Table 5.

Percent Contribution of Fission Products to Total A-Activity in Plankton
Collected June 1956 on the Walton and Analyzed July 30 and August 29, 1956

(Values as of date of analysis)

Sample

.

mnL490 Ceri Trivalent

number Zr?? Rh

rare earths Total

Insolubie(5) Soluble}°}
in HNO3

residue‘'’

d/n/g

of wet

Total plankton

1E (1) 12

15

4.8

27

20

79

11

(3}

-

~

1,800

up (1)

0

33

45

23

22

82

13.

(3)

5.1

100

12,200

BA (1)

5.5

17

2.2

20

25

70

15

=(3)

4.3

89

11,700

9D (1) 10

21

1.1

20

17

69

12

»=(3)

2.1

83

158,000

3a (2)

12

28

25

82

8.4 (4)

15

105

882

6.2 (4)

10

100

6,740

( 4)

12

101

3,680

56

5.7 (4)

14

76

56, 400

70

8.4 (4)

21

99

12,100

8.9

<8

TD (2) 12

19

2.5

34

17

84

9A (2) 11

18

2.4

32

15

78

gc (2)

12

0.6

25

16

1.7

29

8.9

10B (2) 11

9.5
12

11

No measurable vadiostrontium or radioceslum were found.

1) analyses of July 30, 1956.
2)

3
2

7

Analyses of August 29, 1956.

Residue insoluble in HNO,

after dry ashing at 600°C.

Residue after wet ashing with ciN
and HoQ5
6
Gamma ray spectrograph Pndicates this wae "2 “mixture of cel Ht. pelts 21, RytO3+106 2,10
Residual solution after completion of analyses.

dangBYoPPCSTTBETA,

indicates this solution was a mixture of Ce

1A palit 795°

Bt

Ce 141

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