 | Industrial safety - 1958 - 44 pages
...absorbed dose of any ionizing radiation is the amount of energy imparted to matter by ionizing particles per unit mass of irradiated material at the place of interest. It is expressed in rads. (Note: Without the qualifying word "absorbed", dose can have several meanings. See... | |
 | Administrative law - 2001 - 964 pages
...describe various aspects of radiation dose: Absorbed dose (D) means the energy absorbed by matter from ionizing radiation per unit mass of irradiated material at the place of interest in that material. The absorbed dose is expressed in units of rad (or gray) (1 rad = 0.01 gray). Committed... | |
 | Administrative law - 1999 - 900 pages
...describe various aspects of radiation dose: Absorbed dose (D) means the energy absorbed by matter from ionizing radiation per unit mass of irradiated material at the place of interest in that material. The absorbed dose is expressed in units of rad (or gray) (1 rad = 0.01 gray). Committed... | |
 | Isotopes - 1970 - 496 pages
...appropriately qualified. If unqualified, it refers to absorbed dose. Absorbed Dose: The energy imparted to matter by ionizing radiation per unit mass of irradiated material at the place of interest. The unit of absorbed dose is the rad. One rad equals 100 ergs per gram. (See Rad.) Cumulative Dose... | |
 | National Committee on Radiation Protection (U.S.) - Cesium - 1954 - 72 pages
...dose, which is 100 ergs/g. The rad is a measure of the energy imparted to matter by ionizing particles per unit mass of irradiated material at the place...at the Seventh International Congress of Radiology, Copenhagen, July 1953. Radiation. Energy propagated through space. As commonly employed in radiology,... | |
 | Industrial safety - 1954 - 66 pages
...dose, which is 100 ergs/g. The rad is a measure of the energy imparted to matter by ionizing particles per unit mass of irradiated material at the place of interest. It was recommended and adopted by the International Commission on Radiological Units at the Seventh International... | |
 | National Committee on Radiation Protection (U.S.) - Radioactivity - 1954 - 64 pages
...dose, which is 100 ergs/g. The rad is a measure of the energy imparted to matter by ionizing particles per unit mass of irradiated material at the place of interest. It was recommended and adopted by the International Commission on Radiological Units at the Seventh International... | |
 | United States. Food and Drug Administration - Biological warfare - 1956 - 240 pages
...dose, which is 100 ergs/gm. The rad is a measure of the energy imparted to matter by ionizing particles per unit mass of irradiated material at the place...at the Seventh International Congress of Radiology, Copenhagen, July 1953. RADIANT ENERGY. The energy of electromagnetic waves, such as radio waves, visible... | |
 | American Standards Association - Beta rays - 1958 - 40 pages
...absorbed dose of any ionizing radiation is the amount of energy imparted to matter by ionizing particles per unit mass of irradiated material at the place of interest. It is expressed in rads. (Note: Without the qualifying word "absorbed", dose can have several meanings. See... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy - Nuclear warfare - 1959 - 68 pages
...The unit of absorbed dose, which is 100 ergs per gram. The rad is a measure of the energy imparted to matter by ionizing radiation per unit mass of irradiated...of interest. It is a unit that was recommended and adapted by the International Commission on Radiological Units at the Seventh International Congress... | |
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Absorbed Dose -- The energy imparted to matter by ionizing radiation per unit mass of irradiated material at the place of interest. The unit of absorbed dose is the rad. One rad equals 100 ergs per gram. 
