Radiation Equivalent Man

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• Rontgen equivalent man — Röntgen equivalent man Pour les articles homonymes, voir REM. Le rem (symbole rem) tire son nom de l abréviation « Röntgen Equivalent Man » et est une ancienne unité d équivalent de dose de radiation. Le rem vaut Q rad, où Q est le… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Roentgen equivalent man — Named after Wilhelm Röntgen (German scientist, 1845 1923), the roentgen equivalent in man (or mammal[1]) or rem (symbol rem) is a unit of radiation dose equivalent. It is the product of the absorbed dose in rads and a weighting factor, WR, which… …   Wikipedia

• Röntgen equivalent man — The röntgen (roentgen) equivalent in man or rem (symbol rem) is a unit of radiation dose. It is the product of the absorbed dose in röntgens (R) and the biological efficiency of the radiation. More precisely, assuming a radiation weighting factor …   Wikipedia

• Equivalent dose — The equivalent absorbed radiation dose, usually shortened to equivalent dose, is a computed average measure of the radiation absorbed by a fixed mass of biological tissue, that attempts to account for the different biological damage potential of… …   Wikipedia

• Radiation poisoning — Radiation poisoning, also called radiation sickness or a creeping dose , is a form of damage to organ tissue due to excessive exposure to ionizing radiation. The term is generally used to refer to acute problems caused by a large dosage of… …   Wikipedia

• radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… …   Universalium

• Ionizing radiation units — Radiation Measurement Units International System (SI) Activity of an isotope or material conventional unit: 1 curie = 37 billion disintegrations per second. SI unit: 1 becquerel = 1 disintegration per secondconversions1 curie (Ci) = 37… …   Wikipedia

• Background radiation — This article is about ionizing radiation. For microwave background radiation from space, see Cosmic background radiation and cosmic background. Thermal radiation emitted by Earth is not considered in this category because it is not ionizing.… …   Wikipedia

• List of radiation topics — *absorbed dose *equivalent dose *hormesis *Louis Harold Gray (British physicist) *rad (unit) *radar *radar astronomy *radar cross section *radar detector *radar gun *radar jamming *(radar reflector) corner reflector *radar warning receiver… …   Wikipedia

• Röntgen equivalent physical — The Röntgen equivalent physical or rep (symbol rep) is a unit of radiation dose. It is the absorbed energetic dose before the biological efficiency of the radiation is factored in. More precisely, the rep is defined as 93 ergs per gram (9.3… …   Wikipedia

• Rontgen equivalent physical — Röntgen equivalent physical Pour les articles homonymes, voir REP. Le Röntgen equivalent physical ou le rep (symbole rep) est une ancienne unité d équivalent de dose de radiation. Il correspond à la dose d énergie absorbée par les tissus… …   Wikipédia en Français