Question 282: Atoms & Nuclei

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The $$'rad'$$ is the correct unit used to report the measurement of

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The risk posed to a human being by any radiation exposure depends partly upon the absorbed dose, the amount of energy absorbed per gram of tissue. Absorbed dose is expressed in rad. A rad is equal to $$100$$ $$ergs$$ of energy absorbed by $$1$$ gram of tissue. The more modern, internationally adopted unit is the gray (named after the English medical physicist $$L.$$ $$H.$$ Gray); one gray equals $$100$$ rad.

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the ability of a beam of gamma ray photons to produce ions in a target

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the energy delivered by radiation to a target

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the biological effect of radiation

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the rate of decay of radioactive source

Atoms & Nuclei

The $'rad'$ is the correct unit used to report the measurement of

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