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The discussion focuses on calculating photon flux density, photon fluence, and energy fluence from an x-ray field. The photon flux density at point P is determined to be 6.75 x 10^10 photons/m^2-sec. The photon fluence over one hour is calculated as 2.43 x 10^14 photons/m^2. For energy fluence, converting photons to Joules requires using the average photon energy, resulting in an energy fluence of 2.14 J/m^2. The correct conversion method involves multiplying the photon count by the average energy per photon in Joules.
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An x-ray field at a point P contains 7.5 x 10^8 photons/m^2-sec-keV, uniformly distributed from 10 to 100 keV.

a.) What is the photon flux density at P?
b.) What would be the photon fluence in one hour?
c.) What is the corresponding energy fluence in SI units?


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a.) 7.5 x 10^8 photons/m^2-sec-keV x (100 keV- 10 keV)= 6.75 x 10^10 photons/m^2-sec
-this answer is correct
b.) 6.75 x 10^10 photons/m^2-sec * (3600 sec/1hr)= 2.43 x 10^14 photons/m^2
-this answer is correct

c.) i need help here,

7.5 x 10^8 photons/m^2-sec-keV x (3600 sec/ 1hr) *(100-10 keV)
= 2.43 x 10^14 photons/m^2 how do i convert to J/m^2 here

like basically I have to convert photons to Joules, but how do i do this?
the correct answer is apparently 2.14 J/m^2 but i can't get the answer


please help!




 
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You have to multiply the 2.43E14 photons/m^2 to the Expectation value of the photon energy, which is (0.100 MeV + 0.010 MeV)/2, then multiply that result to 1.602E-13 J/MeV. The answer is 2.14 J/m^2.
 
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