-29Gamma spectra on whole samples (a) and (b) were identical

ver

(Fig. 8) and exhibited

sam-

4
2
|

=

rm

67

MEV

|

"

i"

i

Cs7i

84

MEV

i

i

re

"

tt

th

tt

ir

ano? Co

1.12 - 1.17 MEV

Mn

60

Co

1.33 MEV

Te results from the chemical separations are as follows:

mn,

Praction

!

Co?! , co?

:

|

4

Mn 24

Vanadium
In

7

|

(a)

{b)

2,690

3,410

1,190

1,190

O

O

TAT

se

chemical technique

—

Kleinberg (1954)
Meinke (1949)

Meinke (1949)

peak observed in Mn? spikes (Fig. 8).

The cobalt separations exhibited the .12 MEV 7

peak at-

f

tributed to Co?’ and the 1.17 and 1.33 7 peaks of C0(Fig.

i

8 and Fig. 8, inset).
nor was it expected.

fl

a
:

213

Reference for the

spectra of the manganese fractions, both samples exhibited

the typical .84 MEV 7

:

in methane

c/nf

gas-flow chamber

Original sample

|

re.

peaks at

08 (weak) and .12 MEV considered to be from Cor

=

I~

J

The .81 MEV peak of 6028 was not observed
The samples were collected in November 1954

and any C098 present at that time would have decayed to an unde-

tectable level by the time of analysis.

The .67 and 1.12 MEV 7

peaks observed in the whole
samples were absent in
the

7

curves

on the cobalt separations, thus indirectly confirming the pres-

ence of mn0d and Cst37 in the bonito muscle samples (Fig. 8).
The vanadium separation did not exhibit detectable

B

or

7

activity.

In contrast to the absence of the .81 MEV Co-%

Y

peak in

the cobalt fraction from the 1954 bonito muscle samples, strong

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