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utilized to obtain the samples discussed in Sections 1. 3. 3 and 1.3.4.

Units

of the kind illustrated by Figure 2.4 were used for collection of the cloud

particle samples needed for the radiochemical work,

These samplers

were stainless steel shells of parabolic shape fitted with intake butterfly

valves which were open only during the sampling runs.

They were installed

at the forward end of both the right and left wing fuel tanks of the B-57D's.
The particles were collected on a 24 inch filter paper which was supported
by a retaining screen located near the aft end of the unit.
The coincident sampler was constructed in such a way that both the
gas and particle samples would be taken from the same volumeof the_ .

cloud,

Air was drawn through a dessicant section and a filter section by a

circulating pump and then forced under pressure into a sample bottle.
Figure 2.5 shows the intake and dessicant-filter sections and Figure 2.6 is
a photograph of the compressor pumps and gas bottles,

These samplers

_ were mounted on both sides of the B-57D fuselage toward the rear of the
aircraft,
The WB-50's used for the height line fallout sampling were equipped
with the AFOAT-1 standard E-1 filter assembly,

Figure 2.7 is a view of

a WB-50 with the filter foil installed on top, nearly over the rear scanner's
position,

Figure 2.8 shows the filter screen removed from the foil with a

filter paper in one side,

The foil was sealed by sliding doors in front and

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