Preparation of Scientific and Technical Reports
How to Write Scientific and Technical Papers, Sam F. Trelease, Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1958, 185 pp., $3.25.
Writing Useful Reports, Robert E. Tuttle and C. A. Brown, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., New York, 1956, 635 pp., $4.75.
Technical Reporting, Joseph N. Ulman, Jr., and J. R. Gould, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., New York, 1959, 289 pp., regular edition $6.75; textbook edition $5.00.
Report Writers’ Handbook, Charles E. Van Hagan, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1961, 276 pp., regular edition $9.35; textbook edition $7.00.
APPENDIX IV
WORKING WITH RADIATION AND RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
No scientist worth his title ever exposes himself needlessly to any potential hazards which confront him in his investigations. Thoughtful student scientists also will avoid any unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation, particularly since bad habits acquired while doing student projects may be difficult to overcome later.
Before undertaking experiments with radioactivity, consult your science teacher or project counselor. Any materials to be irradiated should be processed with professional equipment by persons trained and authorized to operate it. Use of radioisotopes, even in quantities exempt from license requirements, usually involves special laboratory facilities, techniques, and instruments, as well as the isotope itself. Make certain that all these will be available to you before you embark on your project.
If possible, conduct all work with radioisotopes under the supervision of a trained, experienced isotope technician. At the very least, familiarize yourself with the specialized handling techniques required (see Experiments with Radioactivity or Laboratory Experiments with Radioisotopes for High School Science Demonstrations, listed in [Appendix III]). Then follow them to the letter!
APPENDIX V
SUPPLIERS OF RADIOISOTOPES
Your science teacher or project counselor may know of a nearby laboratory from which you can obtain the radioisotopes required for your investigation. If you wish to write direct to a commercial source, some of the suppliers of application-exempt quantities are:
Atomic Corporation of America
14725 Arminta Street
Panorama City, California
Abbott Laboratories
Box 1008
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Bio-Rad Laboratories
32nd & Griffin Avenue
Richmond, California
Nuclear Consultants Corporation
9842 Manchester Road
St. Louis 19, Missouri
U. S. Nuclear Corporation
801 N. Lake Street
Box 2022
Burbank, California
Nuclear-Chicago Corporation
333 East Howard Avenue at Nuclear Drive
Des Plaines, Illinois
New England Nuclear Corporation
575 Albany Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Union Carbide Nuclear Company
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Isotope Sales Department
P. O. Box X
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
ChemTrac Corporation
130 Alewife Brook Pkwy.
Cambridge 40, Massachusetts
Nuclear Consultants, Inc.
33-61 Crescent Street
Long Island City 6, New York
APPENDIX VI
INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FAIR RULES
Finalists who enter the ISF must follow these rules without exception.
The following code refers to the ISF rules listed below:
S—School Fairs (recommended)
R—Regional Fairs (recommended)
I—ISF (required)