Re: inverse square law - limitations(2)

[Dave Derenzo <dave@uic.edu>]

Probably the "from" bug.  If the first word of the paragraph is "from" the 
rest of the message gets cut off.  Try rewording.

At 07:24 AM 8/17/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Part of the previous message was lost on the way;
>I try again
>
>Dear radsafers,
>
>The dose rate at a certain distance from a point source can be calculated
>with the 'ambient dose rate constant H*10' for that nuclide and the inverse
>square formulae.  This is an approximation as I understand based on the
>difference in area, where the 4-pi is included in the constant.


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