The intensity of gamma rays passing through a material as a function of thickness,x is given by
where n is the number of atoms per cm3 and is the absorption cross section.If the intensity of gamma rays of a particular energy is reduced by half when they passed through 1 cm of lead,what is the absorption cross section for the gamma rays? The density of lead is 11.3 g/cm3 and its molar mass is 207 g.
A) 3.5 10-22 cm2
B) 6.8 10 -22 cm2
C) 4.6 10 -23 cm2
D) 2.1 10 -23 cm2
E) 8.4 10 -24 cm2
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