Introduction To Health Physics
Introduction To Health Physics
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Author: Johnson, Thomas E. (thomas Edward), Cember, Herman.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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What is the minimum required power input (in kilowatts) if a cyclotron produces a 100-µA beam of 15-MeV deuterons, if the cyclotron were 100% efficient in converting electrical energy into kinetic energy of the deuterons?

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