with Krylon. Use of nuclear emilsion striroing filn is the better
technique. However, because of the unavailability of the stripping

film, the majority of the work was done using the autoradiographic

techniszues described above,
All diameter meesurements were made on one axis cnly using an
optical microscope with a micrometer eyepiece. The least count of the
micrometer was 2}.

.

Each plate was scanned and measurements on the radioactive
particles were recorded. The minimum diameter of particles measured
in this analysis was of the order of 5 p.

4el.3

Particle Density FKeasurements

An optical microscope having a calibrated micrometer eyepiece
was used to measure particle diameters along 2 axes, Relative activities
were deternined wit a gamma scintillation counter under conditions
identical to those used in counting the gross samples from the viffer
ential fallout collector.

Particle density was determined by a flotation methoc. with mix-

tures of bromotenzene and bromoform as the liquid phase. Ina liquid
system containing only two comnenents, the densities and refractive
index ‘valves are an additive function of the compositions. Correspond~
ing densities and index of refraction with composition are available
fron the literature. Pure bromobenzene has a density of 1.499 and an

index of refraction of 1.550 while pure bromoform has a density of 2.290

and an index of refraction of 1.598,
Each particle was pleced in a precision l-rl glass-stoppered
volumetric flask half filled with a solution of density approximating 2.
Inverting the flask allowed vertical movement of the particle along the

flask stem, Drops of the appropriate liquid then were added and mixed
until verticsl] movement of the particle ceased, indicating that the densities of the liquid and particle were identical. An Abbe refractometer
was used to determine the index of refraction of the resulting liquid
and hence its density from the known relationshins.
4.2

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DATA REDUCTION

Equation 2.1 imnlied 4 constent ratio between the measured sanple
activity and the infinite gamma field at the sampling station. This
imolicaticn was found to be valid only Sor the gummed paper collectors,
The ratio was not constant when anplied to the total collectors.
4.2.1

Total Collectors

All measurements of gamma activity were made in the 47 ionizetion chember, Annendix 2 tabulates all cata as measured, Where activity
in the total collectors was found to exist in both the liquid and soli2
phases the total activity for that collector was determined by simply

adding the liquid and solid phase measured values.

ihe data from the

land stations, after being converted to equivalent mr/hr values, were

compered to the equivalent field survey deta obtained by both Task Force

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