynes, Edward John Lamby

Honors Theses

The following thesis concerns the preparation of several alkynes and their conversion to alkenynes. Alkynes are of interest because of their potential biological activity (1), general reactivity to boranes (2), complexing ability with some transition metals (3), as well as other general reactions of π bonds (4). It was the intention of this investigation to prepare several alkynes with varying degrees of steric hindrance and evaluate the effect of this property. Double bonds were incorporated in several of these compounds to aid in the assessment.

The Radiolysis Of Aqueous Solutions Of Dichloromethane, Steven Michael Odre

Honors Theses

Aqueous solutions of dichloromethane have been irradiated with a cobalt-60 gaama source. Products of the radiolysis have been determined in order to formulate the emchanism of the radiation induced decomposition. Chemical studies have shown that hydrocholoric acid and hydrogen peroxide are two of the major products of the radiolysis. Traces of formaldehyde have also been found. The effect of oxygen and dichloromethane concentrations on product yields was determined. It has been found that the product yields are independent of dose rate. The Proposed mechanism is initiatied by the hydrated electron and the hydroxyl radical - both products of the radiolysis …

Photochemical Reactions Of Some Benzyl Compounds, Thomas Wesley Lesniak

Honors Theses

Zimmerman and Sandel have investigated many photolytic reactions involving benzyl compounds and have hypothesized the intermediate to be a carbonium ion. The addition of a meta-electron donating group has been used to increase the stability of the carbonium ion intermediate. 3, 5- Disubstituted benzyl carbonium ions have added stability.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 3, No.2. June, 1971

The Prairie Naturalist

EDITORIAL: Environmental Rights ▪ Paul B. Kannowski

RIVER BASINS PLANNING ▪ H. A. Hendrickson

WATER RESOURCE PLANNING GONE AMUCK ▪ Charles H. Stoddard

THE INTERACTION OF CITIZENS' GROUPS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WITH RESPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ▪ Robert L. Burgess

WORDS AND MEANINGS ▪ Paul T. Crary

ENFORCEMENT OF NORTH DAKOTA ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS ▪ Robert E. Beck

BIRDS OBSERVED IN NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE WINTER OF 1970-71 ▪ John T. Lokemoen and Paul E. Springer

STATUS OF CLARK'S NUTCRACKER IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ Lewis W. Oring and Robert W. Seabloom

WINGED ANTS AS FISH FOOD ▪ Charles H. …

Real Property Owned. By The Federal Government In The' State Of Nebraska, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

This inventory report Is a summary compilation of the major facilities of real property owned by the Federal Government in this state. The installations are listed alphabetically by the city in which they are located and the listing includes a brief description of the installation, the agency which operates the facility, the GSA inventory number, the GSA location code, the total floor area of all the buildings and a size classification code. The operating agency and Installation descriptions are those reported to the General Services Administration as of June 30, 1970. Installations with a total floor area less than 1,500 …

Unsteady Flow Toward Partially Penetrating Artesian Wells, Y. H. Huang

KWRRI Research Reports

A numerical method programmed for a high-speed computer was developed for determining the drawdown around an artesian well. A salient feature of the program is that it can be used for both fully and partially penetrating wells in either infinite or finite aquifers. The method Involves the application of finite difference equations to the well-known heat equation using a graded network. A comparison of the finite difference solutions with those obtained from the close-form formulas of Muskat, Theis, and Hantush indicates the validity of the method. A comparison between the finite difference solutions and the drawdowns measured on a sand …

Measuring The Intangible Values Of Natural Streams, Part I, John A. Dearinger, George M. Woolwine

KWRRI Research Reports

The purpose of this study was to apply the "uniqueness concept" to the quantification of the intangible values of natural streams. The methodology is based on procedures developed by Luna B. Leopold and Maria O. Marchand of the U.S. Geological Survey. It involves the evaluation of a set of characteristics or factors for selected stream sites. Each factor is rated for each site on a numerical scale indicative of the range of possible "values" for that factor. An "uniqueness ratio" (the reciprocal of the number of stream sites sharing a given category rating) is then computed for each stream for …

The Photolysis Of Phenylglycine And The Synthesis Of Α-Deuterated M-Anisaldehyde, Alan Nathan Meisel

Honors Theses

Attempts were made to produce mandelic acid by irradiating phenylglycine in both acidic and basic aqueous solutions but no mandelic acid was detected.

