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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
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Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation
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31-1: Nuclear Reactions, Transmutation
31-2: Nuclear Fission
31-3: Nuclear Fusion
31-5: Dosimetry
31-9: NMR

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 43
Q

A cancer patient is undergoing radiation therapy in which protons with an energy of 1.2 MeV are incident on a 0.20-kg tumor.

  1. If the patient receives an effective dose of 1.0 rem, what is the absorbed dose?
  2. How many protons are absorbed by the tumor? Assume RBE \approx 1.
A
  1. 1.0 rad1.0 \textrm{ rad}
  2. 1.0×1010 p1.0 \times 10^{10} \textrm{ p}
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