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What does the unit the sievert describe?

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What does the unit the sievert describe?


  1. radioactivity
  2. absorbed radiation dose
  3. absorbed radiation equivalent dose
  4. energy of radiation

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C: Absorbed radiation dose is measured in “gray” (=joule/kg). When the different types of radiation are weighted by their biological effect (so that a gamma ray is “equivalent” to an alpha particle say), the gray becomes the sievert.

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