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Radiography

14th February 2009

Olav Werner

USA

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0.01

One rad is equal to how many grays?

55%

Radon accounts for approximately what percentage of the gross common exposure to human beings from natural background radiation?

7.4

What is the effective atomic number of soft tissue?

13.8

What is the effective atomic number of compact bone?

.011 mSv (1.1 mrem)

What is the average annual dose from atmospheric fallout?

.11 mSv (11 mrem)

What is the average annual dose from consumer products?

.3 mSv (30 mrem) per year

What is the average dose per year from cosmic radiation?

.4 mSv (40 mrem)

What is the average annual dose from medical radiation?

.65 mSv

Manmade radiation contributes what amount of mSv to the annual exposure?

.65 mSv (65 mrem)

What is the average total annual dose from manmade radiation?

.67 mSv (67 mrem) per year

What is the average annual dose from terrestrial and internal radiation?

<1%

What is the average annual dose from nuclear fuel for power?

a radionuclide

An unstable nucleus that emits one or more forms of ionizing radiation to achieve greater stability

Absorbed dose

Which of the following terms describes the amount of energy per unit mass transferred from an x-ray beam to an object?

absorption

What is the transference of electromagnetic energy to the atoms of a material?

Acute

What is the radiation exposure referred to that is delivered to the whole body over a period of less than a few hours?