Re: Radium (was: Fernald Leak)

[JMUCKERHEIDE@delphi.com]

Thanks, Keith. What I've done wrong is calculate in "u" and think in "p" !  
:-)  

> At 09:21 AM 1/2/97 -0600, you wrote:
> >Help! I've done something wrong here:
> >
> >(roughly) 20,000,000 lb x 500 g/lb = 10 x 10^9 g ?
> >4.5 x 10^9 uCi / 10 x 10^9 g = .45 uCi/g ?  lower than dirt?
> 
> Now I'm confused.  Dirt has more than .45 uCi/g radium?
> 
> Keith Welch
> Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
> Newport News VA
> welch@cebaf.gov

Thanks for the correction. You're not confused!

Regards, Jim Muckerheide
jmuckerheide@delphi.com