roentgen, R (unit)

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ID: https://schemas.optimade.org/defs/v1.2/units/si/1983/temporary/roentgen
Definition name: roentgen

Unit name: roentgen
Latin symbol: R
Display symbol: R

Description: A unit used to express the exposure of ionizing radiation defined as 2.58 x 10⁻⁴ C/kg using the 1983 SI units.

The roentgen unit appears in the International System of Units (SI), 1st ed. (1970) defined as "1 R = 2.58 x 10⁻⁴ C/kg" with the footnote: "The roentgen is a special unit used to express the ionization exposure of ionizing radiation."

The roentgen unit was implicitly redefined via the redefinition of the metre at the 17th CGPM meeting (1983), resolution 1.

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    "description": "A unit used to express the exposure of ionizing radiation defined as 2.58 x 10\u207b\u2074 C/kg using the 1983 SI units.\n\nThe roentgen unit appears in the International System of Units (SI), 1st ed. (1970) defined as \"1 R = 2.58 x 10\u207b\u2074 C/kg\" with the footnote: \"The roentgen is a special unit used to express the ionization exposure of ionizing radiation.\"\n\n- The International System of Units (SI), 1st ed. (1970) categorizes the unit as \"Units in use temporarily with the International System.\"\n- The International System of Units (SI), 2nd ed. (1973) rephrases the footnote to: \"The roentgen is a special unit used to express the exposure of X or gamma radiation.\"\n- The International System of Units (SI), 7th ed. (1998) changes the categorization to \"Examples of other non-SI units\".\n- The International System of Units (SI), 8th ed. (2006) omits the unit.\n\nThe roentgen unit was implicitly redefined via the redefinition of the metre at the 17th CGPM meeting (1983), resolution 1.",
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        },
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