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Homework Statement Two pure manganese foils are irradiated in a reactor. Each foil has a mass of 0.0055 g. One foil is irradiated bare in the reactor. The other foil is irradiated with a cadmium cover in place. The foils are irradiated for 60.0-s, and then allowed to decay for 1800.0-s...

Given a monoenergetic beam of photons, how are the interaction cross sections used to calculate a) the dose rate to a small volume of tissue, and b) the exposure rate. I assume this question references the below equations: \dot{D} = \theta ( \frac{μ}{ρ} )_{med} * E_{ab} \dot{X}...

The result was confirmation of the atomic nucleus - most of the foil's mass is concentrated and not evenly distributed.

Homework Statement In the famous “Rutherford backscattering” experiment, alpha particles (Z=2) of approximately 7 MeV were used to bombard a Au (Z=79) film. Rutherford derived the scattering formula by treating an incident alpha particle and a Au target atom as two point charges with...

Homework Statement These questions refer to the terms “fissile” and “fissionable” as used in the context of current fission power reactors. a) Describe what is meant if a nucleus is described as fissile; that is, define fissile. Describe what is meant if a nucleus is described as...