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Show w i - 3 ' .t l J Receiving shock tube are (left to right) Drs. Baer and Ryan "U" engineers, Dr. Dixon, Regent, and Dr. Lionel of Thiokol. iiokol poiiates jock Tube -parrs iand auxiliary equip-l'tlue equip-l'tlue estimated at $10, University's De-1 De-1 of Chemical Engineer-' Engineer-' ft announcement was t J, fUday (April 7) by U Pident James C. fcifrflCATED at Thiokol's Wa-h Wa-h Jvvision west of Bngham I tube will be transferee transfer-ee Salt Lake City cam--td installed in new under-. under-. L laboratories now under 1 idon at Merrill lEngmeer-fiing- The shock tube, ;jbeUSedaSakeytoolinthe e lding studies of combusts 'S Thigh temperature reactions conducted by the Univer-g Univer-g j! chemical engineering de-aliment. de-aliment. Arrangements for the gift were ft by Dr. John A. Dixon, l:,,rsity Regent and Dr H. 3 j, Ritchey, President of Tnio-Y1 Tnio-Y1 i Chemical Corporation in 1(3 jistol, Penn. p j A LETTER to Regent Dix-! Dix-! a Thiokol's President Ritchey 'kjs "We are always happy to m- cpport the educational institu-gjn institu-gjn which train the young sci-Hjj sci-Hjj sSsts and engineers who will mtribute to our future. We j ape that the availability of this , I ;nerrt at the University will "recontribute to our future. And to It enhancement of the teaching Had research program there." il Dr. Dixon said, "Increasing ' dizing materials. These studies would be of importance to defense de-fense and space programs in connection with propulsion systems. sys-tems. The chemical shock tube will also be used in studying the mechanism of explosions. Finally, Dr. Ryan said the tube will provide the best tool for following the process of carbon car-bon formation under precisely controlled conditions. Dr. Ryan explained that "despite its importance im-portance to industrial, domestic, and military applications of combustion, the formation of free carbon is not well understood." numbers of private companies are giving surplus research facilities fa-cilities and equipment to universities uni-versities as a means of assiting higher education." THE CHEMICAL shock tube will be used almost exclusively in research for graduate students. stu-dents. It is unique because it provides instantaneous heat and very rapid quench, so that fast, high-temperature chemical reactions reac-tions can be studied. Drs. Norman W. Ryan and Alva D. Baer, two chemical engineering en-gineering faculty members most interested in the Thiokol shock tube, gave several examples of the types of studies they would like to carry out. THE UTAH scientists would like to investigate the thermal decomposition of fuels and oxi- |