=

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INTERLABORATORY CHECK DATA
I. Checks with Lamont and NYOO
_

ds a test of the reliability of the strontinm-90 data obtained by each of

the several participating laboratories, a number of samples were divided and
exchanged as check samples.

Results for check samles measured at the Lamont

Geological Observatory, the Health and Safety Laboratory of the New York
Operations Office and the University of Chicago are presented in Table I.

Of

these, the mst recent data are for CL 305, 326, 327 and 328, which were measured early in 1955,

Additional check samples have been exchanged and are

in process of measurement.
Table I.

Chicago-Lamont-NYOO Check Data

CLNo.

!

CLh7

} Alfalfa, Chicago Milk-

CL 66

Sample Description

Chicago

Lamont*

nyoo**

[h.05 + 0.15

_

30 + 14

Milk, Chicago Milkshed #6 0.73 + 0.0h

_

0.2 + 0.1

| shed #6
{

SUNSHINE UNITS

CL101

| Soil, Chicago Milkshed

113.1 + 0,3

—

8,1 + 0.5

CL102

! Soil, Chicago Milkshed #6, 12.5 + 0.8

—

17.0 + leh

#6-A, O~l", NH),AC extract .|

| O-1", HCL after NH),AC
| extract,

CL 104,5 | Calf bone, Troy, NeYe,

CL17,

| YB-5, HASL 249
| Cheese, Azores, YC-1

CL 175
:

Cheese, Wisconsin Min| ster, YC);

cL176

CL 305

3e7h + 0.05

1.53 + 0,03

i
6! cals bone, Lewiston, Mont.,1.95 + 0.0)
| YB-3, HASL 2h6
;

| Sheep bone, Normandie,
| France, YB-19, HASL 651

3.36 + 0.22

.
|
| 2669 + 0.06 2.86 + 0.10

2.85 + 0.10
(continued)

wae

1.21 + 0,14
.

~204

—
_—

1.35 + 0,09
.
;

2.0 + 0.2
,
;

2.82 + 0.06

0.33 + 0.03
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