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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATIONCAMERON STATION, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

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NOTICE: When government or other drawings, speci-fications or other data are used for any purposeother than in connection with a definitely relatedgovernment procurement operation, the U. S.Government thereby incurs no responsibility, nor anyobligation whatsoever; and the fact that the Govern-ment may have formmilated, furnished, or in any waysupplied the said drawings, specifications, or otherdata is not to be regarded by implication or other-wise as in any manner licensing the holder or anyother person or corporation, or conveying any rightsor permission to manufacture, use or sell anypatented invention that may in any way be relatedthereto.


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USNEDL-TR-6384 April 1963

USE C La140 AS RADIOYRACER IN (PRE-BUGGY) CHMUICAL EXPLOSIONSPreparation and Determination of"lia Its Reaction with Environmental Materials

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TABLE 5Dry Sieve Analysis of Debris From 3rd Row Charge

Mesh Micron Grams Activity Cumulative CumulativeDiameter Retained (c/m) Mass Activity(% of total) (% of total)

6 3360 12.97 10,000 85.77 99.414 1190 24.04 55,ooo 61.73 95.848 29 5 34.97 232,000 26.76 81.780 175 12.37 i12,000 14.39 73.9170 88 9.16 123,000 9.16 66.2325 44 3.11 294,000 2.12 47.kPan < 44 2.12 744,000

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TABLE 6Leaching of La 4oFrom Debris by Solutions

Solution 25 ml 5 Grams Debris %LeachedSolution (c/m)(c/m)

0.1 N-HC1 79700 199400 40.u621oo 113100 35.5Water 525 206300 0.25415 229700 o.18Seawater 2670 2024o0 1.32166o 224100 0.740.1 N-NaOH 316 187100 0.17

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TABLE 7Exchange of Ia 14 From Debris to Clay or to Adobe

5 g Clay or 5 g Debris % ExchangedAdobe (c/m)(c/m)

Adobe 102900 47900 68.3lostClay 133000 27800 82.7140500 20000 87.6

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CONCIJSIONS

1. Capsules were prepared and delivered as required by the pre-Buggy test schedule.

2. The capsules contained th e proper amount of la3. Precise sources made possible the calibration of a large-areascintillation counter in units measured by the Victoreen condenser

r-meter.14o4. The La was distributed on the particles as a function ofsurface area; 90 % of the activity was on sub-sieve (4 44 micron)

particles which comprised only 8 % of the mass.

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REFERENCES

1. I. B. Iane. Some Physical and Radiochemical Measurements of th eDebris from an Underground and Nuclear Detonation. Project SedanReport, PNE 229P (in preparation).

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