30. One common electrolyte in the human body is potassium ions. A small percentage of these lons are ; thus, one natural source of background radiation is the beta-decay of inside the body. A 67 kg person contains roughly 20. mg of %, which has a total activity of 5.3x10¹ Bq Calculate the exposure in pGy from this beta radiation over the course of one year (1.156x10's). Note: The energy of a single K decay is 2.13x10-¹3 Gy

30. One common electrolyte in the human body is potassium ions. A small percentage of these lons are ; thus, one natural source of background radiation is the beta-decay of inside the body. A 67 kg person contains roughly 20. mg of %, which has a total activity of 5.3x10¹ Bq Calculate the exposure in pGy from this beta radiation over the course of one year (1.156x10's). Note: The energy of a single K decay is 2.13x10-¹3 Gy

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30. One common electrolyte in the human body is potassium ions. A small percentage of these lons are thus, one natural source of background radiation is the beta-decay of * inside the body.
A 67 kg person contains roughly 20. mg of ", which has a total activity of 5.3x10 Bq
Calculate the exposure in uy from this beta radiation over the course of one year (3.156x10's)
Note: The energy of a single K decay is 2.13x10-¹
Gy

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