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Joshua Montague

Jun6-04, 04:27 PM

<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>I\'m in search of a chemical method to create a thin film of Osmium\n(1-3 microns) for irradiation, and use in our K500 Cyclotron.\nEventually we will complete X- and gamma-ray analysis on the resulting\nnuclei. I need to be able to put/get the film onto a mylar backing\n(or comparably\nthin material), and completely enclose the sample for irradiation.\nThe chem groups were not very helpful, so I\'m going to try the physics\nones! I\'m more a physicist than a chemist, so I need some help coming\nup with a feasible way to do this. I have the Texas A&M University\nchemistry and physics departments at my disposal. ANYONE with any\nideas, please suggest them. Also you can email me at\njrmontag@colby.edu, or jmontague@comp.tamu.edu. Thank you.\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">  View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>I'm in search of a chemical method to create a thin film of Osmium
(1-3 microns) for irradiation, and use in our K500 Cyclotron.
Eventually we will complete X- and \gamma-ray analysis on the resulting
nuclei. I need to be able to put/get the film onto a mylar backing
(or comparably
thin material), and completely enclose the sample for irradiation.
The chem groups were not very helpful, so I'm going to try the physics
ones! I'm more a physicist than a chemist, so I need some help coming
up with a feasible way to do this. I have the Texas A&M University
chemistry and physics departments at my disposal. ANYONE with any
ideas, please suggest them. Also you can email me at
jrmontag@colby.edu, or jmontague@comp.tamu.edu. Thank you.

Sam Wormley

Jun7-04, 04:54 AM

<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>\n\n\nJoshua Montague wrote:\n>\n> I\'m in search of a chemical method to create a thin film of Osmium\n> (1-3 microns) for irradiation, and use in our K500 Cyclotron.\n> Eventually we will complete X- and gamma-ray analysis on the resulting\n> nuclei. I need to be able to put/get the film onto a mylar backing\n> (or comparably\n> thin material), and completely enclose the sample for irradiation.\n> The chem groups were not very helpful, so I\'m going to try the physics\n> ones! I\'m more a physicist than a chemist, so I need some help coming\n> up with a feasible way to do this. I have the Texas A&M University\n> chemistry and physics departments at my disposal. ANYONE with any\n> ideas, please suggest them. Also you can email me at\n> jrmontag@colby.edu, or jmontague@comp.tamu.edu. Thank you.\n\nSee:\nhttp://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=b6db53b5.0406041212.2dd0dc5%40posting.goog le.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dfilm%2Bof%2Bosmium%2Bgroup:sci.physic s.*%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3Dsci.physics.*%26selm%3Db6db53b5.040604 1\n212.2dd0dc5%2540posting.google.com%26rnum%3D1\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">  View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>Joshua Montague wrote:
>
> I'm in search of a chemical method to create a thin film of Osmium
> (1-3 microns) for irradiation, and use in our K500 Cyclotron.
> Eventually we will complete X- and \gamma-ray analysis on the resulting
> nuclei. I need to be able to put/get the film onto a mylar backing
> (or comparably
> thin material), and completely enclose the sample for irradiation.
> The chem groups were not very helpful, so I'm going to try the physics
> ones! I'm more a physicist than a chemist, so I need some help coming
> up with a feasible way to do this. I have the Texas A&M University
> chemistry and physics departments at my disposal. ANYONE with any
> ideas, please suggest them. Also you can email me at
> jrmontag@colby.edu, or jmontague@comp.tamu.edu. Thank you.

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Sam Wormley

Jun7-04, 12:36 PM

<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>Joshua Montague wrote:\n>\n> I\'m in search of a chemical method to create a thin film of Osmium\n> (1-3 microns) for irradiation, and use in our K500 Cyclotron.\n> Eventually we will complete X- and gamma-ray analysis on the resulting\n> nuclei. I need to be able to put/get the film onto a mylar backing\n> (or comparably\n> thin material), and completely enclose the sample for irradiation.\n> The chem groups were not very helpful, so I\'m going to try the physics\n> ones! I\'m more a physicist than a chemist, so I need some help coming\n> up with a feasible way to do this. I have the Texas A&M University\n> chemistry and physics departments at my disposal. ANYONE with any\n> ideas, please suggest them. Also you can email me at\n> jrmontag@colby.edu, or jmontague@comp.tamu.edu. Thank you.\n\nSee:\nhttp://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=b6db53b5.0406041212.2dd0dc5%40posting.goog le.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dfilm%2Bof%2Bosmium%2Bgroup:sci.physic s.*%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3Dsci.physics.*%26selm%3Db6db53b5.040604 1\n\n212.2dd0dc5%2540posting.google.com%26rnum%3D1 \n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">  View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>Joshua Montague wrote:
>
> I'm in search of a chemical method to create a thin film of Osmium
> (1-3 microns) for irradiation, and use in our K500 Cyclotron.
> Eventually we will complete X- and \gamma-ray analysis on the resulting
> nuclei. I need to be able to put/get the film onto a mylar backing
> (or comparably
> thin material), and completely enclose the sample for irradiation.
> The chem groups were not very helpful, so I'm going to try the physics
> ones! I'm more a physicist than a chemist, so I need some help coming
> up with a feasible way to do this. I have the Texas A&M University
> chemistry and physics departments at my disposal. ANYONE with any
> ideas, please suggest them. Also you can email me at
> jrmontag@colby.edu, or jmontague@comp.tamu.edu. Thank you.

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