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What is a “sieverts”?
In my day it was RAD and REM!


13 posted on 02/03/2017 3:21:15 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: minnesota_bound

Rolf Maximilian Sievert
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Maximilian_Sievert

Must be kind of like when they renamed electrical cycles per second ‘hertz’ after the rental car agency.


17 posted on 02/03/2017 3:31:07 PM PST by PAR35
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To: minnesota_bound

There similar to scovilles


18 posted on 02/03/2017 3:31:30 PM PST by Cold Heart
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To: minnesota_bound
What is a “sieverts”?
In my day it was RAD and REM!

Sieverts and Grays are SI units.

One Sievert is 100 Rem. One Gray is 100 Rad.

We still talk rad/rem in the US Navy.

26 posted on 02/03/2017 3:46:11 PM PST by seowulf
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To: minnesota_bound

Same here. It was REM till I woke up.....

... :D


49 posted on 02/03/2017 5:45:59 PM PST by Redcitizen
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