Re: Dose Correlation

[Ruth Weiner <rfweine@sandia.gov>]

     At first blush I would say:
     
     5 rem = 0.05 Sv = 0.05 Gy for a QF = 1
     0.05 Gy = 0.05 J/kg = 0.05 watt-sec/kg
     
     If a night light weighs 10 gm this would be the equivalent of a 5-watt 
     (not 4-watt) night light for 1 sec. It's a little hokey mbecause the 
     assumption is that only heat is generated by the night light. 
     
     
     Clearly only my own opinion.
     Ruth Weiner
     rfweine@sandia.gov


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Subject: Dose Correlation
Author:  jkane@siumed.edu at hubsmtp
Date:    9/24/98 12:43 PM


In an older issue of RSO magazine, I found an article describing ways in 
which to present and increase the public's understanding of radiation 
topics. The author mentions a comparison to 5 rems of whole body dose as 
equivalent to the amount of energy required to light a 4 watt night light 
for 1 second.
     
I find this an interesting analogy, but in what way might this be verified?
     
     
     
     
James Kane
Office of Radiological Control
Southern Illinois University
School of Medicine
jkane@siumed.edu
     
     
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