The Fluorescence And Phosphorescence Of Glycine -- A First Step In The Determination Of Glycine Carbamate, Henry George Fein

Honors Theses

Cassidy (1) fully outlines the historical progress of research to 1968 about the carbamate reaction; this paper will simply summarize that effort. It is presently believed that carbon dioxide is transported by the blood in three ways: 1) dissolved CO2 and carbonic acid, 2) bicarbonate ions, and 3) carbamate. Roughton and Rossi-Bernardi (10) have proposed the use of a glycylglycine and CO2 model for the carbamate reaction. Instead of the barium precipitate method, they have used a pH and pCO2 electrode system to measure the uptake of CO2. Since the dissolved CO2 and HCO3 can be calculated from the pCO2 …

Glycine Carbamate Derivatives, David Clark Cable

Honors Theses

The formation of a carbamate on hemoglobin is one method proposed for carbon dioxide transport in the blood. As of yet, no direct method has been reported for quantitatively determining to what extent carbamate formation occurs. The phosphorescence of glycine carbamate is of interest in this problem. Glycine is structurally similar to the globin endings, so that it presents a model that is simpler and more easily studied but still contains a sufficient degree of similarity to hemoglobin for the purpose of studying this reaction. Phosphorescence spectroscopy has been proposed a possible method for direct quantitative analysis of glycine carbamate. …

Critical Examination Of The Uniform Charge Cloud Method, Frederick R. Maxfield

Honors Theses

The Uniform Charge Cloud Method, a model used to describe atoms and molecules, has been investigated. In the model, electrons are viewed as spheres with a constant charge density throughout their volume. In previous studies, it was found that the interelectron repulsion energies calculated for helium were too high, bond distances calculated for molecules were too short, and the model was unable to predict term values in accordance with Hund's Rules. In order to reduce these errors, electron correlation was introduced into the model. It was found that the errors were too large to be corrected by electron correlation. The …

Environmental Status Report - January-February-March 1971, Florida Power Corporation

Reports

The publication of this quarterly issue of Environmental Status Report records the development of Florida Power Corporation's environmental activities since January 1, 1971. This report emphasizes those programs investigating the environs of the Crystal River Nuclear Plant now under construction. However, a progress report of the environmental efforts at the proposed Anclote fossil-fired generating site is included in Appendix G. The locations of the Crystal River and Anclote sites are shown in Figure 1 (page 5)_

Occurrence Of Groundwater In Kimball County, Nebraska: Including Logs Of Test Holes, Frank A. Smith, Vernon L. Souders

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.

A New Confidence Interval For The Mean Of A Normal Distribution, David Lee Wallace

All Master's Theses

A typical problem in statistical inference is the following: An experimenter is confronted with a density function f(x; ϴ) which describes the underlying population of measurements. The form of f may or may not be known, and ϴ is a parameter (possibly vector-valued) which describes the population. The statistician's job is to estimate or to test hypotheses about the unknown parameter ϴ. In this paper, we shall consider interval estimation of the mean of the normal density function.

Stratigraphic Analysis Of Pennsylvanian Strata In The Lucero Region Of West Central New Mexico., James L. Martin

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

During Pennsylvanian time the Lucero region of west central New Mexico was located along the southeastern part of the Zuni uplift and along the western and central part of the Lucero basin. The Lucero basin is part of the broad Pennsylvanian seaway that extended north-northwestward through central New Mexico to the Paradox basin on the north and the Orogrande basin on the south. Positive elements associated with the Lucero basin were the Zuni uplift to the west, the Penasco-Uncompahgre uplifts to the northeast, the Joyita uplift. to the east,. and the Pedernal uplift farther to the east.

