A 60kg person a accidentally ingest a small source of alpha particles. RBE 15. The activity of the source is 0.04Ci. the half life of the source is 110 years and each alpha particle emitted has an energy of 0.586MeV it takes 12 hours for the alpha source to pass theothr the person's digestive system and out of the body. A. How many alpha particles are absorbed by the person ( assume that 100% of the alpha particles emitted by the source are absorbed by the person B. How much energy in Joules are deposited in te person by the source C. What is the absorbed dose in rad D. What is the absorbed dose in rem
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A 60kg person a accidentally ingest a small source of alpha particles. RBE 15. The activity of the source is 0.04Ci. the half life of the source is 110 years and each alpha particle emitted has an energy of 0.586MeV it takes 12 hours for the alpha source to pass theothr the person's
A. How many alpha particles are absorbed by the person ( assume that 100% of the alpha particles emitted by the source are absorbed by the person
B. How much energy in Joules are deposited in te person by the source
C. What is the absorbed dose in rad
D. What is the absorbed dose in rem
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