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Base Units
Quantity
Mass
Unit
Name
kilogram
Length
meter
Time
second
Electric
Current
ampere
Temperature
kelvin
Amount of
Substance
mole
Luminous
Intensity
candela
Definition
Quantity of
matter in an
object
Measuremen
t from end to
end
Progress of
existence
Electrons
that move in
same
direction
Measure of
thermal
energy
Quantity that
measures
atoms,
molecules,
and
electrons
Measure of
wavelengthweighted
power
emitted by
light in a
certain
direction
SI
Unit
kg
m
British
Unit
f pound
mass
(lbm)
foot (ft)
sec
K
mol
cd
Rankine
(R)
Formula
m=dv
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Radiologic Units
Quantity
Unit Name
Definition
SI Unit
Absorbed
Dose
gray
Gy
Dose
Equivalent
sievert
Energy of
ionizing
radiation
absorbed
per unit
mass by
body
Estimate of
effect of
dose of
ionizing
radiation
British
Unit
rad
Sv
rem
Exposure
Coulomb/kilogram
C/kg
roentgen
(R)
Radioactivity
bequerrel
Measure of
the amount
of
ionizations
produced in
air by
photon
radiation
Emission of
ionizing
radiation
caused by
dissembling
atomic
nuclei
Bq
curie (Ci)
Formula
1Gy=100
rad
1Sv=100
rem.
Calculated
by
multiplying
dose
received by
factor
depending
on type of
radiation
1 C/kg=
3876 R
1mCi= 37
mBq
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Quantity
Derived Units
Unit Name
Definition
Absorbed Dose
gray
Charge
coulomb
Electric
Potential
volt
Dose Equivalent
sievert
Energy
joule
Exposure
Energy of
ionizing
radiation
absorbed
per unit
mass by
body
Energy
stored
chemically
for
conversion
into
electricity
Amount of
electric
potential
energy
that an
electric
charge
would
have if
located in
a space
Estimate
of effect of
dose of
ionizing
radiation
SI
Un
it
Gy
British
Unit
esu
rad
Formula
1Gy=100 rad
rad x 0.01 = gray
Sv
Property of J
matter and
radiation
that is
used as
capacity to
perform
work
coulomb/kilogr Measure of C/k
am
the
g
rem
1Sv=100 rem.
Calculated by
multiplying dose
received by factor
depending on type of
radiation
rem x 0.01= sievert
ft/lb
roentg
en
1 C/kg= 3876 R
roentgen x 2.58 x 10-4
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amount of
ionizations
produced
in air by
photon
radiation
Frequency
hertz
Wavelength
lambda
Velocity
constant
Force
newton
Number of
waves that
pass
through a
certain
point in a
given time
frame
Distance
between
any two
successive
points on a
wave.
Measured
from crest
to crest.
Varies
from
kilometers
to
angstroms
Speed of
light.
Increase in
frequency
would
have a
decrease
in
wavelengt
h
Something
trying to
produce
motion or
stress in
stationary
= coulomb/kilogram
Hz
cycles
per
second
Angstrom () = 10-10
meters
Velocity= frequency x
wavelength
C= x
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object
Product of
Wb
average
magnetic
field times
perpendicu
lar area
that it
penetrates
Magnetic flux
weber
Magnetic flux
density
tesla
Amount of T
magnetic
flux in area
perpendicu
lar to
magnetic
fluxs
direction
Power
watt
Radioactivity
bequerrel
The time
and rate of
doing
work,
measured
in watts
Emission
of ionizing
radiation
caused by
dissemblin
g atomic
nuclei
Average magnetic
field X perpendicular
area
gauss
Bq
curie
1mCi= 37 mBq
curie x 3.7 x 1010 =
becquerel