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Quantity for ionising uncharged particles, defined by the quotient of dE_{tr} by dm, where dE_{tr} is the mean sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles liberated in a mass dm of a material by the uncharged particles incident on dm, thus:
K = \frac{(dE_{tr})}{dm}
The SI unit of kerma is joule per kilogram (J kg-1), and its special name is gray (Gy).
ICRP Publication 116, 2010
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