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SIEVERT A REM Y VICEVERSA The sievert (Sv) is the System International or SI unit for dose equivalent (H).

The rem is the same, but is an older conventional unit still used at an operational level here in the United States. To address your question, 1 Sv = 100 rem. When converting units be careful of the "prefix" or "symbol" on the unit, i.e., "M" for mega, "m" for "milli," "" for "micro," etc. A prefix, or its symbol, connotes a certain order of magnitude with the numerical value shown. For example, milli implies one thousandth, thus, 1 mSv = 0.001 Sv, and micro one millionth, 1 Sv = 0.000001 Sv. This is a convenient way to state a smaller value of a measurement quantity without having to write out a lot of zeroes, and it can be applied to any unit, e.g., Ci for microcurie, mL for milliliter, etc. Quantity 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Reference Unit millirem is equal to = = = = = = = = = = = Conversion Factor 1.0E-5 1.0E-5 8.38E-5 8.38E-5 8.38E-5 8.38E-5 0.001 1 2.16204E-8 2.16204E-5 0.0216204 Unit sievert millicurie of intensity hour roentgen tissue roentgen parker rep rem millirem coulomb/kilogram millicoulomb/kilogram microcoulomb/kilogram Reference Unit millirem

Quantity 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1rem=0,01Sv

Unit is equal to sievert = millicurie of intensity hour = roentgen = tissue roentgen = parker = rep = rem = millirem = coulomb/kilogram = millicoulomb/kilogram = microcoulomb/kilogram =

Conversion Factor 100000 100000 11933.1742243 11933.1742243 11933.1742243 11933.1742243 1000 1 46252613.2726 46252.6132726 46.2526132726

1mrem=0,01mSv 1mSv=100mrem 1Sv=100rem

Curie en Becquerel (1Ci=3.7X1010 Bq) 1 nanocurie (nCi) = 37 becquerel (Bq) 1 microcurie (Ci) = 37 kilobecquerel (kBq) 1 millicurie (mCi) = 0.37 megabecquerel (MBq) 1 Curie = 37 gigabecquerel (GBq) 1 decacurie (daCi)=0.37 terabecquerel (TBq) Becquerel en Curie (1Bq=27.027 pCi=1 dps) 1 becquerel (Bq) = 27.027 picocurie (pCi) 1 kilobecquerel = 27.027 nanocurie (nCi) 1megabecquerel (MBq) = 27.027 microcurie (Ci) 1 gigabecquerel (GBq) = 27.027 millicurie (mCi) 1 terabecquerel = 27.027 curie (Ci) Rad en Gray (1Rad=0.27 mGy/MBq) 1 millirad (mRad) = 10 microgray (Gy) 1Rad= 10 milligray (mGy) 1 Rad =1 centigray (cGy) Gray en Rad (1mGy/MBq=3.7 Rad/mCi) 1 microgray (Gy) = 0.1 millirad (mRad) 1 milligray =100 millirad (mRad) 1 centigray = 1 Rad 1 gray = 100 Rad Rem en Sievert 1 millirem =10 microsievert (Sv) 1 Rem =10 millisievert (mSv) 1 Rem =1 centisievert (cSv)

Sievert en Rem 1 microsievert (Sv) = 0.1 millirem (mrem) 1 millisievert = 100 millirem 1 centisievert (cSv) = 1 Rem 1 sievert = 100 Rem

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