The rad is a unit of absorbed radiation dose, defined as 1 rad = 0.01 Gy = 0.01 J/kg. It was originally defined in CGS units in 1953 as the dose causing...

Gy) is the unit of ionizing radiation dose in the International System of Units (SI), defined as the absorption of one joule of radiation energy per kilogram...

Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU) recommended the rad, equal to 100 erg/g, as the unit of measure of the new radiation quantity absorbed...

which is primarily radiation-induced cancer. These quantities are derived from absorbed dose, which in the CGS system has the unit rad. There is no universally...

matter. The older, non-SI CGS unit rad, is sometimes also used, predominantly in the USA. Conventionally, in radiation protection, unmodified absorbed...

unit of local government in Pennsylvania, U.S. Radian, symbol rad, a unit of angle Rad (radiation unit), a unit of absorbed radiation dose Radiation assessment...

shows radiation quantities in SI and non-SI units: Although the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission permits the use of the units curie, rad, and...

in gray centimeters rads a deprecated unit of absorbed radiation dose, defined as 1 rad = 0.01 Gy = 0.01 J/kg Roentgen a legacy unit of measurement for...

than 0.7 Gy (70 rad), that generally occurs from a source outside the body, delivered within a few minutes. Sources of such radiation can occur accidentally...

S 2   . {\displaystyle \ R_{\mathsf {rad}}=P_{\mathsf {rad}}/I_{\mathsf {RMS}}^{2}~.} The feedpoint and radiation resistances are determined by the geometry...