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If I put a dosimeter 1 meter away from a gamma sample that starts decaying at the moment I switch on the dosimeter then how would I measure the dose level received by the dosimeter, would it gradually decrease over the first half life or would it stay the same throughout the first half life until the end of the half life?
I ask this because I know isotopes have a exponential rate at which they decay , as in the majority of atoms can decay within the first part or the last part of the half life but how does that translate into actual levels seen by dosimeter?
I ask this because I know isotopes have a exponential rate at which they decay , as in the majority of atoms can decay within the first part or the last part of the half life but how does that translate into actual levels seen by dosimeter?