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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
.
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