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Among the 23 plates counted most often ( 10 ~- 73 times) and
presumed to be counted frequently enough toe detect the existence

z ef a linear semt~log relationship, only one other sample was

: more nearly linear by semiwlog than by log-log plot.

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the gastric mill ofa ereb, Grapsus8 grapsus, taken March 26,

41954, at Kabelle.

The ‘staph (Figure 11) was sufficiently curved

_to indicate the presence of, moré than one isotope. The early
portion 50 « 300 days gave-a halfelife of 78 days, and the
portion. 300. = 439 days gave ahalf-life of 107 days.

A section of

“the curve of another sample, manele of sea cucumber (Figure 11),
/ Was typleal of gent-1og linearity+ the, radioactivity of this
sample decayed over the period from 50 te nearly 200 days with

a half-life of “about 75 days, but more slowly later,
Although a’ single isotope displays a domwardly soncave

curvilinear plot by log-log presentation, a mixture of ae few
as two taotopes with half-lives of similar ordersof magnitude,
guch as eet and ceh*4 of 30- and 280- day half-lives, may
appear almost Linear on & logelog plot over the period. ar

7S to 500 days.

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Most decays were beat suited to log-log Plottingas seen
in the seven ousimpleis4
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12 and. 13.

Although acme appear

slightly curved, straight lines warefisted and slopes were

sealed graphically

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