Column of Water Length

Column of Water Needed to Cut Photon Count in Half at 10 MeV

e ^{-n σ t}

[math]n = \frac{density}{weight(mols)} \times N = \frac{atoms}{cm^{3}}[/math]

[math]n = \frac{ \frac{g}{cm^{2}} }{ \frac{g}{mol}} \times \frac{atoms}{mol} =\gt \frac{atoms}{cm^{3}}[/math]

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