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Name
Curie
Roentgen
Roentgen Equivalent in Man
Radiation Absorbed Dose
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Symbol
Ci
R
REM
RAD
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The following are the most commonly used units of radiation:
- Curie (Ci) is a special unit for the activity of a substance
which is measured in terms of disintegrations per unit time
- Roentgen (R) is a unit for exposure that gives the number of
ionizations caused by photons in air
- REM (Roentgen Equivalent in Man) is the special unit of dose
equivalent
- RAD (Radiation Absorbed Dose) is a special unit of absorbed
dose.
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