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The fundamental dose quantity given by:
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The fundamental dose quantity absorbed dose, <math>D</math>, given by:
  
 
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where <math>d\bar{ϵ}</math> is the mean energy imparted to matter of mass dm by ionising radiation. The SI unit for absorbed dose is joule per kilogram (J kg^(-1)) and its special name is gray (Gy). (Adopted from Publication 103, 2007)
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where <math>d\bar{ϵ}</math> is the mean energy imparted to matter of mass <math>dm</math> by ionising radiation. The SI unit for absorbed dose is joule per kilogram (J kg<sup>-1</sup>) and its special name is [[gray]] (Gy).
 
 
 
 
  
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The fundamental dose quantity absorbed dose, [math]D[/math], given by:

[math] D=\frac{d\bar{ϵ}}{dm} [/math]

where [math]d\bar{ϵ}[/math] is the mean energy imparted to matter of mass [math]dm[/math] by ionising radiation. The SI unit for absorbed dose is joule per kilogram (J kg-1) and its special name is gray (Gy).

(Adopted from ICRP Publication 103, 2007)

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