Accession Number:

AD0610668

Title:

Prevention of Deterioration Center Annual and Final Report for March 1, 1963-May 31, 1964

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Final Report]

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Wessel, Carl J.

Report Date:

1964-05-31

Pagination or Media Count:

178

Abstract:

The paper includes both the annual report of the Prevention of Deterioration Center for 1963-1964 and the final report of the Center operating under Office of Naval Research Contract Nonr-230017 which terminated May 31, 1964. The final report section includes a general discussion of the whole environmental deterioration problem, a historical sketch of the Center, and a detailed account of activities and accomplishments during its nineteen-year history. Broad functions of the Center have been to furnish advisory and consultative services on deterioration of materials and its control. Appended to this report are the minutes of the PDC Scientific Advisory Committee held in May 1963, a list of journals covered routinely as a part of the information collecting function, a list of publications of the Center from 1946-1964, an outline of a state-of-the-art report on cryogenics now in preparation, and an organization chart of the Scientific Advisory Committee, the Services Technical Committee, and the permanent staff of the Center.

Descriptors:

Subject Categories:

• Information Science

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]