Re: rep

[Emil <kerremba@pilot.msu.edu>]

In a few dacedes there are not a lot of guys WILL know reb and rep.
For my generation, I would think it is some thing like dB
(decibells)(REP!!??)for sound measurements.
I am glad that, I WILL know THEN what were these reps and rebs because
of this discussion.
Thanks folks.

Emil. 


Gibbs, S Julian wrote:
> 
> For you young whippersnappers who were not around when the
> rep was in use, rep is the acronym for "roentgen equivalent
> physical."  It was a (an) unit of dose, defined as
> deposition of 93 erg/g in soft tissue--approximately the
> dose deposited there from an exposure of 1 R.
> 
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