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Gn:

If the curve of Fig. 3 is applied to the idealized mass contour
ratio scaling functions, where the total crater mass is mixed with all
the radionuclides, the value of the contour ratio would decrease as the
scaled height increases and would increase as the scaled depth increases

(up to a maximm). In a real detonation, the pressure and density of
' the confined vapors at larger values of the scaled depth could result
in condensation and particle formation processes that differ markedly

from surface and above-surface detonations, resulting in significant

deviations from the idealized model. It may be noted that the curve of

Fig. 3 has no inflection at zero charge depth and that it is very steep
near zero charge depth.

Therefore if Eq. 23 is valid in’ terms of the

given in Fig. 3, the value of M.(t) is extremely sensitive to the
height or depth of burst.

In Reference 7, some of M,(1) values for the JANGLE "S" and "U"

Shots were averaged.

For the "S" Shot, the average value of

M.(1) was

23.6 (mg/sq ft)/(r/br at 1 br) and for the "U" Shot it was 85.9. ‘The

value of
for the "S" Shot with a A of -0.02 is 1.45; this correction
gives a M8(1) value of 34.2. ‘The value of Gy for the "U" Shot with a A
of 0.13 is 0.32; this correction gives a M8(1) value of 27.6. ‘The two
ME(1) values for the 1.2 KT yield thus obtained are within the experi-

mental and computational errors involved in obtaining the average values.

Thus Fig. 3 can be used as a guide in adjusting the M&(1) values for

detonations with \ values between -0.02 and 0.13. When the data from
Operation TEAPOT ESS Shot and others are reduced, it may be possible to
derive a better scaling function for ay than that given in Fig. 3.

The fraction-of-device contour ratio is not expected to be sensi-

tive to the height or depth of burst unless the fractionation of the
radioactive components changes with the height or depth of burst. In
the underwater burst, for example, the rare gas daughter products are
enriched with respect to the other fission products -2l No conclusions
can be made at the present time regarding the relative degree of frac-

tionation in the two JANGLE Shots.19 ‘his effect was not considered
in the treatment of the data in this report.

The values of
Table 10. The a,

and ba, for some test shots are summarized in
ues for PLUMBBOB Shots Diablo ami Shasta would

not be valid because of the heavy towers for those shots.

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