[en] A process is described for homogenizing zirconium alloys and minimizing metallurgical effects of certain alloy and impurity segregates, including tin-rich segregates. The zirconium alloys are heated to high temperatures for sufficient time to cause the tin-rich stringers or segregates to homogenize in the zirconium alloys. The temperature of treatment is above 1000⁰C, and is related to the time of treatment by a formula which is given. (author)

[en] It is shown that under the assumption of no intermolecular interaction, the permittivity of a homogeneous linear and isotropic fluid mixture is the sum of the individual permittivities weighted with the mole fractions of the components. For definiteness, a proof is given for gasses under standard temperature and pressure; it is, however, easy to generalize it to other conditions, as well as to liquids, as long as the assumption of no intermolecular interaction is retained. Also, although the proof is given for a binary mixture, it is a simple exercise to extend it to any multicomponent mixture

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[en] A set of statistical tests is proposed to evaluate the homogeneity of radioactive waste forms. These criteria were applied to cemented waste forms by using natural thorium and uranium compounds as tracers to evaluate the chemical homogeneity of the final product. The mixing technique used to produce the cemented waste forms proved to be good enough as a standard method to obtain a homogeneous product. (Author)

[en] An example of the use of radioactive isotopic dilution in a solids mixer is presented. The problem was the investigation of the homogenisation time, for the addition of the constituents of a mix in an industrial mixer. From the results obtained, the company was enabled to increase production by 50-100% without additional equipment and saving the cost of a new mixer. (B.G.)

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[en] In this paper a study on homogeneity of new IAEA candidate reference materials: IAEA 338 Lichen and IAEA 413 Algae in small (ca.10 mg) samples as well as some data contributing to certification of these materials are presented. (author)

[en] Turbulent flushing flow of methane in Laval nozzles are investigated. To describe the motion of vapor-liquid mixture are used Favre averaged over the set of equations including the equations conservation of mass, momentum, and energy for a homogeneous mixture consisting from liquid and vapour phases. Numerical flow simulation based on cavitation approach using an additional transport equation for the volume fraction of the liquid phase. The study of the expiry of boiling methane at different degrees of underheating and the back pressures in the Laval nozzle are performed. (paper)

[en] Seven different up-down agitators were studied for their ability to produce mixing and solid suspension in a slab tank. Mixing times were measured as the time needed to disperse injected dye. The solid suspension studies determined the minimum stroke frequency of the agitators needed for complete off-bottom suspension. The effects of stroke frequency, n; amplitude, a; blade width, w; blade clearance, c; and liquid depth, h, and weight percent solids, X, were studied. The most effective geometry, in terms of mixing, solid suspension and design simplicity, was a single flat blade with minimum off-bottom clearance and a blade width/tank thickness ratio, w/T, of 0.74 at the maximum stroke amplitude studied. 15 refs., 7 figs