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A sievert is a unit of measurement that quantifies the health risk from exposure to ionizing radiation, specifically the likelihood that radiation will cause cancer or genetic damage. It's an important tool used by scientists and health professionals to assess radiation safety and protect people from harmful exposure.
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- Display of background radiation in a hotel at Naraha, Japan, showing dose rate in microsieverts per hour, five years after the Fukushima disaster
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- SI
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- Stochastic health effect of ionizing radiation (equivalent dose)
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- Sv
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- Rolf Maximilian Sievert
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- SI base units
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- m2⋅s−2
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- Sv indicates absorbed dose modified by weighting factors.
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- J⋅kg−1
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- CGS units (non-SI)
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- 100 rem
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- シーヴェルト
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シーベルト(シーヴェルトとも)(英: sievert、記号:Sv)とは、生体の被曝による生物学的影響の大きさ(線量当量、dose equivalence・等価線量、equivalent dose)の計量単位である。固有の名称と記号を持つSI組立単位の一つである。 単位として Sv は大きすぎるため、mSv(ミリシーベルト、(10−3 Sv) やμSv(マイクロシーベルト、(10−6 Sv)などが用いられる。
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