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Unit of dose equivalent.
When the
appropriate modifying factors are used to
calculate dose equivalent one rem is the
quantity of any type of ionizine radiation
whicn when absorbed in man produces an
effect equivalent to the absorbtion of
one rad of X- or gamma-radiation at the
place of interest.
Rem:
Q
am
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Roen
wean
ne:
The guantity of X- or gamma-radiation such
that the associated corpuscular emission
per 0.001293 grams of air produces, in
air ions carrying one electrostatic unit
of electricity of either sign.
For the
purposes here, the roentzen is roughly
equivalent to the rad.
Total radioactivity of a given material
(isotope, element, or cozsound) car gr
of the material -- curies/gran.
Aboreviation
for micron,
which
is cne-
millionth of a meter
Abbreviation
Zo
one-millionzn o
Abbreviation for microgram, which is oneMillionth of a gran.
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