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Table 5.

Summary of the radioassay by iton-exchange analysis

of liver tissue of reef fish from Enibuk Island,

July 11, 1957

Dowex 50 separation

Fractions in order
of elution

0.5% oxalic acid
5% ammonium citrate

pH 3.5, b-m
tt

(Counts made in October

Isotope

Feo)

d/m

ash
sample

1957

d/m/eg

wet
weight

11,872

516

zn0>

6,187

269

6

ft

bt

Cobl

5, 902

257

wom

4

C938

1,102

48

owen

C069

489

21

pH 4.1, a-i

Mn54

108

5

pH 5.1, b-k

Sr 90

0

0

Mn5#

458

20

pH 3.5, 0o,p and

Dowex 1 separation**
Fractions in order
of elution

6 M HCl

4 and 2.5 M HCl

hon

ow one

Col!

3,968

172

Hom

on

C60

756

33

Zn©5

11,898

517

om

0.005 M HCl

o4

6058

485

21

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* Ash weight of sample 0.384 grams.
**These fractions contained considerable amounts of
manganese, cobalt, and zinc, indicating an overloading of the Dowex 50 cationic resin.
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