Re: Dose Correlation

["Ronald Frick" <RFRICK@gammacorp.com>]

4 watt light bulb requires 4 Joules to light for 1 second.

5 rad = 0.05 J/kg.   For 70 kg individual, total absorbed energy = 3.5 J.  Equivalent electric energy would light the bulb for 0.875 sec.

Ron Frick
rfrick@gammacorp.com

>>> james kane <jkane@siumed.edu> September 24, 1998 8:43:30 AM >>>
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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