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...
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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...
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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...
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Roentgen equivalent man (redirect from Rem (unit))
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...
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Absorbed dose (redirect from Radiation Absorbed Dose)
matter. The older, non-SI CGS unit rad, is sometimes also used, predominantly in the USA. Conventionally, in radiation protection, unmodified absorbed...
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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...
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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...
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Dosimetry (redirect from Radiation Monitoring Equipment)
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...
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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...
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S 2 . {\displaystyle \ R_{\mathsf {rad}}=P_{\mathsf {rad}}/I_{\mathsf {RMS}}^{2}~.} The feedpoint and radiation resistances are determined by the geometry...
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