RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL FALLOUT PARTICLES

Abstract

Measurements were made of the radioactivity of approximately 1000 fallout particles from a nuclear detonation of Operation REDWING. Feasibility of individual particle analysis methods was established by radiochemical analysis. Differences in radioactive composition were observed between normal-appearing coral particles and particles which had undergone obvious physical alteration such as melting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 17, 1958
Accession Number
AD0232901

Entities

People

  • D. L. Love
  • D. Macdonald
  • D. Sam
  • J. L. Mackin
  • P. E. Zigman

Organizations

  • Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Counters
  • Detectors
  • Fission Products
  • Gamma Rays
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Ionization
  • Ionization Chambers
  • Measurement
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Precision
  • Radiation
  • Radioactivity
  • Scintillation Counters
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Oncology and Biomarker-Based Cancer Detection.