Trip Report -- Argonne National Laboratory, Schenectady - February 12-16, 1952

Archive description

Metals quality conference: discussion of the peppering effect; ingot casting techniques; non-destructive testing conference february 12, 13; sperry reflectoscope to det. Porosity, voids, folds, and inclusions; the sonometer; the he leak detector dychek method; the use of color sensitive phosphors; the multitest instrument; the cyclograph; procedure for x-raying the cap end of canned slugs; the use of the probe type eddy current measuring device for detecting flaws at he cap end; investigation of an infra-red radiographic method of detecting penetration, voids, and unbonded areas; fabrication of a cylindrical ring type transducer of barium titantate; the detection of flaws in dare and canned slugs; variable frequency motor generator sets; x-ray detection of slug defects.