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Thanks for your help guys. It now makes sense. I really appreciate it.

Sorry... been working on this problem for over two days now and I really wanted to figure it out. I really appreciate your help. It makes sense now. Thanks again

I'm currently studying at Sheffield working towards my masters in Nuclear Waste Immoblisation. The area here is great. The people are friendly, and the climate is okay... think Seattle for the climate. As for the subjects that you're interested in, I couldn't start to tell you how the...

If you're looking for a University with a decent climate, I know University of Washington has a decent physics department. I'm not completely sure of the research in physics that they are doing there mainly because I got my BS in Materials Science and Engineering; however I had a friend who...

okay... so this is where I'm at so far. Since we know that the current is caused by the number of ion pairs generated per unit time, and I = Q/t, where Q = amount of charge (e = 1.6x10-19 C) and t = time, the time is 1.6x10-10 sec. Using the equation (n(ion) /t) = (E(a)n(a) / 30 eV)...

This is where I'm at so far. I'm getting a negative number, so I'm not sure what's going on with that. Since we know that the current is caused by the number of ion pairs generated per unit time, and I = Q/t, where Q = amount of charge (e = 1.6x10-19 C) and t = time, the time is 1.6x10-10...

Would the Linear Energy Transfer rate be E(decay) = [M(x) -[M(y) + n (M(electron)]](931.5 MeV/amu) ? I'm not exactly sure what the Linear Engergy Transfer rate is since my background is in Glass Science and Engineering. I just got that equation from some of the resources I've been looking...

okay... I have a problem that I've been asked in my nuclear waste class, and since I have a materials science background, I have no clue where to begin. If someone could let me know where to start with this problem I would greatly appreciate it (don't tell me the answer). I'm supposed to...

They are usually taken in your junior or senior year of high school. It's been too long for me to remember when I took it, but I also took the ACT's. It's pretty much like the SAT's, but with a different grading scheme.

In the US, the SAT's are the basic test that you take that the universities look at when you apply. G.P.A. is your grade point average (usually on a 4.0 scale). The scale can be as follows: A= 4.0, B= 3.0, C= 2.0, D= 1.0, and F= 0.0. Hope this helped.

I'm having a problem on a homework problem that I have for one of my nuclear waste engineering courses. I'm not exactly sure where to start on it. I've been looking at different resources and I haven't found anything that I can use. The question is as follows: Estimate the energy in MeV of...