IEC 60050 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary


IEVref:	395-01-35		ID:
Language:	en		Status: Standard

Term:	absorbed dose
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Symbol:	D
Definition:	quotient of $d \overset{Ż}{ε}$ by dm, where $d \overset{Ż}{ε}$ is the mean energy imparted by ionizing radiation to matter of mass dm $D = d \overset{Ż}{ε} / d m$ Note 1 to entry: This quantity is expressed in gray (Gy) (1 Gy = 1 J kg⁻¹) (formerly expressed in rad (rad)). Note 2 to entry: This entry was numbered 393-14-64 in IEC 60050-393:2003.
Publication date:	2014-03
Source	ISO 921:1997, definition 1, modified
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d ε Ż MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagCart1ev2aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLnhiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbbjxAHXgarqqtubsr4rNCHbGeaGqipG0dh9qqWrVepG0dbbL8F4rqqrVepeea0xe9LqFf0xc9q8qqaqFn0lXdHiVcFbIOFHK8Feea0dXdar=Jb9hs0dXdHuk9fr=xfr=xfrpeWZqaaeqabiGaciGacaqadmaadaqaaqaaaOqaaiaabsgadaqdaaqaaiabew7aLbaaaaa@37EB@ m d ε Ż MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagCart1ev2aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLnhiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbbjxAHXgarqqtubsr4rNCHbGeaGqipG0dh9qqWrVepG0dbbL8F4rqqrVepeea0xe9LqFf0xc9q8qqaqFn0lXdHiVcFbIOFHK8Feea0dXdar=Jb9hs0dXdHuk9fr=xfr=xfrpeWZqaaeqabiGaciGacaqadmaadaqaaqaaaOqaaiaabsgadaqdaaqaaiabew7aLbaaaaa@37EB@ m

D = d \overset{Ż}{ε} / d m

Note 1 to entry: This quantity is expressed in gray (Gy) (1 Gy = 1 J kg⁻¹) (formerly expressed in rad (rad)). Note 2 to entry: This entry was numbered 393-14-64 in IEC 60050-393:2003.