If you wanted to detect x-rays coming from the sun, where would you place the detector? And why?

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Chemistry

Isiah Kennedy

17 September, 08:04

If you wanted to detect x-rays coming from the sun, where would you place the detector? And why?

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Melina Choi · Answer 1

A good place for the detector would be somewhere in orbit around the earth, because X-rays are absorbed by the atmosphere.

Wayne Escobar · Answer 2

You would place it in orbit around Earth, as most X-rays are absorbed by the atmosphere, so you would want the detector outside of the atmosphere to accurately detect the X-rays.