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

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