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    What is the Absorbed Dose of Radiation for Ingested Radioactive Material?

    Alas we haven't been provided with a solution to the problem yet...your procedure seems more concise than mine so I hope that this is indeed the solution to this problem. Thanks for your help!
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    What is the Absorbed Dose of Radiation for Ingested Radioactive Material?

    Homework Statement Suppose you ingest a microgram radioactive material with an initial activity of 10^5/sec and a physical lifetime of 4 hours. Suppose also that all of the energy of each emission of alpha particles with energy of 0.3MeV per particle is deposited throughout your tissue. If...
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    Biophysics problem - Acoustics and Sound

    Hey guys, I need some help on this problem from my biophysics homework on the nature of acoustics and sound. Readers beware...lol Homework Statement If all the sound energy of a 5MHz US continuous emitter with an intensity of one watt per square centimeter is deposited into an isolated...
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    Biophysics problem - Pressure Change due to Plane Dive

    one more thing - should I find out the value for the density of blood (plasma)? Perhaps on an online search engine or something?
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    Biophysics problem - Pressure Change due to Plane Dive

    Oh ok, sounds pretty good to me! Thanks!
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    Biophysics problem - Pressure Change due to Plane Dive

    Hi all, I have been having some problems with this question from my Biophysics homework. The topic is fluid dynamics... Homework Statement Find the difference between the blood pressure in a pilot's head and his feet, if he sits in a plane which goes into a dive following a vertical...