Thorium and Uranium Contents of Australites

The Th and U contents of six australites (two from Victoria, two from South Australia, and two from western Australia) were measured with the thick- source'' alpha counting and thorium-A pairs methods. The contents were found to fall in the ranges of 8.1 to 11.6 and 1.4 to 2.4 ppm for Th a...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1962-09, Vol.195 (4847), p.1184-1186
Main Author: CHERRY, R. D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ALPHA DETECTION
ANALOG SYSTEMS
AUSTRALITES
COMPUTERS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
EFFICIENCY
ERRORS
FLUID FLOW
GEOSCIENCES
HEAT EXCHANGERS
Humanities and Social Sciences
LIQUID METAL COOLANT
MEASURED VALUES
METEORITES
multidisciplinary
POTASSIUM
POWER PLANTS
PRESSURE
PRODUCTION
QUANTITY RATIO
ROCKS
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
SODIUM
STEAM
TEKTITES
TEMPERATURE
THORIUM
TRANSFER FUNCTIONS
TRANSIENTS
TURBINES
URANIUM
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Summary:The Th and U contents of six australites (two from Victoria, two from South Australia, and two from western Australia) were measured with the thick- source'' alpha counting and thorium-A pairs methods. The contents were found to fall in the ranges of 8.1 to 11.6 and 1.4 to 2.4 ppm for Th and U, respectively. A positive correlation between the count rate and the K content was found. The implications of the small spread in the Th and U contents over the six tektites are discussed.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/1951184a0