Rad (radiation unit)
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Rad (radiation unit)
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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 100 ergs of energy to be absorbed by one gram of matter. The material absorbing the radiation can be human tissue, air, water, or any other substance. It has been replaced by the gray in SI derived units, but is still used in the United States, although this is "strongly discouraged" in Chapter 5.2 of the Guide to the SI, which was written and p
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Non-SI unit measuring absorbed dose of ionizing radiation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rad_(radiation_unit)
date created:
2005-01-05T03:04:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T19:05:34Z
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