CHAPTER 4

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

As the source moves further from the device, the emitted particles are dispersed and

are therefore less likely to strike the radiation measurement device. Since the area over which

the emissions are dispersed is that of an expanding sphere about the source, the radiation

intensity follows the inverse square law as one move away from the source

The experiment’s objective is to show that the intensity of radiation on a surface is

inversely proportional to the square of the distance of the surface from the radiation source.

The plot of the Log Distance vs. Log Radiometer Reading displays a line decreasing from

left to right. This kind of configuration will give us a negative slope of the line. To prove

the existence of the inverse square law of heat, the line must display a slope close to or equal

to -2.0. The slope was calculated using linear regression of the MS Excel Application and

gives us a value of -1.9393.