Particle Densities*
Table 3.
Scaled
Height of
Type of
Shot
Burst.)
(ft)
Operation
Balloon
Plumbbob
Tower
Sandstone ‘”?
Tower
Tower
Density (g/cm)
Low
High
Average
Remarks
2.05
2.55
2.19
Regular spheres
55
1.8
2.8
2.4
Greenhouse °°?
84
2.55
3.24
2.91
UpshotKnothole
84
1.38
2.56
1.7
3.2
2.2
3.17
2.72
Regular spheres
1.28
420-500 um
210
60
76
1.5
1.8
1.8
2.25
2.8
2.8
1.84
2.4
2.4
Tower
:
| Tumbler-
120
135
2.0
Plumbbob
195
1.95
|
Snapper
2.4
1.25
2.75
Sample collected
at 26,000 ft. alt.
Large variation due
to varying number of
air bubbles in particles
1
Tower
Irregular particles
2.2
2.25
Irregular spheres
|
Tower
' Teapot
225
Surface
Ivy?
(3)
2.41
2.49
Surface
caste‘?
0.3
2.24
2.45
2.23
D (height of burst)/(yield in kilotons)?/3
(2) Coral
(3)
shots
Surface,
10 MT
*See DASA-1251, Vol,
III, pp.
474-500.
5 59
500-840 um
Many porous particles
2.36