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For the quantitative measurement of different aspects of [[radioactivity]], there are a substantial number of '''units of radioactivity'''. The number is relatively high because the aspects include the energy of a radiation source, as well as the effect of [[ionizing radiation]] in air, absorbed in arbitrary materials, and specific effects on biological systems. Doubling the number of units is the reality that they are defined both for the [[International System of Units]] (SI) and in [[U.S. customary units|"traditional" or "customary"]] units. | For the quantitative measurement of different aspects of [[radioactivity]], there are a substantial number of '''units of radioactivity'''. The number is relatively high because the aspects include the energy of a radiation source, as well as the effect of [[ionizing radiation]] in air, absorbed in arbitrary materials, and specific effects on biological systems. Doubling the number of units is the reality that they are defined both for the [[International System of Units]] (SI) and in [[U.S. customary units|"traditional" or "customary"]] units. | ||
==Radioactive source energy== | ==Radioactive source energy== | ||
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==Absorption in materials== | ==Absorption in materials== | ||
==Biologic effects== | ==Biologic effects== | ||
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==Decay reactions== | |||
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Revision as of 16:57, 5 April 2011
For the quantitative measurement of different aspects of radioactivity, there are a substantial number of units of radioactivity. The number is relatively high because the aspects include the energy of a radiation source, as well as the effect of ionizing radiation in air, absorbed in arbitrary materials, and specific effects on biological systems. Doubling the number of units is the reality that they are defined both for the International System of Units (SI) and in "traditional" or "customary" units.
Radioactive source energy
Ionization of air
Absorption in materials
Biologic effects
Qualifiers
Decay reactions
References
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