A particle of ionizing radiation creates 4400 ion pairs in the gas inside a Geiger tube as it passes through. What minimum energy (in ev) was deposited, if 40.0 ev is required to create each ion pair? ev Additional Materials

A particle of ionizing radiation creates 4400 ion pairs in the gas inside a Geiger tube as it passes through. What minimum energy (in ev) was deposited, if 40.0 ev is required to create each ion pair? ev Additional Materials

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Chapter31: Radioactivity And Nuclear Physics

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