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/1983/named/gray
Definition name: gray
Unit name: gray
Latin symbol: Gy
Display symbol: Gy
Description: A derived SI unit for absorbed dose of ionizing radiation equal to m²·s⁻² using the 1983 SI units.
"The 15th Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures, [...] adopts the following special name for the SI unit of ionizing radiation: gray, symbol Gy, equal to one joule per kilogram." [15th CGPM Meeting (1975)]
The gray was defined at the 15th CGPM Meeting in 1975, and implicitly redefined via the redefinition of the meter at the 17th CGPM Meeting in 1983, resolution 1.
Resources:
JSON definition:
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"title": "gray",
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"description": "A derived SI unit for absorbed dose of ionizing radiation equal to m\u00b2\u00b7s\u207b\u00b2 using the 1983 SI units.\n\n\"The 15th Conf\u00e9rence G\u00e9n\u00e9rale des Poids et Mesures, [...] adopts the following special name for the SI unit of ionizing radiation: gray, symbol Gy, equal to one joule per kilogram.\" [15th CGPM Meeting (1975)]\n\nThe gray was defined at the 15th CGPM Meeting in 1975, and implicitly redefined via the redefinition of the meter at the 17th CGPM Meeting in 1983, resolution 1.",
"resources": [
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"relation": "Definition at the 15th CGPM Meeting (1975)",
"resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/15-1975"
},
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"relation": "Redefinition of the metre at the 17th CGPM meeting (1983), resolution 1",
"resource-id": "https://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/17-1983/resolution-1"
},
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"relation": "Wikipedia article describing the unit",
"resource-id": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_(unit)"
}
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"id": "https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1983/base/metre"
},
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