This page documents an OPTIMADE Unit Definition. See https://schemas.optimade.org/ for more information.
ID: https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1981/temporary/rem
Definition name: rem
Unit name: roentgen equivalent man
Latin symbol: rem
Display symbol: rem
Description: The "roentgen equivalent man" (rem) is a unit used in radioprotection meant to represent a dose of any ionizing radiation comparable in effect to one roentgen of high-voltage x-radiation, taken to be equal to 10⁻² Sv using the 1967 SI units.
The rem unit appears in the International System of Units (SI), 4th ed. (1981) defined as "1 rem = 1 cSv = 10⁻² Sv" with the footnote: "The rem is a special unit used in radioprotection to express the equivalent dose."
Resources:
JSON definition:
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"title": "roentgen equivalent man",
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"description": "The \"roentgen equivalent man\" (rem) is a unit used in radioprotection meant to represent a dose of any ionizing radiation comparable in effect to one roentgen of high-voltage x-radiation, taken to be equal to 10\u207b\u00b2 Sv using the 1967 SI units.\n\nThe rem unit appears in the International System of Units (SI), 4th ed. (1981) defined as \"1 rem = 1 cSv = 10\u207b\u00b2 Sv\" with the footnote: \"The rem is a special unit used in radioprotection to express the equivalent dose.\"",
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}
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