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| the sum of the charges in one sign produced by photon irradiation per unit mass |
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| exposure was adopted in ___ to replace |
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| traditional unit of measurement for exposure |
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| exposure applies only to ___ having energies less than ___ and interactions with __ only |
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| 2.58 x 10^-4 coulombs per kilogram of air |
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| the amount of energy transferred is equivalent to the amount of energy absorbed by the object and becomes the ____ |
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| the absorbed dose was adopted in __ to replace the ___ |
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| "rad" Radiation Absorbed Dose |
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| developed to modify the absorbed dose to reflect the level of biological damage caused by radiation |
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| dose equivalent is the product of the ____ in a tissue and its associated ____ for the type and energy of the radiation in question |
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absorbed dose
weighing factor |
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| unit of dose equivalent used to report occupational exposure |
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"rem"
radiation equivalent man |
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| weighing factor for x and gamma rays |
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| weighing factor for neutrons with energy less than 10 KeV |
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| weighing factor for neutrons with energy 10-100 keV |
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| weighing factor for aplha |
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| a measure of the nuclides transformation rate (number of disintergrations occuring per unit of time) |
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| 3.7 x 10^10 disintegrations per second = |
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| the curie ____ a direct measure of the radiation hazard |
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| SI unit for absorbed dose |
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| SI unit for dose equivalent |
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"sievert" Sv
1 Sv= 100 rem |
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| SI unit for radioactivity |
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Becquerel (Bq)
1 Bq= 1 dps |
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| to convert ___ to ___ multiply by 2.58 x 10^-4 |
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