Chad,
You were absolutely right, haha. I had it backwards.
For 5c, you want to integrate Rv over the integral of dV. As the prof said in class, dV= the surface area of the target times dx, the "depth-slice." So the MVT equation becomes:
The integral of [Rv times the area of the face of the...
Thanks Chad.
I also have an update for my problem 1 result. I forgot to factor in the conversion from C/kg to R, and my gamma energy was off (7.5ish is correct). My new exposure rate is around 20R/hr.
While I'm here, I'm having trouble on the third problem part a. The prompt is as follows: Use the mean value theorem to derive the equation for the mean free path of a photon in terms of its linear attenuation coefficient.
We are given the fact that mfp x=\frac{1}{\mu} and the mean value...
Hey Matt,
I actually got an answer on the order of milli-Roentgen... Where did you get your gamma energy from? I used our old Q-value technique to calculate a gamma energy and got 6.98MeV (French recommended this in class, saying that the Q-value is essentially equal to the gamma energy as...