Chapter 21, Problem 86AE

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The activity in $\text{pCi}$ , weight of person and energy of alpha particle is given and activity in disintegration per second, number of rads and rems in one year for the given process id to be calculated.

Concept Introduction: The $\text{pCi}$ unit and disintegration per second is related to each other by the relation,

$1\text{pCi}=3.7\times {10}^{-2}\text{dis/s}$

To determine: The activity of alpha particles in $\text{dis/s}$ in the given test; also the number of rads and rems of the radiation in one year.