Re[2]: K-40 concentration in seawater

[E.Antonio@ccmail.pnl.gov (Ernest J Antonio)]

     Andy et al.
     In Ron Kathren's "Radioactivity in the Environment", pg 41, last 
     sentence on the page, "Concentrations in seawater are approximately 
     300 pCi (11 Bq) /m^3."  %^)
     
     Ernest Antonio
     Research Scientist
     Pacific Northwest National Lab.
     


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Subject: Re: K-40 concentration in seawater
Author:  Andy Hull <hull@mail.sep.bnl.gov> at -SMTPLink
Date:    11/18/97 11:01 AM


Frazier,
In my file, I find a page which I think I copied from Eisenbud's 
Environmental Radioactivity which states "Seawater contains 40K in a 
concentration of about 300 pCi/L ."
Best regards,
Andy Hull
     
At 10:08 AM 11/18/97 -0600, fbronson@canberra.com wrote:
>Does anybody have a quick value for the typical natural activity of K-40 in 
>seawater?
>
>thanks in advance
>
>frazier bronson
>fbronson@canberra.com
>
>