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To: UCANSEE2
How convenient of them to give measurements in apples and oranges.

Not being a nuclear physicist nor having stayed at a Holiday Inn, I have to ask -- Is there a way to directly convert a concentration (mBq per cubic meter) value to a rate (nanosieverts per hour)?

11 posted on 09/09/2017 8:41:27 AM PDT by Bob (Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
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To: Bob

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-08/documents/conversion_factors_rn.pdf


13 posted on 09/09/2017 8:45:12 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Bob
Is there a way to directly convert a concentration (mBq per cubic meter) value to a rate (nanosieverts per hour)?

No:

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/becquerel-versus-sievert.767202/

27 posted on 09/09/2017 9:34:43 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: Bob

Here are a couple of links you can pursue to find an answer to that.
https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/radiation/protects-you/hppos/qa426.html
https://academic.oup.com/rpd/article/156/1/7/1597786/External-dose-rate-conversion-factors-of
I should add a warning, if you’re not a Health Physics professional the information at the links may make you become cross-eyed. For that matter you may end up cross-eyed even if you are a Health Physics professional.


33 posted on 09/09/2017 11:48:35 AM PDT by radmanptn
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