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“Dosagefron, ‘Sulphur‘
PresphatePills
“a “aD mpeteact
-S paachras
And ‘Phosphate Pills‘wore. used te reasure the
s
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ersage cf slow end fast neutrons as » function of cistanee,
Of the results
2. “trons cf 1 x2
on
Anaiysis
P the rhos~rate pills shcwv that desercs cf sicv nou-
were obtained out tc 600 yards from the furst,
siccrable fast noutren
Con-
intensity existed at the Bkato hut the| dosage
essurcronts areyet available, :
a,
.
. Be The nurpose cf these nensurenentsvas. te éetornino tho rolation=
. ship ‘*totvecn neutron dosave ent @istarece from the burst. The effect
-shiclkcting by arner was sec ‘being investigate’.
_
x, The pille, ahieh were race cf sulphur ané caledun ~hesnhste, were
; Aistributed | cm all tarect ships. After the test they vere.ecllceeted,
vand the induced radionctivitty measured with a Geiger counter,
D.
Crleulstion::
:
7°
,
- The caleulaticn cf ‘the ‘total nunber ef neutrons per en? “ePre
race, according te the fcliowing . ermules
“2.
Total neutrcns = KC
K © constant]4.1 2-i0".fcr the.Ca3(P0,) ste constant ean
be piven fer the suirhur until erogsssteticn vodFr‘ébt#ined frem Los
Alsncs,
‘The ccnstant. StorGaglPOq)e) |Was cerived
yy Infornattons
:
«anee CaalPO
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rer: “the fclloving
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uger we whe
ecrrespon:
te ‘3.88 x 3022 Atcns*cf-4f2 Pal.
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pb. The. counter efficieney»ag08.9998,° “This wos ‘eterrined
:
by counting a stander? uranium sample.
eurfies cf uraniur, .2.
The ‘standard represented .006'
- @, Phe half-life cf P32 = 14,8 fays, “The exrorinentally
eternined half-life cf the Cag ext42 mills wis 15.6 doys and for the
sulphur nills was 24.5 cays, (doc
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ie, 1
a. Slow neutrcn ‘earture eeection cf P31 2 0,23 barns.
The eress-secticn ef the sulnbur will be ghtained fren Los Alares.
-€.
Self abscrpticn of the Ca3(P0,)5
tablets wes 2.¢,4.0.
when “the tablet vas tovdered and srrend "quite thin the nurber cf
- eounts obtained was >.6 tives as preat as before owcoring, nh5°2 Fie
- 2) The sane value tms assumed for the sulphur rills, since
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Coe _fhe netive cenpcnent in both casos and the pilis were‘the sane size,
oe "FaBS, ‘and shape, «|
fo
“2. 2 wsocunts,perimate
e -taloulated|te the tine cf the Able ay
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Tes These: noastranenté’Sere eubject te.4 rtor of Janitaticns and
wshtrt
“comings Bich shouldcho ‘takonanto-#onsidersticn in their inpretation,“
Y these fastcrs..2re #8 follovst
.
LePhe:‘pitie’“ere not cf proper shape en? -desifen, It was neces .
jeany tocanply
‘ Prerucely
A‘eelf-abscue factcr cf2.6 which is quite lorre -
rrinea,This Fectcr tay introduce eensiderahle error
eemis aseaecntained:gugar anderthoer substances which may have.
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