Oak Ridge Reservation: Rala, Iodine-131 & Cesium-137: Section A: Other Divisions

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Metallurgical Laboratory Technical Research Notebooks, 1942-1951

Location:

Active:
Inactive: ORNL, Building 4500N, Rm. H205 Rm. A224

Access Restrictions: Unclassified ;arrangements must be made for access to the room	*Volume*: 12 cu. ft.
Accession or Other ID Number: Schedule 3046-1-40	Condition: Fair
Container Number: 3301-3304, 3306-3309,3311-3314	Medium: Paper
Scanning Suitability: Unsuitable; contains bound notebooks with handwritten entries	*Duplication*: No

Arrangement: Numerical by MUC (Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago) number, generally chronological by date of assignment

Originating Office: Various divisions

Finding Aids: Records Center "BLUREC" Database

Disposition AuthorityUnscheduled

Series Description: The Metallurgical Laboratory Technical Research Notebooks consist of hardcover notebooks assigned to individual scientists to record daily activities, experimental results, and ongoing research. Each notebook was assigned a MUC (Metallurgical Laboratory, University of Chicago) number. Information includes the employee's name, dates of use, references to previous notebooks, experimental notes, parameters, observations, tables of results, analysis of data, dates work was conducted, names and amounts of chemicals used or produced, procedures used, calculations, graphs, flowcharts, illustrations, mechanical information about equipment used, and calibration information. Early notebooks contain a great deal of information about uranium and plutonium. Box 3306 contains a notebook discussing work with lanthanum salts. Work locations are rarely identified.

Data Elements: 8, 88-89, 114-115