One way to sterilize food products such as meats and poultry is to irradiate them with a beam of high-energy electrons. In one food plant, the electrons in the beam have an energy of 10 MeV and the beam current is 0.30 mA. 7000 J of electron energy must be deposited in a 1 kg package of meat to properly sterilize it. How long should the beam be turned on to deposit this energy?

One way to sterilize food products such as meats and poultry is to irradiate them with a beam of high-energy electrons. In one food plant, the electrons in the beam have an energy of 10 MeV and the beam current is 0.30 mA. 7000 J of electron energy must be deposited in a 1 kg package of meat to properly sterilize it. How long should the beam be turned on to deposit this energy?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

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Chapter29: Atomic Physics

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