Lyle Benjamin Borst

Lyle Benjamin Borst
Born Chicago, Illinois
Died Williamsville, New York
Fields Nuclear physics
Institutions Manhattan Project
Clinton Engineering Works
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory
University of Utah
New York University
State University of New York
Alma mater University of Illinois
University of Chicago
Thesis The Angular Distribution of Recoil Nuclei (1941)
Doctoral advisor William Draper Harkins
Doctoral students Joseph Agresta
Thomas R Edwards SUNYAB
Jerry Sauer SUNYAB
Other notable students Brother Austin Bernabei
Known for Numerous inventions
Nuclear Train
Spouse Ruth Barbara Mayer
Children John Benjamin Borst
Stephen Lyle Borst
Frances Elizabeth Wright

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Lyle Benjamin Borst (24 November 1912 – 30 July 2002), nuclear physicist, inventor, worked with Enrico Fermi in Chicago, involved with the Manhattan District Project, and worked with Ernest O. Wollan to conduct neutron scattering and neutron diffraction studies.

Life and Times

Lyle Benjamin Borst was born on 24 November 1912 in Cook County at Chicago, Illinois the son of George William Borst aged 39 of Chicago, Illinois and Jennie Beveridge aged 26. Borst was married to Ruth Barbara Mayer Borst for 63 years and had 3 children, sons, John Benjamin and Stephen Lyle and daughter, Frances Elizabeth Wright including 7 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. He died at his home in Williamsville, New York on 30 July 2002.[1][2][3]

Career

Borst attended the University of Illinois and received bachelor's and master's degrees. He attended the University of Chicago and was awarded a doctorate degree in chemistry in 1941.[4] Borst worked as a senior physicist on the Manhattan Project from 1943-1946 at the Clinton Laboratories in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In 1944 Ernest O. Wollan and Borst used neutron diffraction to produce "rocking curves" for crystals of gypsum and sodium chloride (salt).[5][6] In 1946 Karl Z. Morgan and Borst at Oak Ridge develop a film badge to measure worker exposure to fast neutrons.[7][8] From 1946-1951 Borst was Chairman of the Department of Reactor Science and Engineering at Brookhaven National Laboratory and was responsible for the operation and oversight of the Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor.[9] He played a key role in the design of the research reactor. Borst was at the University of Utah from 1951-1953 as Professor of Physics. From 1956-1961 he was Chairman of the Department of Physics at the College of Engineering at New York University. From 1961-1983 Borst was Professor of Physics at State University of New York in Buffalo, New York and was appointed Professor Emeritus in 1983. In 1969 he served as Master of Clifford Furnas College at the State University of New York at Buffalo.[10][11]

