CHEM Theses and Dissertations

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This collection includes digital copies of master's theses and dissertations (ETD) completed in the Department of Chemistry. The ETD collection has been started in 2005.

A full set of the WSU theses and dissertations may be found at the University Libraries stacks (Call No.: LD2667.T4 A-Z for Master's Theses and LD2667.T42 A-Z for Dissertations) and in Library Special Collections.

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    A study of cis-bicyclo [4.3.0] non-3-ene-8 carboxylic acid
    (Wichita State University, 1963-08) Janiszewski, Frank J.; Johnson Jr., John W.
    The purpose of this thesis was a .) to prepare the cis acid; b.) to determine if isomers did exist; and c.) to determine if there was interaction at the double bond.
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    A study of the hydrate systems of lanthanum oxalate
    (Wichita State University, 1963-06) Cathers, Robert E.; Gilpin, Victor; Christian, Robert V.
    The purpose of this work was to determine a more suitable method of following the therm.al decomposition of the hydrates and to investigate the hydrate system of one of the rare earth oxalates by thermogravimetric methods. Lanthanum was chosen for this study.
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    A study of the embrittlement of AISI 4340 high strength steel as a result of cadmium electroplating
    (Wichita State University, 1962-02) Lank, Psych; McKinley, Lloyd, 1895-; Christian, Robert V.
    INTRODUCTION When the resistance of steel to plastic deformation is lowered as a result of cadmium plating, the steel is said to be embrittled. This embrittlement manifests itself in the premature failure of the cadmium plated parts under load. The importance of this problem, in the space age, becomes apparent if one considers only the missile failure that was traced to embrittled cadmium plated steel fasteners (1). The embrittlement problem is not new. Embrittlement has plagued other types of plating as for example copper, chromium, and nickel on steel for a long time. It was found that short term heating relieved the embrittlement for these types of plating and restored the original ductility of the steel (2). This was the case for low strength cadmium plated steel as well. However, when high strength steels were cadmium plated, recovery to the original static fatigue strength was not always achieved by short term heating (3). In general, it was recognized that the cadmium plated steel was embrittled as a result of being penetrated by the nascent hydrogen, produced during the plating operation as a side reaction at the cathode (4). Few hydrogen determinations have been made on cadmium plated steel to correlate quantity of hydrogen with the degree of embrittlement. When steel parts were heated after plating, the hydrogen was thought to diffuse out of steel, thus relieving the embrittlement (5). The fact that high strength steels failed to regain full ductility after the heating operation indicated that another mechanism might be responsible for embrittlement. A literature survey gave support to the theory that another mechanism for the embrittlement of high strength steel could have been tensile stress produced at the interface between the cadmium plate and the high strength steel (6). This tensile stress would in turn lower the ductility of the steel. Inasmuch as cadmium plating of steel has wide application at The Boeing Company, Military Aircraft System Division, Wichita Branch, a program was initiated in coordination with the University of Wichita to conduct a study of the embrittlement of high strength AISI 4340 steel by cadmium plate.
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    Free-radical polymerization of oleyl vinyl ether with maleic anhydride
    (Wichita State University, 1962-06) Crook, Charles D.; Christian, Robert V.
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    A study of para-hydroxybenzohydroxamic acid and its iron (III) complexes
    (Wichita State University, 1962-05) Cox, Don C.; Christian, Robert V.
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