Exploring Volume Effects on Strangeness Production in High 
Energy  Collisions

A study of the yields of strange particles produced in heavy-ion and
elementary collisions is presented using preliminary results from the STAR
experiment at RHIC.
The strange particle production rates, relative to those of p-p, has been
proposed as a means of determining an enhancement of strangeness production
in heavy ion collisions. Analysis of results from STAR show that this
enhancement measure is reduced, or comparable, when contrasted to that at
top CERN SPS energies. A smaller suppression in the p-p yields at RHIC
energies due to finite volume effects could be the cause of such a result.
By studying the yields as a function of centrality we hope to establish how
these effects vary with the volume of the source created.