Calculate the Compton shift when a gamma ray of 60 MeV is scattered by an electron at an angle of 70°.

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Q: A Ka x ray emitted from a sample has an energy of 7.46 keV. Of which element is the sample made?

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Q: the kinetic energy of the Compton electron when at 364-keV gamma ray is scattered through a 90°…

A: Solution: The energy of the incident gamma ray is,  Ei=364 KeVhcλi=364 KeVλi=hc364…

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Q: Why does the energy of characteristic x rays become increasingly greater for heavier atoms?

A: The energy characteristics of x ray can be expressed as

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Q: Which of the following represents a good estimate of the energy of a Kα X-Ray for Technitum, Z=43?…

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Q: In Compton scattering, if the initial energy of the photon is hf, the energy of the scattered photon…

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Q: (3) A gamma-ray photon with an energy of 1 GeV collides with a stationary proton. The photon…

A: The energy of the photon is 1 GeV, given asE=(pc)2+mo2c4This is the relativistic energy of the…