Faculty Papers in the WPI Archives

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Record group[ Academic departments
Subgroup[ Chemistry
Series[ Faculty publications
Subseries[ Plumb Robert C
Location[ (*4)

Papers and publications:

Spectrophotometric determination of  displacement series of metal
complexes of the sodium salts of ethylenediaminetracetic acid. (reprint)
J. of Physical and colloid chemistry, v.54, no.8 (Nov., 1950) p.1208.  

Evidence for one-dimensional rotation in NH4I. (reprint)
J. of Chemical Physics, v.21, no.6 (June 1953), p.1113.

Activation analysis determines sodium content of aluminum alloys.
Nucleonics, v.12, no.12 (Dec. 1954), p.29-31.

Infrared spectrum, X-ray diffraction pattern and structure of ammonium
fluoride. (reprint) J of Chemical Physics, v.23, no.5 (May, 1955), p.947.

Technique of microautoradiography for metal specimens. (reprint) Review of
Scientific Instruments, v.26, no.5 (May 1955), p.489.  

How to minimize errors in neutron activation analysis. (reprint) v.13,
no.8  (Aug. 1955), p.42-46.

A radiochemical tracer investigation of the role of mercury in the
corrosion of aluminum.  (paper) 11th annual conference of Nat'l. Ass'n. of
Corrosion Engineers. March, 1955.

A radiochemical technique for determining the specific surface of aluminum
metal surfaces. (reprint) International Journal of Applied Radiation, v.1
(1956), p.33-45.

Slow-neutron capture radioisotopes arranged by half-life / by R.C Geiger
and Plumb. (reprint) Nucleonics, v.14, no.2 (Feb. 1956), p.30-31.

The modification of aluminum-silicon alloys by sodium. (reprint) J.  of
the Institute of Metals, v.86 (1957), p.393-400.

Vibrational spectra of molecules and complex ions in crystals. IX. Boric
acid / D.F. Hornig and Plumb. Journal of Chemical Physics, v.26. no.3
(March 1957), p. 637-641.

Studies of anodic behavior of aluminum. (reprint) J. of the
Electrochemical Society, v.105, no.9 (Sept.,1958), p.498.

Analysis of elliptically polarized light. (reprint) J. of Optical  Society
of America, v.50, no.9 (Feb. 1960), p.892-894.

Oxide-coated electrodes. (reprint) J. of Physical Chemistry, v.66 (1962)
p.866. 

Specific surface area of evaporated aluminum / by James W. Swaine and
Plumb. (reprint) J. of  Applied Physics, v.33, no.7 (July, 1962),
p.2378-2382.

The tungsten content of aluminum filters evaporated from tungsten heaters
/ by H.L. Hook and Plumb. (reprint) Applied Physics Letters, v.1, no.1
(Sept., 1962) p.11-12.

Effects of the nature of substrate upon the pickup of alkaline earth
stearate layers. (reprint) Journal of Physical Chemistry, v.67 (1963)
p.908-910.

Nomenclature for description of optical phenomena at surfaces". (paper)
n.d.

Some observations on the use of elliptically polarized light to study
metal surfaces. (reprint) Journal of Optical  Societyof America, v.53,
no.7 (July, 1963) p.788-796.

Computer program for thin film studies using elliptically polarized light.
(typed ms). 1963.

Optical absorption in very thin dielectric film and its origin.  Le
Journal de Physique, v.25 (Jan.,1964), p.69-73.

Teaching the entropy concept. (reprint) Journal of Chemical Education,
v.41 (May, 1964), p.254.

Oxide-coated electrodes. II. Aluminum in alkaline solutions and the nature
of the aluminate ion / Plumb and James W. Swaine. (reprint) Journal of
Physical Chemistry, v.68 (1964), p. 2057.

Determining optical constants of metals by reflection of elliptically
polarized light. (reprint) Journal of Optical Society of America, v.54,
no.8 (Aug.,1964), p.1-2.

Volta potential studies of the aging of gold surfaces / by Plumb and N.
Tahkkar. (reprint) Journal of Physical Chemistry, v.69. no.2 (Feb.1965),
p. 439-441.

Theory of formation of very thin oxide films on metals. (reprint) Journal
of Chemical Physics, v.44, no.3 (Feb. 1966), p.1081-1085.

Raman and infrared spectra and structures of the aluminate alloys / L.A
Carreira, V.A. Maroni, J.W Swaine, and Plumb. (reprint) Journal of
Chemical Physics, v.45, no.6 (Sept. 1966), p. 2216-2220.

Hard sphere simulation of statistical mechanical behavior of molecules.
(reprint) Journal of Chemical Education, v.43, no.12 (Dec.,1966),
p.648-651.

Chemical principles exemplified (reprints) regular column in Journal of
Chemical Education, March 1970-March 1976.

Demonstrating Avogadro's hypothesis with the molecular dynamics simulator
/ Jay Young and Plumb. (reprint) Journal of Chemical Education, v.49
(Oct., 1972), p. 709.

Columns of liquids bearing a constrained chemical activity gradient / by
Plumb and Wilbur Bridgman. (reprint) Journal of Physical Chemistry, v.76,
no.11 (1972), p.1637-1640.
Ascent of sap in trees / by Plumb and Wilbur Bridgman. (reprint) Science,
v.176 (June 1972), p. 1129-1131.

Condition of science at WPI, presented at faculty meeting April 1982
(typed ms) Feb., 1982.

Identifying acid salts of magnesium / by Plumb, Robert Thivierge and Wen
Wen Xu (reprint) Journal of Physical Chemistry, v.91, no.23 (1987),
p.6075-6076.

Chemical model for Viking biology experiments: implications for the
composition of the Martian regolith / by Plumb, Rewat Tantayanon, Mark
Libby and Wen Wen Xu. Letters to Nature, v.338 (April 20,1989), p. 633.
(and typed ms)

The chemistry of Mars and the Viking Biology Experiments / by Plumb, Rewat
Tentayanon, Mark Libby and Wen Wen Xu (typed ms)

Antique windowpanes and the flow of supercooled liquids (reprint) Journal
of Chemical Education, v.66, no.12 (Dec., 1989) p. 994-996. 

 

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