5.

Compton Scattering
 Apparatus
Cs-137, Counter, Scintillator,
Al rod scatterer, Lead blocks, Cassy-
Lab Multichannel Analysis (MCA),
Cassy-Lab Software

 Theory
Change in frequency (energy) of a x-ray
photon occurs when it collides with an
electron at rest, transferring it momentum.

is the final energy of a photon 𝑬𝟏

𝑬 𝟐=
is the initial energy of a photon . 𝑬𝟏
𝟏+ 𝟐
[ 𝟏− 𝑪𝒐𝒔 ( 𝜽 ) ]
𝒎𝟎 𝒄
 Observation :
 For with Al rod, peak value of intensity is found at 204
division.
 1 unit = KeV/div , as x-ray photon coming out of Cs-137
has energy 662 KeV

Sr. Radiation Angle Intensity Energy Energy(KeV)=Energ

w.r.t scatterer and (n) y(n) unit x 1 unit
counter Unit
1 1269 223 661.99
2 32 185 549.19
3 34 148 439.35
4 65 92 273.11
 Graph at :  Graph at :
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 Theoretical calculation :
𝐸1
From working formula given by 𝐸 2=
𝐸1
1+ [1 − 𝐶𝑜𝑠 ( 𝜃 ) ]
And using we have 𝑚0 𝑐2

For
For
For

 Percentage Error :
For we get percentage error =
1.99%
For we get percentage error =
8.84%
For we get percentage error =
2.59%