0.01
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One rad is equal to how many grays?
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55%
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Radon accounts for approximately what percentage of the gross common exposure to human beings from natural background radiation?
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7.4
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What is the effective atomic number of soft tissue?
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13.8
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What is the effective atomic number of compact bone?
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.011 mSv (1.1 mrem)
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What is the average annual dose from atmospheric fallout?
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.11 mSv (11 mrem)
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What is the average annual dose from consumer products?
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.3 mSv (30 mrem) per year
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What is the average dose per year from cosmic radiation?
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.4 mSv (40 mrem)
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What is the average annual dose from medical radiation?
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.65 mSv
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Manmade radiation contributes what amount of mSv to the annual exposure?
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.65 mSv (65 mrem)
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What is the average total annual dose from manmade radiation?
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.67 mSv (67 mrem) per year
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What is the average annual dose from terrestrial and internal radiation?
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<1%
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What is the average annual dose from nuclear fuel for power?
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a radionuclide
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An unstable nucleus that emits one or more forms of ionizing radiation to achieve greater stability
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Absorbed dose
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Which of the following terms describes the amount of energy per unit mass transferred from an x-ray beam to an object?
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absorption
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What is the transference of electromagnetic energy to the atoms of a material?
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Acute
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What is the radiation exposure referred to that is delivered to the whole body over a period of less than a few hours?
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