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Reading Assignment: Section 2.2

Please answer the following questions from your reading:

  1. Please define and give the common symbol for the following:
    • fluence
    • flux density ("flux")
    • net flow
    • net flow rate ("current")
  2. In equation 2.6 from the text, is it important that the differential volume be spherical (since it is infinitely small anyway)?  Why or why not?

 

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