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Bulletin 233 Protection of Oil and Gas Field Equipment Against Corrosion
By R. Van A. Mills
Rapid deterioration and destruction of metal equipment in oil and gas fields cause waste of resources and financial losses that must be lessened or eliminated if operations in many important fields ar
Jan 1, 1925
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IC 8913 Dolomite Refractories, And Their Potential As Substitutes For Imported Chromite
By Timothy A. Clancy
To help reduce the Nation's dependence on imported chromite, the Bureau of Mines is conducting research on the use of dolomites as an alternate material. Dolomite is a plentiful domestic resource
Jan 1, 1983
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Advanced Materials
By William J. McDonough
Advanced materials are polymers, metals, and ceramics fabricated as intermaterial compounds, alloys, or composites. The resultant components have higher strength-to-density ratios, greater hardness an
Jan 1, 1992
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Development Of The Bureau Of Mines Gas-Combustion Oil-Shale Retorting Process
By Arthur Matzick
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Jan 1, 1966
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Commodity Data Summaries 1977 - An Up-To-Date Summary Of 95 Mineral Commodities ? Aluminum
Domestic Production and Use: In 1976, 12 companies operated 31 primary aluminum reduction plants, with 3 firms accounting for 63% of production capacity. Washington, Oregon, and Montana accounted for
Jan 1, 1977
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RI 3057 Processes for Extracting Radium from Carnotite
By H. A. Doerner
"The following report is submitted, in compliance with the request made by the Honorable W. H. Sproule, Chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining, to the Director of the United States Bureau of Mi
Dec 1, 1930
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Simulation Of Human Motion, Muscle Forces And Lumbar Spine Stresses Due To Whole-Body-Vibration: Application Of The Dynamic Human Model Casimir For The Development Of Commercial Vehicles And Passenger Cars - Introduction: Occupant Modeling
By Alexander Siefert, Steffen Pankoke
In the development of commercial vehicles as well as of passenger cars, the effects of vehicle vibrations on operating safety, health and comfort can only be predicted by numerical simulation when app
Jan 6, 2006
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Mineral Commodity Summaries 1986 - An Up-To-Date Summary Of 87 Nonfuel Mineral Commodities - Significant Events In The Nonfuel Mineral Industry In 1985
The value of domestic raw nonfuel mineral output in 1985 was estimated at $23.7 billion, 2% above the 1984 value of $23.1 billion. This crude mineral output was the basis for approximately $244 billio
Jan 1, 1986
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IC 7953 Bibliography On Metallurgy Of High-Purity Tungsten, January 1911 Through February 1959 ? Summary And Introduction
By Earl T. Hayes
THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY has been assembled to aid research by the Bureau of Mines, and others on high-purity tungsten. It appears approximately 50 years after the development of ductile tungsten-one of the
Jan 1, 1960
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The Mineral Industries Of Europe And The U.S.S.R. - Introduction
By Michel C. Frippel
This section of the Minerals Yearbook reviews the minerals industries of 29 countries: the 12 nations of the European Community (Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), Italy, Greece,
Jan 1, 1992
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RI 6552 Some generalized probability distributionss
By Robert M. Becker
This report (the second in a series of five) presents the mathematical development in extending the theory of sample reliability from a sample consisting of a fixed number of items to a sample consist
Jan 1, 1964
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IC 7670 Drainage And Utilization Of Firedamp ? Origin And Nature Of Firedamp
By J. Venter
The history of firedamp is the same as that of coal: The initial stage was the accumulation of vegetation, which was converted into peat under certain local conditions, then lignite, bituminous coal,
Jan 1, 1953
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Carbonizing Properties: British Columbia, Matanuska Valley (Alaska), And Washington Coals And Blends Of Six Of Them With Lower Sunnyside (Utah) Coals ? Introduction
By J. D. Davis
THIS-report gives results of in investigation of the carbonizing properties of 18 coals, including 2 from Alaska, 12 from British Columbia, 3 from Washington, and 1 from Utah. Each coal was carbonized
Jan 1, 1952
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Instrumentation For Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions Research
By J. D. Noll, S. E. Mischler
Measurement and sampling of diesel particulate matter in mine air presents a challenge due to the complexity of the diesel aerosol. The results of a series of tests carried out by the National Institu
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IC 6792 Trends In Practice And Costs Of Concentrating Copper Ores - Introduction
By T. G. Chapman
This paper has been abstracted from a forthcoming Bureau of Mines bulletin on the concentration of copper ores in North America. GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS IN CONCENTRATING COPPER ORES FROM 1912 TO 1932
Jan 1, 1934
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OFR-52-86 Financing Foreign Development Of Non-Fuel Mineral Resources: An Analysis Of Loan Terms Of International Financial Institutions Vs. Those Of Commercial Banks ? Final Report ? Executive Summary
This report presents the results of a study for the Bureau of Mines to compare loan terms for non-fuel mineral projects in developing countries, from various International Financial Institutions (IFIs
Jan 1, 1986
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Mineral Indicators - Anthracite:
The extremely cold weather and heavy snowstorms of January and February in northeastern Pennsylvania--with frozen mining equipment, diminished preparation and lack of railroad cars--severely hampered
Jan 1, 1977
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Mineral Indicators - Aluminum
A major domestic aluminum producer raised its price for primary aluminum metal from 44 cents per pound to 48 cents per pound, effective August 5, 1976. Other major producers have increased their list
Jan 1, 1976
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IC 6916 Competitive Conditions In The International Coal Trade ? Introduction
By John R. Bradley
The object of this paper is to survey and analyze the bearing of economic nationalism, competitive sources of energy, and technologic developments on international trade in coal with especial referenc
Jan 1, 1936
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IC 7132 Work Of The Bureau Of Mines Safety Cars In The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region From 1934 To 1939 - Introduction
By J. J. Forbes
The original organic act establishing the Federal Bureau of Mines in 1910 and the amended act of 1913 indicated that promotion of the health and safety of mine workers was to be ore of the chief funct
Jan 1, 1940