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The damage of the human body due to radiation (x-rays or y-rays etc,) is measured in |
A. | Rads |
B. | Rems |
C. | Roentgen |
D. | Curie |
Answer» A. Rads | |
Explanation: The rad is a unit of absorbed radiation dose, defined as 1 rad = 0.01 Gy = 0.01 J/kg. It was originally defined in CGS units in 1953 as the dose causing 100 ergs of energy to be absorbed by one gram of matter. |
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