The Pennsylvanian strata …

Radiation Induced Color Centers In Potassium Silicate Glasses Containing Lead, Ibrahim Abou-Seif Henry

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Radiation Induced Color Centers In Alkali Silicate Glasses, Ramez Morgan Louca

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Some A. C. Properties Of Lead-Borate Glasses, Salah El-Din El-Nahwy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Intensity Ratios For Polarized Refracted Light Near The Critical Angle., Stephanie Layne Moore

Physics & Astronomy ETDs

It was undertaken to investigate the intensity ratio of refracted light polarized parallel and perpendicular to the plane of incidence. The primary object of the experiment was to obtain this ratio for light incident at very nearly the critical angle on a water-air interface, the light having first passed through the water. A laser was used to produce the light beam and the experimental results were compared with the theory propounded by Fresnel for infinite plane waves and elsewhere asserted to hold for bound plane waves. As this theory predicted a ratio of the square of the refractive index (n) …

On The Interaction Of Aluminium And Iron Calcium Borate Glasses And Its Effect On The Properties Of Their Composites, Sherif K. Arif

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Concept Of Adjacency, Kenneth L. Wright Jr.

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

Adjacency, as used in the Law of the Sea, implies a defined area beyond the territorial sea applying to the superadjacent waters, the seabedand the subsoil. It also implies a relationship to the land. This paper is an examination of adjacency as a concept with particular emphasis placed on the possibilities of establishing the outer limits of an adjacent area. The concept of adjacency is addressed from historical,oceanographic, biological, geological and legal perspectives. An investigation into the State practice of projecting limited jurisdiction from shore into the sea by Britain and America is made to determine a possible genesis concerning …

Calculation Of Point-Defect Energies And Displacements In Alkali Halides Using The Lattice-Statics Method, Arnold Karo, John Hardy

John R. Hardy Papers

The method of lattice statics, in the zero-order approximation, is used to evaluate the Schottky-pair formation energies and the displacement fields about positive- and negative-ion vacancies for all alkali halide crystals with rock-salt structures. The deformation-dipole model, used extensively in earlier work on the lattice dynamics of these crystals, is employed to describe the host lattice. Long-range Coulomb interactions are included explicitly, and short-range repulsive interactions are described by a simple Born-Mayer potential. Comparison is made with earlier Mott-Littleton-type calculations and very satisfactory agreement is found. Comparison with available experimental values is somewhat less satisfactory, particularly regarding the lithium salts; …

The Impact On The Navy Of Public Concern With Control Of Pollution Of The Seas By Oil, Robert Augustus Fisher

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

It is difficult at best to evaluate the biological and chemical damages of oil pollution, but the physical effects are graphically evident in the blackened beaches and coastlines around the world and in the floating "tar-balls" found in mid-ocean. It is this dramatically visible effect that has stirred public concern. Thus, prevention of such damage is high on the list of priorities for both national and international concern. In the face of the ever increasing potential for pollution, President Nixon has pledged that federal agencies will take the lead in pollution abatement programs.

Ua45/6 Attack On The Environment, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Elvis Stahr's 1971 commencement speech.

Convergence Rates For The Central Limit Theorem For Random Sums, Christopher E. Olson

Mathematics & Statistics ETDs

Let (X_i} be a sequence of independent, identically-distributed random variables with EX²_i < ꝏ and E(X_i - EX_i)² = 1.

Mercury Content Of Tobacco Products, Karen S. Mrozek

Senior Scholar Papers

Mercury contamination of food products results from contact with soil, water, and air polluted with mercury from industrial sources, as well as from the use of mercury-containing pesticides and fungicides on plants. A method was developed for extracting mercury from tobacco products. The mercury content of various tobacco products was determined, using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer.