The intensity of gamma rays is reduced to half when they pass through a lead sheet of thickness $2.5 \, mm$. The absorption coefficient of lead is ......... $mm^{-1}$.

  • A
    $2.5$
  • B
    $0.4$
  • C
    $0.28$
  • D
    $0.2$

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