| Show x fg fe ro t r r A S J A r Y ak r y I rf k r r 9 j r Ol f o r j r s i l e S i f ti tir f d r r i a 1 Tribune Telegram Photo Photo s They C Carry Out Defense Defens Experiments I I Dr Henry E Eyring left dean University of Utah graduate school and Dr Carl J. J Christensen the I university's dean of the school of mines nes head two research projects being carried on for U. U S. S nav navy Another will start in February Eight U. U professors are working on important studies u. u Savants at Work On Navy Projects B By DeVan Shumway If a third world war should come work of eight University of Utah research professors will probably figure indirectly in the outcome These men headed by Dr Henry Eyring dean of the graduate school and Dr Carl J J. J Christensen Christen- Christen sen dean school of mines and mineral industries arc are now working working working work work- ing on two research projects for forthe forthe forthe the U. U S. S navy and will begin another another another an an- other in Febuary 1949 Assisting Dr Eyring and Dr Christensen in their work are Drs John R. R Lewis Frank B B. Hodgdon t t. Edward Jacob Mervin Hogan Dan McLachlan Hugh Hamilton and Eugene the the latter visiting from an Illinois glass company Some 15 graduate students also are helping helping- the professors in their work These students are working working working work work- ing toward their masters master's and doctors doctor's doctors doctor's doctors doctor's doc doc- tors tor's degrees on fellowships or scholarships Dr Christensen said The first project deals with the fracture of or solid materials such as steel used in navy ships guns and weapons of all types Research in inthis inthis inthis this field includes study stud of ot the properties of glass and and how Its breakage may be minimized Dr Christensen said The navy has named this task order No 1 Task order No 2 consists of ot discovering the problems of al alloys alloys alloys al- al loys of gallium and indium two relatively rare metals which are in a liquid state at ordinary tem tem- This property makes them potentially valuable in war war- fare Fundamental problems in surface surface surface sur sur- face chemistry are to be experimented experimented experimented upon under the third task order This research will deal primarily primarily primarily marily with rusting rusting- of metals and how it can be prevented Flotation Flotation Flotation Flota Flota- tion of ot minerals minerals minerals-an an important factor in metallurgy metallurgy and and fundamental fundamental fundamental funda funda- mental chemistry in catalysts catalysts- minerals used in oil refining refining are are also included under the task 3 heading All of the research is tal This means that the re researchers researchers researchers re- re searchers merely experiment with the various properties of the minerals minerals minerals min min- and do not work toward any definite goals Dr Christensen said that all the fundamental research on the atomic bomb long before World War Var II began beg adding that during a war application of the fundamental fundamental funda funda- mental principals became of primary primary primary mary importance Much Dutch of the data needed for the research is furnished by the U. U S S. S navy along with the money mone but re research research research re- re search laboratories and buildings must be furnished by the University University University sity of Utah according to Dr Christensen |
