Units of Dose Equivalent
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Description
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Dose equivalence has the dimension dose equivalent radioactive energy per mass. The SI derived unit of dose equivalence is the sievert, which is defined as a joule of dose equivalent radiation per kilogram.
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Maple knows the units of dose equivalent listed in the following table.
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Name
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Symbols
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Context
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Alternate Spellings
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Prefixes
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sievert
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Sv
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SI *
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sieverts
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SI
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rem
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rem
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radiation *
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rems
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SI
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An asterisk ( * ) indicates the default context, an at sign (@) indicates an abbreviation, and under the prefixes column, SI indicates that the unit takes all SI prefixes, IEC indicates that the unit takes IEC prefixes, and SI+ and SI- indicate that the unit takes only positive and negative SI prefixes, respectively. Refer to a unit in the Units package by indexing the name or symbol with the context, for example, rem[radiation] or Sv[SI]; or, if the context is indicated as the default, by using only the unit name or symbol, for example, rem or Sv.
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The unit of dose equivalent is defined as follows.
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A rem is defined as sievert.
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