Physics (AS & A Level) · May / June 2018 · Paper 43 · Question 12
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An X-ray beam is used to produce an image of a model of a thumb. A parallel beam of X-ray radiation of intensity I0 is incident on the model, as illustrated in Fig. 12.1. bone soft tissue emergent beam incident beam intensity I0 1.3 cm 2.8 cm Fig. 12.1 Data for the attenuation (absorption) coefficient μ in bone and in soft tissue are shown in Fig. 12.2. μ / cm–1 bone soft tissue 3.0 0.90 Fig. 12.2
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