Corrected count rate
What Corrected count rate means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: OCR
The count rate after background count rate has been subtracted, plotted against absorber thickness to show absorption.
Measured count rate minus background count rate, with units retained.
Topics that use Corrected count rate
- Rutherford scattering (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Radioactivity (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Absorber
- Absorption and shielding
- Absorption experiment
- Absorption of radiation
- Alpha decay
- Atomic and nuclear structure
- Background radiation
- Background radiation and correction
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