ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH WORK AT INSTITUTE "C" HEADED BY MANFRED VON ARDENNE

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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 11, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGE KENCY REPORT
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
U r:.ear iscnuk; ?3 is poss:i:ol Otmar 1'riedrischek.
Dr. S ie:,rert vf'nu) is Ce % rtl "Eei .rich 3iewert.
Thiessen is Peter Adolf
Dr. `3a.Atel is Hans Bartel.
21ie:,2 is I~13d i ; Gustav Ziehl.
D% Ziegler- Is possibly .sue gen .Arthur Ziegler.
Ke 3. e is Wilhelm Menke.
"Dr. Hohorst is Wilhelm Bel-rend Hahorsl,.
Dr. Pany is -Johann Emmanuel Pay.
DLttwals is possibly H.O. Dittwal.d.
Rintelen is .a>rt Carl Franz Rin.telen.
Dr. Uerlings (fnu) is jjossibiy erlin s
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Ilinaskaya is Ilinskaya
Dr. Lehmann (fau) is Hans Emil Lehmann.
4ottau (fnu) is possibly Heinz Ernst Mottau.
Dr. Steenbeck is Max Steenbeck.
F rauelein von Bergen is probably F rau MW von Bergen.
Dr. Dames (fnu) is Wilhelm Karl Dates.
Multhmupt possibly is Manfred. Josef * lthaupt,
Siegl.ing iu) is possibly Max Werner' Siegling.
Heinz Frar3ke is Heinz Max Franke.
Barren (fnu) is Dr. Franz r.,arren.
i5c1l3chting is probably Clemens Sch;lichting.
Kudicke is probably Heinz Heinrich KKudicke.
Gross (gnu) is possibly Erich Wilhelm Gross.
Herbert Doss is Herbert Willy Doss.
Hol'? arch is probably Herbe ?t Gvatw Hollaech.
w; : is 2 ximillian He maann. Wied.
. D~:.v w dahl, is Dr. Delve-a.u. hl.
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A .t cl e e are as follows
Annex to Sketch of Nickel Carbonyl : urnace, f tal and lateral vi
Amiea& la. Sketch of Nickel Carbonyl Purneee
Annex 2. Sketches of Nickel Wire Mesh Tubes
hex 3. Sketch of T-shaped DiatrIbution Piece
Annex 1 . Sketch of Copper .Tube
Annex 5. S wch of, Ion Source
hex 6. Sketch of J-sha . Tube
Annex 7. Sketch o; Haan sae f" r f Equipwant
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REPORT
TOPIC-
At-f, is En; rgy I esea.rch r t I:"stitute "C" Headed by Manfred you
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DATE OF CONTEI\ T
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pro .L m wa ap r ach - o5-,. ?*I.bree different angles:
L..-LD'rTE PREPARED
- sketches with legends on ditto
thn eF 'swas engaged in the fission of uranium,
t 6p-~wi G.s d.4 ~J23.K~u~ay4 X1..4 f - ,-?..
House ","
~4. y~ : Po vx'cz r...5. v M .JOLat " a small--scale oxper nt
On this occasion a minute quantity
had `- Z zaadm
'E h) a"... e;sgz-co Dorking groups, most of the bonussvs wont
tF's
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fl ' '. C)", of fine nickel wire were manufactured
a?~ , 16 'ohich to have been delivered to Drti Lehmann.
or It-. ?E 3:}.R r~err icn ~r vac c of a lead container for hydrofluoric acid
o: ? Y oat l ? E lec r c al V--belt-drive two-cylindor vacutua pumps
wo:'c ,F3o . ';,o adv one disassembled um WAS about 25X1
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H'wwover,, the equipr-:iut devoioped at the Hertz institute proved to be
better and was alwa 'ded the priza.
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Iiic:m.l? Garbonyl 3''u~^nacc$ frontal,and? la.
acale 1:10
Watier?mcooled nozzle fc' nickel carbonyl inlet
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~~sbt sacs-iealutee he&&y ng coils about 2/l0 mm in dicer, erg, heating
capacity 6u:,-?6v0 ?r?
- Sight glasses
4 -~ Gas inlet
5 water jacket f'og' eeo1ing
Water
7 Water discr*r e
Outlet s 1.de v tl Te
0 t-on cover
11. Tripcd`:
12. , Trace body cons i tin of b ;Ht 3 1.2 /'M thick , with
abot4t 2 meters hich and +,-Dut J0 . Cm. diameter.
cr ionv,_? oJ' t h nickel
cylindr-1,cera device reso +!ng a bathroom water heater. The cyli er was abd!
3 cm in diameter, 2 r,ctc rs highs ad rested' as a tripod set 0 In the
workshop* A' brass sheet air u?:. l 2 n a . thick , was; used, the seam as soft.-
soldered, The upper sect-11 eri of cylinder waa. isolated. with asbestos 'sheets
onto which the heating coil u_uc a placed. The latter had .a , di ter of about
2 rmu and a heating; cap. oitar of 600 -- 800 W.' They wire 'covered iri turn with
asbestos to precluce ary r:?i ,nta k, with. the coils.:s
Below ,hi heating se&,,ion. of - Me. furnace two sight glasses' all,owed
observation of the fo ? king o.' t*-e soot. Below .one of the siedit .jglassea the
gas inlet tube was soldered into t;:za furnace and ? made air-tight with putty.
