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APPENDIX E

Derivation of Formula for Percent Mo Left in Cloud

The formula given in Chapter 3 for the percent Mo?? left in the cloud
is based on a materia] bzlance for some nuclide, Y,.

It can be derived as

follows:
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Let Y, = atoms Y formed in the explosion
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Yo so"

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left in cloud

"in fallout

atoms Mo?? formed in, the explosion

Mo, =

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left in the cloud

Mono *

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in the fallout

y *
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fraction of Mo?? atoms left in cloud

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the ratio atoms Y: atoms Mo?? formed in thermal
neutren fission, a constant

[R9%y)] = R-value for nuclide Y in explosion
[R9%y)] cz"
| [R9% x] Fo = unt

%e =Y¥o+ Yeo
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