92 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?. o 93 "0 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 . .