scaler unit Radiac Computer Indicator CP-79/UD (NavShips 91892). The

detector assembly mcunted inside a commercial lead castle consists of
a@ cylindrical sodium iodide crystal 1.5 in. in diameter and 0.5 in.

thick, an ROA 5819 photomultiplier tube, and a pre-anvlifier unit.

crystel is shielded from the sample chamber by 0.25 in. of aluminun.

The

The counters used were completely evalusted for coincicence loss
by using six paired sources and employing a least square evalvation.9/
Coincidence loss varied from 1 per cent at 100,000 c/m to 10 per cent:

at 2,000,000 c/n.

All differential fallout collections were counted under fixed
geometry and corrected for background and counter coincicence losses.
No attempt was made to obtain any more than relative counts between
sammles.
41.1.1

Total Collectors

Many of the total collectors contained considerable quantities
of rain water which fell during the relatively long period between placement and recovery of the instruments but not during the period of fallout.
In these cases there was leaching of the fallout activity into the liquid.
Preliminery separations of the liquids and solids were achieved
by decantine the gross samples. Final separations were then obtained by
centrifuging which left the resultir.z liquid clear or, in some cases,
containing colloids.
The liquid volumes were measured and the solids dried and
weiched. The samples were placed in 100-ml lusteroid centrifuge tubes
and gamma activity measurements were made on these samples with a é7
gamma ionization chamber. In instances where the liquid fraction ex-

ceeded 100 ml, these samples were concentrated to the desired volume
after acidification.
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Cummed Paper Collectors

The acetate-backed 1-ft squares of gummed vaper were removed
from their cardboard mounts and folded to fit into 100-ml lusteroid
tubes. Their gamma activities were measured with a 47 gamra ionization
chamber.
4.1.1.3

Vifferentiel Fallout Collectors

Each of the 40 colyethylene collecting jars was removed from
the collector and decontaminated on the outside. The jar openings were
then canped with cellovhane 0.001 in. thick held in positisn with a
rubber band, CGarma counts were then made rith : scintillation counter.

4.1.2

Particle Size Measurements

The particles were fixed with Krylon cn a framed cellophane
membrane. Contact autoradiographs were made using Eastman Commercial
Ortho film. The outer island analysis emvloyed nuclear emulsion stripping film with the particles fixed to the non-enmulsion side of the film

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