An alpha source was counted for 10 hours at a distance of 2 cm from a detector with an active face area of 500 mm2, If the resulting peak is integrated and found to have 2800 counts under the peak, what is the absolute activity of the source in Bq?

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An alpha source was counted for 10 hours at a distance of 2 cm from a detector with an active face area of 500 mm2, If the
resulting peak is integrated and found to have 2800 counts under the peak, what is the absolute activity of the source in Bq?
Transcribed Image Text:An alpha source was counted for 10 hours at a distance of 2 cm from a detector with an active face area of 500 mm2, If the resulting peak is integrated and found to have 2800 counts under the peak, what is the absolute activity of the source in Bq?
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