Variation of mean multiplicity of intermediate mass fragments with the bound charge of the fragmenting system-deviation from the universal behaviour

In this work an attempt has been made to study the variation of normalized mean multiplicity with the normalized Z_b for 0.95A GeV ⁸⁴Kr — Em and ⁸⁴Kr — AgBr interactions Though the data points of the present investigation exhibit the same pattern of the universal curve of ALADIN group, the maximum value of < N_IMF > of the present investigation is found to be about 17 times larger than that of the universal curve.