Re: Pronunciations of SI prefixes: kilo and giga; Unit Plurals

[Brent Rogers <brogers@MPS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>]

> Dan and Group:
> Perhaps some confusion would disappear if everything (rad, rem, Gy, Sv)
> were expressed in joules/kilogram.
> People often forget that both the Gy and the Sv are defined to be equal
> to 1 j/kg.
> Wade Patterson
> 

Ahh, I disagree with this point.  When I was in school, I just happened to
be taking Radiation Safety and Thermodynamics, the same semester.  I
remember asking the prof's from both classes why I couldn't express
enthalpy (kJoules/kgram) in units of kiloGrays (kiloJoules/kgram).  Of
course I was being smart-alecky, but there are many uses of specific energy
that have nothing to do with absorbed dose so using those units would
probably increase confusion.

-Brent Rogers
brogers@cyberia.com