Notebook 1

Units of Measurement
QUANTITY

UNIT NAME

SYMBOL

Mass

Kilogram

Kg

Length

Meter

Time

Second

Electric current

Ampere

Temperature

Kelvin

Amount of substance

Mole

Mol

Luminous intensity

Candela

cd

BASE UNITS

EQUATION/FACTOR
S
10^3. To convert to
grams move decimal
3 positions to the left
1m=100 cm. Centi is
10^-2. Move the
decimal 2 positions
to the right
3600 seconds to one
hour
10^-3 amps to one
milliamp. 1000
mA=1A
Fahrenheit =(K273.15)*1.8+32
To convert to grams:
Grams of the
substance
Moles of the
substance
EQUAL TO
Molar mass of the
substance in grams
One mole
The quantity of
visible light that is
emitted in unit time
per solid angle.

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Units of Measurement

DERIVED UNITS
QUANTITY

UNIT NAME

SYMBOL

Absorbed
Dose

Gray

Gy

BRITISH
UNITS
Rad

Charge

Coulomb

Esu

Electrical
potential

Volt

Dose
equivalent
Energy

Sievert

Sv

Rem

Joule

Ft/lb

DEFINITI
ON
Derived
unit of
ionizing
radiation
does
Unit of
electrical
charge
equal to the
amount of
charge
transferred
by a current
of 1 ampere
in 1 second.
Amount of
electric
potential
energy that
a unitary
point
electric
charge
would have
if located at
any point in
space
Dose of
radiation
Equal to the
energy
transferred
to an object
when a
force of one
newton acts
on that
object in
the
direction of
its motion
through a
distance of
one meter.

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Units of Measurement

Exposure

Coulomb/kilogr
am

C/kg

Roentgen

Frequency

Hertz

Hz

Cycles per
second

Force

Newton

Magnetic Flux

Weber

Wb

Magnetic Flux
Density

Tesla

Power

Watt

Radioactivity

Bequerel

Bq

Gauss

curie

Measure of
the
ionization of
air due to
ionizing
radiation.

Any
interaction,
when
unopposed,
will change
the motion
of an object
The surface
integral of
the normal
component
of the
magnetic
field
The amount
of magnetic
flux through
a unit area
taken
perpendicul
ar to the
direction of
the
magnetic
flux.
1 joule per
second,
used to
express the
rate of
energy
conversion
or transfer
with
respect to
time
Measures
the activity
of a
radioactive
source

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Units of Measurement

RADIOLOGIC UNITS

SI UNITS
Radioactivity

Becquerel (bq)

COMMON
UNITS
Curie (Ci)

Absorbed
Dose
Dose
Equivalent

Gray (Gy)

Rad

Sievert (Sv)

Rem

Coulomb/kilog
ram
(C/kg)

Roentgen (R)

Exposure

1
curie=3.7*10
^10 per
second
1 Gray=100
rad
1
Sievert=100
rem
1
(C/kg)=3880
Roentgens