a. An X-ray beam, containing X-rays with a variety of frequencies and that has an intensity of

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a. An X-ray beam, containing X-rays with a variety of frequencies and that has an intensity of 4.0 × 105 W, is incident on an aluminium plate of thickness 5.0 cm. The average linear attenuation coefficient is 250 m−1.
i. Calculate the intensity of the transmitted beam.
ii. Explain the advantages of passing the X-rays through this aluminium plate prior to their being incident on a patient.

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Cambridge International AS And A Level Physics Coursebook

ISBN: 9781108859035

3rd Edition

Authors: David Sang, Graham Jones, Gurinder Chadha, Richard Woodside

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