In an a scattering experiment, the area of the a particle detector is 0.50 cm 2 .
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In an a scattering experiment, the area of the a particle detector is 0.50 cm2. The detector is located 10 cm from a 1.0-μm-thick silver foil. The incident beam carries a current of 1.0 nA, and the energy of each a particle is 6.0 MeV. How many a particles will be counted per second by the detector at
(a) θ = 60º?
(b) θ = 120º?
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