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Great questions! Only one side is being bombarded (it's encapsulated). The source of the beta particles is 90Sr. With 90Sr you will get a beta from its decay with an average energy of 182 keV and a beta from 90Yr with an average energy of 760 keV. We're looking for the steady state if there is...

Left out something important here. Let's say there is a source that produces 3.7x10^10 beta particles per second. A beta from this decay has an average energy of 182 keV. With that, over time, how hot will the outside get?

Homework Statement Heat capacity is the ability of the material to store energy internally. If I completely insulated diamond and I put heat into it, It would have the ability to store 6.57 (Joules/mole) per degree Kelvin. Use this formula q=Cp (ΔT/ Δt) where q is heat in Watts, ΔT is...