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Problem 39
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Section: Problems
Chapter 31: Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation
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We need to find that 350 rads of 
-particle radiation is equivalent to how many rads of X-rays in terms of biological damage.
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
The number of rads of X-ray that cause the same biological damage as 1 rad of the particular kind of radiation is known as the relative biological effectiveness (RBE).
radiation.
Because the RBE of alpha particles is up to 20 and the RBE of X-rays is 1,
it takes 20 times as many rads of X-rays to cause the same biological damage as alpha particles.
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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922
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