Professional Service

Publications

Thesis and Dissertation

Patents

References

  1. ↑ Wright, Frances Elizabeth. (2002). Dr. Lyle Benjamin Borst, 1912 – 2002, Professor of Physics at University of Buffalo, 1961-1983. University of Buffalo.
  2. ↑ O’Connor, Anahad. (12 August 2002). Lyle Benjamin Borst. New York Times.
  3. ↑ Moser, Whet. (16 August 2002). Physicist Borst dies at 89. The Chicago Maroon. The University of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois.
  4. ↑ Borst, Lyle Benjamin. (1941). The Angular Distribution of Recoil Nuclei. II. Notes on the Deuteron Hydrogen-three Reaction (Doctoral dissertation, University of Chicago, Department of Chemistry.).
  5. ↑ Wollan, E. O. and Borst, L. B. (1945). Physics Section III Monthly Report for the Period Ending December 31, 1944. Metallurgical Project Report No. M-CP-2222. Clinton Laboratories. Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. 1945.
  6. ↑ Mason, T. E.; Gawne, T. J.; Nagler, S. E.; Nestor, M. B.; Carpenter, J. M. (2013). "The early development of neutron diffraction: Science in the wings of the Manhattan Project" (PDF). Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations of Crystallography A69: 37–44. doi:10.1107/S0108767312036021
  7. ↑ Morgan, K. Z. (1947). Health Physics and its control of radiation exposures at Clinton Laboratories. Technical Information Division, Oak Ridge Operations.
  8. ↑ Morgan, K. Z. (1947). Health physics and its control of radiation exposures at Clinton National Laboratory. Chem. Engineering News. 25, 3794.
  9. ↑ Crease, Robert P. (1999). Making Physics: A Biography of Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1946-1972. University of Chicago Press.
  10. ↑ Wright, Frances Elizabeth. (2002). Dr. Lyle Benjamin Borst, 1912 – 2002, Professor of Physics at University of Buffalo, 1961-1983. University of Buffalo.
  11. ↑ O’Connor, Anahad. (12 August 2002). Lyle Benjamin Borst. New York Times.
  12. ↑ Borst, Lyle Benjamin. (1941). The Angular Distribution of Recoil Nuclei. II. Notes on the Deuteron Hydrogen-three Reaction (Doctoral dissertation, University of Chicago, Department of Chemistry.).
  13. ↑ Borst, L. B., & Fox, R. J. (18 December 1951). Adjustable support for spectrometer reflectors. U.S. Patent No. 2,579,225. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  14. ↑ Borst, L. B. (17 February 1959). Method of testing hermetic containers. U.S. Patent No. 2,873,603. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  15. ↑ Borst, L. B. (22 September 1959). Central control system. U.S. Patent No. 2,905,612. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  16. ↑ Borst, L. B. (11 July 1961). Neutronic reactor shielding. U.S. Patent No. 2,992,175. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  17. ↑ Borst, L. B., & Michael, P. A. (5 June 1962). CONVERGENT NEUTRONIC REACTOR (No. CA 642347). “A convergatron-type neutron amplifier is designed in which a neutron flux is increased stage by stage, where each stage comprises a moderator region, a fuel region, and a thermal neutron absorber region. The amplifier may be modified to reduce the inherent feedback and to enhance the transparency to neutrons in the desired polarized direction. The modifications include inhomogeneous fuel distribution, oriented cavities in the fuel region, and arcuately bent cylinders in the moderator region.”
  18. ↑ Borst, L. B., & Michael, P. A. (2 October 1962). Neutron amplifier. U.S. Patent No. 3,056,737. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  19. ↑ Borst, L. B. (11 December 1962). Process for cooling a nuclear reactor. U.S. Patent No. 3,068,159. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  20. ↑ Borst, L. B., & Michael, P. A. (1962). Improvements in neutron reactors (No. GB 900055).
  21. ↑ Borst, L. B. (30 July 1963). Temperature measuring method and apparatus. U.S. Patent No. 3,099,745. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  22. ↑ Borst, L. B. (31 March 1964). Nuclear reactor for a railway vehicle. U.S. Patent No. 3,127,321. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. “A homogeneous reactor is designed for use as a mobile power plant, e.g. for the propulsion of a railway vehicle. The reactor core or fuel chamber is in the shape of a right circular cylinder with an axial length-to-diameter ratio of less than 0.75, and the circular end portions serve as tube sheets for a multiplicity of small diameter cooling tubes. A catalytic recombiner for the dissociated gases is provided, and the pressure of the dissociated gases and fission gases is used in the circulation of the fuel (uranyl sulfate solution). The reactor is located in a secondary shield filled with a high-viscosity hydrogenous liquid.” Patent filed: 1 April 1955.
  23. ↑ Borst, L. B. (20 July 1965). Neutron reactors. U.S. Patent No. 3,196,081. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  24. ↑ Borst, L. B. (27 July 1965). Nuclear power reactor. U.S. Patent No. 3,197,375. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  25. ↑ Borst, L. B., & Harmer, D. E. (18 October 1966). Process for controlling thermal neutron concentration in an irradiated system. U.S. Patent No. 3,280,329. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  26. ↑ Borst, L. B. (13 December 1966). Neutron amplifier. U.S. Patent No. 3,291,694. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  27. ↑ Borst, L. B. (29 June 1976). Photographic process. U.S. Patent No. 3,967,117. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.


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