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EGS Lab Activities: Exercise 2 - Sample Results
Interactions of 10 MeV photons in aluminum
and lead
Using Figures 1, 2, and 3:
| Table 3 |
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Al |
Pb |
| l
(cm) |
10.6 |
1.8 |
| Pint |
.85 |
.96 |
| Table
4 |
| |
Photoelectric |
Compton |
Pair Production |
| Al |
0 |
.64 |
.36 |
| Pb |
.1 |
.25 |
.74 |
Aluminum (Al) Results
| Screen shot of "EGS to Order" simulation
tool (click for a larger view) |
EGS Simulation Image |
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| Prediction is 64% Compton Scattering
(yellow and green) and 36% Pair Production (yellow,
red, and green) |
Lead (Pb) Results
| Screen shot of "EGS to Order" simulation
tool (click for a larger view) |
EGS Simulation Image |
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| Prediction is 1% photoelectric, 25%
Compton Scattering, and 74% pair production. |
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