Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 32 - Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Radiation - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1155: 85

Answer

(a) $4.2\times 10^5rad$ (b) stays the same.

Work Step by Step

(a) We know that $Q=mc_W\Delta T$ $\implies Q=(1.00Kg)(4186J/Kg.K)(1C^{\circ})=4186J$ Now we can find the required dosage as $(\frac{4186J}{1.0Kg})(\frac{1rad}{0.01J/Kg})=4.2\times 10^5rad$ (b) We know that the dosage in rad is the amount of energy per unit mass. The dosage will not change.
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