(a) Calculate the Ngas (Gy/C) for the chamber. (b) Calculate the absorbed dose (Gy) in Perspex at this depth. (c) What would be the absorbed dose (Gy) in water at approximately the same depth in a water phantom?

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A Perspex (Lucite) phantom is used to calibrate a 6 MV photon beam. A cylindrical air ion chamber has a wall thickness (polystyrene) of 0.20 g/cm2 and an inner diameter of 5 mm. The ion chamber is placed at a depth of 5 cm in the phantom. The NxAion = 1.05 × 1010 R/C (T = 22 oC, P = 760 torr) for Co-60 for this chamber. Charge collected is 2.50 × 10-8C at P = 750 torr and T = 20.0 oC. The ion collection efficiency is 0.985.

(a) Calculate the Ngas (Gy/C) for the chamber.

(b) Calculate the absorbed dose (Gy) in Perspex at this depth.

(c) What would be the absorbed dose (Gy) in water at approximately the same depth in a water phantom?  

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