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Geo,

In order to compare and try to quantify these samples they both need to have been run for the same live time (The Red has 25% more run time), HV, and current. Both would need to interrogate the same beam’s target area (same distance from tube exit) and both need to have an equivalent infinite thickness.

What is the spot size of the beam, surface area, thickness and weight of each? It would be interesting to see what the densities are between them.

All things considered it would appear the Red Trinitite has a higher concentration and yet a similar composition. I wonder where and how far apart they were collected.

Dud"

I agree 100% Dud. The live time shown was adjusted slightly by extra time to match the Bremsstrahlung peak, due to vastly different size of the two samples and the small size of the detector sensor. I did collect data with the exact same live time too, and this preliminary report just?opens the door for perhaps years worth of? detailed examinations on these samples.

Science is pretty sure the red phase came from the plasma jet down the power and coaxial messenger wire as seen in early rapid photographs when the fireball hadn't reached the ground yet. The "rope trick" jet was well in advance of the fireball already. By the time that jet hit the concrete anchor point, the neutron generation was long since over with, but the slowing down of those fast neutrons hadn't happened yet (thus the forming of Eu- activation products in the wet soil- ).

A real surprise to me is the apparent inclusion of significant Cu and Fe shown in ordinary green Trinitite as shown in my XRF examination. This is also verified in the extreme case of Fe in ICP-mass spectrometer reports by others when compared to unaffected sand in the same geologic area (a small fraction of 1% in normal soil, vs over 2% in Trinitite).

In Trinitite we have some pretty unique opportunities for amateur examination. We know the Pu-239 was "supergrade", something not generally achievable or needed in today's technology. Supergrade simply means the metal used in the pit was 99+% Pu-239 with only less than 1% Pu-240, alloyed with maybe 3% gallium metal as a dilutant.

To me (a non expert)? this says ALL the Am-241 we routinely see in Trinitite is there because of neutron activation of Pu-239>Pu-241 at the instant of detonation.? To me, it means virtually all of the uranium X-Rays we see in Trinitite are created by decay of remaining Pu-239 to U-235.

All in all, there is sufficient evidence of the chaos caused by something like one gram of actual matter turning into energy via E = m? X c^2.

Geo