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Re: Abbreviations

On Wednesday, 5. August, Michelle  S. Barry wrote:

'Hi all - please help us settle a dispute... for those of us still using
conventional units, is millirem abbreviated as mrem (small r) or
mRem (capital R)?'

The days, that we used mremm are not so far ago. So, for my opinion, rem
means roentgen equivelant man. So I would suggest a small 'r' is right.

Hope this helps

Peter Hewing
Radiation Protection of
Siemens Karlstein
phone: +49 6188-789251
fax: +49 6188 780690
e-mail: Peter.Hewing@off1.siemens.de
 
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