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WORLDWIDE EFFECTS OF ATOMIC WEAPONS
APPENDIX V
or 1 gm of Sr°° has a strength of
Mass of Orgons—continued
(1.10 X 10-*) (6.02 & 1023) _ 199 curjes
3.7 X10)
.
—90—i
Organs
,
Testes 0 cece eee ete c cence tcc eeeee tec eens
Since the yields of Sr®° for various bomb neutron spectra are
unknown, and for
aSr
Lymphoid Tissues 0.0.00. 0 6c ee cece cee cece.
the time being no distinction between uranium and plutonium
weapons is being
made, we shall adopt the following yield standard for Sr%°:
Brain cece etc e erence eens -Spinal cord 2.06... cece cate e ete ceeeneeee.
Saliva glands a,
One KT energy equivalent yields | gm = 200 curies of Sc. All Seyields
are
40 be scaled proportionately to the KTE of a particular bomb.
This figure is probably the least inaccurate
of all the parameters involved in the
'
SUNSHINE study. It is to be noted that this value is several times smaller than
the
value used in the early GABRIEL studies: 55 gm/20 KT or 2.75 gm/KT.(Thebasi
s
7.
o¢t
.
GLOBAL CONSTANTS
Grams
40
300
700
1,500
30
"30
By cc EE
6S
20
Prostate 2. cece ccc ec cee ee ceven cence.
Adrenals PR ee eet nett e eee een
20
20
Skin and subcutaneous tissues ................0.0-0.00-.....
Other tissues and organs not separately defined ...............
8,500
8,390
YMUS .........004. a
for this figure was not given. )
10
TOTAL BODY WEIGHT . 2.002... 6 occ eee cece cece, 70,000
1. Oceans and seas:
Area = 3.6 & 108km? = 1,4 & 108 mi?,
.
Chemical Composition
Volume = 1.4 & 10%km* = 3.3 & 108 mi’,
Mean Depth = 3.8km = 2.4 mi.
Element
2. Land;
BIOMEDICAL CONSTANTS: THE STANDARD MAN
Muscles... 2... cece een e ence cance cc cecee,
30,000
Skeleton, bones 0.2... cece c eee c cece eee ee. 7,000
Red marrow . 0.0.0. cece cce ese ec cece 1,500
Yellow marrow oo... eee cence cece ce. 1,500
Blood 20.0... eee ere cence ceeencecce,
castrointestiog! tract
Lungs... 60. eee cee reece
cece.
FS
Kidney ote
5,006
ao
e eee een ete neces
;
(in gm)
Carbon
18.0
45,500
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
10.0
3.0
7,000
2,100
Phosphorus
1.0
15
Potassium
0.35
Sodium
0.15
Chlorine
Mapnesium
Iron
Manganese
Copper
lodins
0.25
0.15
0.05
0.004
0.0003
0.0002
12600
1.040
700
245
175
105
105
35
3
0.2
0.1
Aonood
ono
1,000
1,700
300
Tiytid ese "
epleen BO a
FOAS e
;
in the Body
65.0
Sulphur
Grams
Approximate Mass
Oxygen
Calcine,
Mass of Organs
Organs
Proportion
(%)
_
:2
Area =
1.5 & 108% A km 2 — 0.6 >< 10° 8 mi?.
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The figures for a given organ may differ considerably from these averages for
ayer of skin i probly neater 6 per cnt than 3 percent
the whole body. For example, the nitrogen content of the dividing
cells of the basal
.
.