TABLE B-22-3. COMPARISON BETWEEN THE CALCULATED MASS
ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT BASED ON COMPOSITION ANALYSIS AND
THAT OBTAINED BY DIRECT MEASUREMENT
MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT, -/P (em2/g)
SAMPLE
SOIL SAMPLE RESULTS
DIRECT MEASUREMENT
1
0.330
0.337
2
0.324
0.320
3
0.331
0.339
4
0.322
0.328
5
0.342
0.342
6
0.340
0.338
q
0.332
0.335
8
0.336
0.337
9
0.327
0.322
10
0.333
0.333
11
0.335
0.329
Average
0.332 + 0.006
0.333 + 0.007
Las Vegas
Commercial Dirt
0.273
Garden Dirt
0.279
Desert Soil
0.246
B-22-6