Atmospheric iodine, bromine, and chlorine
Iodine, bromine, and chlorine were determined by means of neutron activation analysis in a series of aerosols and rain-water samples collected in Hawaii. Five-milliliter samples of rain water are used in the analytical procedure, and no chemical treatment is required before pile irradiation. Freedom from errors due to contamination and species-specific chemical steps is thus assured. The ratio I/Cl in the aerosols and rain water is more than 100 times greater than published values for sea water, but the ratio Br/Cl is the same as that for sea water within a factor of 2. The seven samples of rain water, collected in October and November 1961, and the eight samples of aerosols, collected from a light aircraft in May 1962, show that I/Cl is greater in rain by a factor of 3, that Br/Cl is greater in rain by a factor of 2, and that I/Br is greater in rain by a factor of 1.5.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-030715
- OSTI ID:
- 4683598
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 68; ISSN 0148-0227
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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