To calculate the results as shown in Section 3.2.3, the following

constants wre accepted as standard (Reference 6).

Isotope

Natural Abundance

Half-life

cl o,

3.3 x 107

5,720.0 years

a

9.3 x 107

34.1 days

1.41 x 10°

H3

~-

12.4 years

1.06 x 1077

kK

1.12 x 10%

10.7 years

1.23 x 10°

x,133

8.7 x 10%

5.27 days

0.91 x 1078

h, Min7!

2.30 x 10719

The following oackgrounds were chosen as being representative of

the general test area;
Isotope

Background Atoms per

Equivalent Mole Air

cH 0,*

2.2 x 108

x8
Ast

2.0 x 1051
Essentially Zero

KS

Between 10° and 108
at 20,000 feet

*These specific activities reported in los Alamos
Scientifie Laboratory Report, LA~1102, as 180

and 0.03 dis/min.

+Experimentally determined values based on unpub=

lished data.ofHeadquarters, United States Air

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For LRD B-31 samples taken at

20 degrees to 30 degrees N latitude, values for
x background are taken as 2.4 X 10° atoms per

equivalent mole air.

Methods used to compute atoms per equivalent mole air for a specific

gas of a sample in accordance with separation and counting techniques are

described in Reference 5.

All isotopic quantities reported have been

corrected for decay which occurred during the interval prior to assay.

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