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AAGIATION ee

URIVERSHY OF WASHINGTS
Strontium-9U and Total Caicium in Tacca Collected

at Rongelap Atoll.

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Summary Table
gp 80

Date
Island

Tissue

Number d/m/z

collected

samples

wet

"Stron-

Ca

mg/g

tium

d/m/g

units"

wet

Limit oi
detecta~
bility
wet

March i958

I

Aug. 1958
centers

R122

1

7.9

1. 7

3600

Aug. 1958

1

Mar.

1

1.02

1100
2800

3600
3200

Mar.

1958

1

Aug. 1958

1

18.53

whole corms

Mar. 1958
Aug. 1958

L
1

3.85
12.94

0.48
1.87

centers

Mar. 1958

1

i.l

1

peels

Mar.

1958

1

whole corms

Mar. 1958
Aug. 1958

centers

Mar.

Aug. 1958

,

1952

(3)

_3770.37
0,67

(2)

6000

e400thho

08
13
19
62

17
. 41
. 09

37

(2)

6.18

0. 66
1. 68

4300
7400

1.05
4.58

1
2

1.59
(1))
8.33T1.1

2.0
asto (th

350
26007530

0.36
0. 50

t

0 38- 0. 18)

1

12.34

+ (3)

(3)
134071170
87to. 0x1) 2300153
-31to 8}

Aug. 1958

2

4.327021

Mar. 1958

1

3.9704 4) 0.927. 03
8.147015 1. 50t0. o8”

Aug. 1958

3

1210710

.
.
_
.

490

—_—

195%

Aug. 1958

peels

340
306
2600

3
0.75
0 19
1 00

0.42
1.46

peeis

Eniaetok

0.5

3
sl .O15 0.1667. ae
0.21
2.7
(
0.3 stot 0. 0677. bY

Mar. 1959

Kabelle

2.5

1

oO090 0 3

1

July 1957

in 6
Wo bho

July 1956

ooo

Rongelap whole corms

1,2

2S

1

r-

Oct. 1955

©

whole corms

To

Labaredj

2

+0)

0. 3(4)

0.75

2000
2500786

(1) Standard deviation
(2) Not vet done; results will be availabie later
{3) Averages of separated determinations made at different times, errors
given are standard deviations.
(4) The iarge difference between two strontium unit values is due to widely
difering calcium values. The determination of calcium in this sample
is being rechecked,

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