Research & Development 'Natablishuft,
VISIT TO T.T.Co.. ME0011 DZPARTM, TT. BMW.
Xth -T-1v- 19,56
The primary object vas the collection of 0.5 g.
Boretall and
this vas accomplished. Advantage ins taken during
the visit to deal
vith several other matters.
W Settim, uo of Ovtical System for Fl-remoonce -
The procedure
to be adopted for the success= aligutnut of the
various components used
was demonstrated to me by Mr. Norseman. During the
demonstration, it
became apparent that the Ions umber (n08.4) %biah
we had been given
arlier by I.T.Oo., was incorrect. They had
confuoed their lenses and
:
upport stands. The lens employed by then is
probably a Hilger Ions
F1172 - or perhaps F957. It has a focal length of
8-9 em. and to made
in glass. As at present ve have only ordered a
quartz condenser Ions,
this can be rectified without difficulty. The
concave mirror (from the
Bramber Handset) vbich they use is mounted in its
original mount and this
makes for easy adjustment. We have only obtained
the unmounted mirror
and thin will need modification.
(ii) &H.T. Unit - I.T.Co. had supplied a opera
Z.H,T# Unit for
the Autormol-or to repInce the defective one
orl.ginal2y received. When
this arrived at Southampton it was damaged, due to
poor packing. kt
I!r. Bootitroyd's req-iests I d1scussel the
i3atter with the Physics Department,
and left a note of what was wrong (crackad anode
meal of rectifier velvej
fractured Litz wire from displaced Z.H.T.
transformer). Mr. Iles was
awayp but big deputy undertook to deal with the
matter. He thought they
could ripply a replacement at once, but later
found this uas impossible.
They will ensure it vill arrive safely next time.
They also supplied a
further 18 smoke collection tubes for the
Autommoker. We now have 2*
dozen tubes, which is domen more than the original
ardor.
(iii) Smoke Trans Dr* Bentley lent me am* of the
traps 1which th~7
use for smoke collection for qualitative snalynio
of smoke. This in the
type which Dr. Hughes will require for hie work.
It will enable us to
copy the I.I.Co. Platinum wire cage fitted at the
end of the tube.
(iT) Tavour Phase Cb-amat-m-hv - I.T.Go. have
temporarily
discontinued work on their apparatus, pending the
construction of a Martin
Gas Density Balance. They have borrowed from
British Fetrckm Ressarah
Laboratories a model of this In Perspex, which
they have copied for uss,
am a jig for the coostruction of one in copper
block. This will operate
at temperatures up to 300-35000 and should prove
extremely sonsitiTes
When this is finished, us shall be able to borrov
the Perspex model,
should we vish to construct a Gas Density Balance.
A commercial model,
made by Camalla, will be on sale for EMO shortly.
(y) Basic Yraction of Smoke - Mr. Burgan, who is
%arking on this
agpeab of smoke, is developing the use of paper
chromatographl to the
isolation of components from this fraction. He
uses p-aminobonsoia said,
b7 cyanogen bromide
as d
t
ti followed
e
ec
,
ng agent and his paper strips show the
presence of at least six componento.
Identification of the compounds
thus revealed requires the preparation of likely
degradation products of
nicotine and the comparison of their behavior an
paper chromatograme.
To this and, he has been preparing mgmemins by the
pyrolysis at 5700 of C-1)
nicotine. Myonains will be m. source of
g2E-nicotins and nicotyrins, also.
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(vi) Prow Resls+-vice of Cimettef - In 'ViGV Of
experimental difficulties
vhich we have been experienceing In constructing a
Suitable flOw-Ustdring
apparatus for thIs purposes I anked to Pee tboir
equipment. The on'317 %m7
In thich it differs frtim oure Is In the use of
tho vibrator pump, which
producov a very steady air-flov. We haTe been
endeavouring to manage
vith a water pump but fluctuation in voter
pressure has made calibration
of the flov noter and mcaourement of airflow and
drav renistance ver7
tedious and time-conmu&g. re may be driven
parfaree to the ure of a
Vibratcr purp.
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