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31.2 Exercise 2

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The energy of 30.0 eV\text{eV} is required to ionize a molecule of the gas inside a Geiger tube, thereby producing an ion pair. Suppose a particle of ionizing radiation deposits 0.500 MeV of energy in this Geiger tube. What maximum number of ion pairs can it create?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 31.2 Radiation Detection and Detectors, exercise 2

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