No in}ori :?tion is available a`)0-.1" the, type. of gas used.
nag was -fed into the furnace to pr-3itent the entry. of air when xenovring the
soot.' Thy' contains w:-.s not c .>>a_?ized! no vacuum pumps were ;donncscted to
it and it. had no inter: nal
'The :riddle portion of the furnac, was equipped with a do Ling wjater. packet
.with water inlet and. ;ace e ?'_c ~~ i^g=. tubes. The lower. ' of tie :1irnace
w2.s equipped with an outlet slide ire Q= a for the renh'val of ac t. ~-. sma]J.
conical -oo.tion below this valve was.' si, a for: the. lll
collects nof material
and was .1;0 .bo 'o 3 d 'o rsc' e ~n, . nuts holdjng the base. plate
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The first three furnacos ,3e.c^e ec iio ,ed with one water cooled nickel carbonyl
nozzle. T e pipe was m da of copper1 about. fi nA 3ndia ter..aw of 3,m- inside
dianater b A con Vi.m cus flu i of rn! c,cc1 Carbonyl ra . a 'funne]l-ahaped
oft43s~ldered seam;
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Via el cs~bo l fear ce for t;he Ku ,bVshey works0
min;; the period under review, bigger type furnace was built for the
I'uybyshov works, A 'trip made by Ziobl and .alter Harz to Kuybyshev is
believed to have been related to the manufacture of the furnace. This new
equipment was about 1 meter in r aii ter and resembled an advertising
pillar. Due to its s-izef, the furnace had to be manufactured in four different
soctionsr which were flagged togthero This furnace was equipped with
three -nozz1rso h scaffold was erected to facilitate control and
maintsna p of the nozzles,
Nickel c bony: is a broimn fluid fishI.ch flew by gravity from the funnel-
Nshap:,d container to the nozzles and through therm dripped into the
furnacea The nozzle pipes were watar*-cooled? The furnace was not pressurized
and had no internal fit-Ungs, When in operation, the upper section of the
fu. t oa was electrically heated. A steady fall of soot flakes was to be
ob. ervecs through the sight glasses. The central section of the furnace was
7rstera-cooled. Tree final. product obtained from the collector wus pitchblack
Foot.
Use of tile nieftel COOL,
yed onto s~ r.?s~:~. wire
mesh,
this soot was mixed with a fluid to be
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I Tubes of ydickel .:ire i:lesh
Legend: 1 m Pure nickel coating with scratchins
2 Nickel. mesh
3 - Overlapping electrically welded seam
Description of the nickeb mesh tubes:
Te tubes consisted of fine nickel mesh similar in structure to a
fine :::ill: sieve o The mesh was c:=alivered in ro As F
.,n.ineer Lange (fnu) was engaged in the manufacture of nickel mesh tubes;
this work was done in the main workshop with the aid of special shears,
Fraeulein Stripling (fnu) welded the tubes with the aid of a seam.
welding machine9 which had been .:anufactured at the main t ,rorkshop~ In
a very fast procedure the tubes were welded over their entire length
with an overlap of about 2 mm.
The tubes were about ?00 mm lor., about 20 mm in diameter, and very
thin=walled. No details were available about the wall thickness, the
thickness of the nickel coating, the size of the pores and the
permeability,
The soot manufactured in the nickel carbonyl furnace was mixed with a
fluid of an undetermined composition and sprayed onto the nickel mesh.
The workmen wore protective masks and always looked as black as ne roes.
No details were available about the dryin.nd sintering procedure;
t .e tubes were, however9 of ;oed consistency. They were manufactured in
considera -le quantities since there was continuous demand for their. '?o
inr:ormation was available about the .-lace of destination of the tubes.
the tubes were used in the centrifu~;es9 this
assumption could9 however, not be supported.
II Aluminum Tubes
During the y~eri od under observation, large quantities of thin-aralled
iuminum tubes were manufactured in the turning section. These
tubes were 1.20 ? 1,50 maters long, the diameter was about 50 mm, the
wall thickness about 0,2 - O,4 Lira. Orders for 20 - 30 tubes were
placed at a time. They were believed to consist of duralumin, At an
earlier stage9 the tubes were manufactured from metal blocks. Later,
duralumin tubes of 1 crr, wall thickness were used,
After the discharge of lathe operator -Sichlorn (fnu..i) , operator Kurt
Jakob took over. He was later substituted by "little Treff", This
man is still at the institute engaged in the manufacture of 4luminum
tubes,
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the excessive rotational speed of the centrifu:;e the tubes frequently
ruptured.
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UP MINT 11, L:1
Annex 3
T-shaped Distribution i is-:ce.
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The T-shaped piece was manufactured of copper shoot 5 rum thick. Its
diameter vies about 300 mn, its length about ;00 - 0600 mm. Flanges of
copper were welded onto ;`,e ends and soldered over. The flanges were
yrcvided with boreholes .or screws.
The '-shaped r.ece and the flanges were electrically welded. Five such
pieces were Manufactured in 191lLI.
Co per vire electrodes in a tin .late shell were used in the welding
pprocedure. 'These shells had been ma.iufactured in the main workshop.
These electrodes prcved very useful. The welding, seams were soft-
-soldered to make them vacuum=tijht.
T' he T--s=:?.ped pieces were ordered for House "D", -.~=here. the large
separatin,7 t:a net was Iccated and where work was done tinder Dr. Froehlich.
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Lea end: 1. hard-soldering
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Tubes ,",it h down E d e
Me. tithes ,iere or.der?ed by Hose 111)", around 94 , and -vv-re manufactured in
5 seta to s.ec.tioa s o The ;tubes were iiad_e of 5-min ccornar sheet, abotr t 1 s 30Q
1 r 5OO 'mm lend v with a t.iai eter of 230 210 r r:r ne c.e one a
o aiou; 170 p-
in. Both ands ,:era provided `