Kerma - Revision history

Charlotte White at 14:12, 7 September 2021

2021-09-07T14:12:44Z

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 ‘Kerma’ is an acronym for ‘kinetic energy released in a mass’.
-(Adapted from [[ICRP Publication 116]], 2010) ===
+(Adapted from [[ICRP Publication 116]], 2010)
 '''Return to [[ICRP Glossary|Glossary]]'''

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 ‘Kerma’ is an acronym for ‘kinetic energy released in a mass’.
-[[ICRP Publication 116]], 2010
+(Adapted from [[ICRP Publication 116]], 2010) ===
 '''Return to [[ICRP Glossary|Glossary]]'''

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-K = \frac{(dE_{tr})}{dm}
+K = \frac{dE_{tr}}{dm}
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 The SI unit of kerma is joule per kilogram (J kg<sup>-1</sup>), and its special name is [[gray]] (Gy).
 [[ICRP Publication 116]], 2010
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 == Previous glossary entries ==
-=== from [[ICRP Publication 131]], 2015 ===
+=== from [[ICRP Publication 103]], 2007; [[ICRP Publication 119]], 2012; [[ICRP Publication 120]], 2012; [[ICRP Publication 135]], 2017; and [[ICRP Publication 136]], 2011 ===

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-Quantity for ionising uncharged particles, defined by the quotient of <math>dE_{tr}</math> by <math>dm</math>, where <math>dE_{tr)</math> is the mean sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles liberated in a mass <math>dm</math> of a material by the uncharged particles incident on <math>dm</math>, thus:
+Quantity for ionising uncharged particles, defined by the quotient of <math>dE_{tr}</math> by <math>dm</math>, where <math>dE_{tr}</math> is the mean sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles liberated in a mass <math>dm</math> of a material by the uncharged particles incident on <math>dm</math>, thus:
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