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ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE FOR THE SEPARATION OF TOTAL RADIO=
STRCONTI (WW FROM SAMPLES OF VEGETATION AND FOODS
Ash the sample in a nickel crucible at 900°C.
Estimate the amount of ash, add four times this weight of
Na,CO, and fuse.
Dissolve, remove silica, and collect the strontium by
carbomate precipitation as for soil.
Run a double nitrate precipitation as for bone using acid

volumes of 200 ml for the first precipitation and 5S ml for
the second.

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