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AAGIATION ee
URIVERSHY OF WASHINGTS
Strontium-9U and Total Caicium in Tacca Collected
at Rongelap Atoll.
de
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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