Introduction To Health Physics
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Author: Johnson, Thomas E. (thomas Edward), Cember, Herman.
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.27P
(a)
To determine
The energy of photon in million eV and in Joules.
(b)
To determine
Wavelength of the photon in angstrom units.
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