SLIDE 15
Granule size distribution and activity.

The granule size distribution of

Bikini Ash was used to estimate the time over which the bulk of the activity
fell on the fishing vessel.
Larger volume granules carried a major portion of

the activity which fell at early times post detonation (La65). The Bikini Ash
activity versus granule size distribtuion in % of total activity as a function

of granule size was plotted here.
In order to construct this histogram, the
activity of a granule was assumed proportional to the 3.5 power of its size.
Lavrenchik reported measurements varied such that the activity of a granule
was proprotional to the 3rd or 4th power of the size (La65).
A generalization

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observed by him was that the activity and volume were proportional. The
number of granules in each size class was taken from Suito ($u56). The size
at median activity was 370um for Bikini Ash.

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