The theory of Lane, Nordheim, and Sampson for the calculation of the effective resonance integral in media containing absorber in the form of small particles was tested by comparison with experiment. Measurements were made on samples containing gold particles in a range of volume fractions from 0.1 to 30%. Two diluent materials, lead and graphite, were used to test the effect of the type of material admixed with the absorber particles in the samples. Comparison of the theory and experiments was made on the basis of the calculated and measured decrease in effective resonance integral of the particle case relative to the corresponding homogeneous case with the same average absorber and diluent density. The results show that, for small absorber volume fractions, there is good agreement between theory and experiment, if the theory is suitably modified to describe the experiment. This agreement also extends to volume fractions above 10%, although the results of the theory are in question in this range.