Advances in cancer research, vol IV: edited by Jesse P. Greenstein and Alexander Haddow. 416 pages, diagrams, 6 × 9 in. New York, Academic Press, Inc., 1956. Price, $10.00

✍ Scribed by W.D. Yushok; William G. Batt

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1957
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 198 KB
• Volume: 263
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/0016-0032(57)90358-7

✦ Synopsis

In fact, it is quite interesting to note that the only phase diagrams of plutonium alloys that are shown are those published by the Russians.

About sixty pages are devoted to the subject of fuel elements.

These papers discuss with a fair amount of detail the metallurgy and fabrication of the various elements used in reactors for research and power production.

About one-fifth of the book is devoted to the important and rapidly growing field of radiation damage.

This section covers both the theoretical and practical aspects of the effects of irradiation and is an outstanding treatment of the subject.

The text ends with a chapter entitled "Solid State Physics."

This deals primarily with neutron diffraction and the chemistry of the heavy element compounds.

The editors have done an excellent job on a fascinating subject.

This text should prove to be an invaluable reference for the engineer, metallurgist, and physicist concerned with the materials problem in nuclear energy.

R. L. !thITH Franklin Institute Laboratories

MOMENTUM TRANSFER IN FLUIDS, by W. H. Corcoran, J. B. Opfell, and B. H. Sage.