The sievert (symbol: Sv) is a unit in the International System of Units (SI) intended to represent the stochastic health risk of ionizing radiation, which...
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Michael Sievert is an American business executive, currently the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of T-Mobile US, and a member of the company's...
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Sieverts' law, in physical metallurgy and in chemistry, is a rule to predict the solubility of gases in metals. It is named after German chemist Adolf...
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Look up sievert or Sievert in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The sievert (symbol: Sv) is the SI derived unit of ionizing radiation dose Sievert may also...
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Rolf Maximilian Sievert (Swedish: [ˈrɔlf maksɪˈmǐːlɪan ˈsǐːvɛʈ]; 6 May 1896 – 3 October 1966) was a Swedish medical physicist whose major contribution...
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Look up sieverts in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sieverts (symbol: Sv) is plural for the SI unit of equivalent absorbed radiation dose Sieverts may also...
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Sievert is a low German given name or a surname. Danish: Sivart, Sivert Faroese: Sívar Norwegian: Siver, Sivert, Syver, Syvert Swedish: Sifuert, Sivar...
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A Sievert chamber is a type of ionization chamber used in radiation dose measurements. It was invented by Professor Rolf Maximilian Sievert in Sweden...
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Helmut Heinrich Karl Sievert (12 May 1914 – 28 March 1945) was a German footballer who played as a defender or midfielder and made one appearance for...
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Paul Sievert (12 March 1895 – 18 December 1988) was a German racewalker, best known for his achievements in the 50 kilometres race walk. On 5 October...
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The Sievert integral, named after Swedish medical physicist Rolf Sievert, is a special function commonly encountered in radiation transport calculations...
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Hans Heinrich Sievert (1 December 1909 in Grittern near Hückelhoven – 5 April 1963 in Eutin) was a German Olympic decathlete. He competed at the 1932...
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Claus Sievert, nicknamed the "tree guy" (1949–2009) was a German-born American printmaker and illustrator. He was known for his prints highlighting forms...
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type and energy. In the SI system of units, the unit of measure is the sievert (Sv). To enable consideration of stochastic health risk, calculations are...
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modern units, absorbed dose for energy absorption and the equivalent dose (sievert) for stochastic effect, are overwhelmingly used, and the roentgen is rarely...
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Jacqueline Sievert (born 18 August 1956) is a Swiss gymnast. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;...
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radiation syndrome and is used to calculate equivalent dose using the sievert, which is a measure of the stochastic health effect on the human body....
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increases linearly with effective radiation dose at a rate of 5.5% per sievert. If this is correct, then natural background radiation is the most hazardous...
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effectiveness (RBE). The rem has been defined since 1976 as equal to 0.01 sievert, which is the more commonly used SI unit outside the United States. Earlier...
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Sievert Allen Rohwer (22 December 1887 in Telluride – 12 February 1951) was an American entomologist who specialized in Hymenoptera. He was a graduate...
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rad (150 sieverts), as well as a maximum dose of 26,000 rad. Overall, the accepted dose estimate in the report was in excess of 100 sieverts, with a range...
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Sieverts (7 October 1874 – 8 January 1947) was a German chemist, best known for his work on solubility of gases in metals. He originated Sieverts's law...
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the uncertainty of them happening, conventionally indicated by the unit sievert. Fundamental to radiation protection is the avoidance or reduction of dose...
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naturally occurring isotopes of potassium. One BED is often correlated to 10−7 sievert (0.1 μSv); however, in practice, this dose is not cumulative, as the potassium...
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achieve is a display of radiation dose rate, displayed in units such as the sievert, which is normally used for measuring gamma or X-ray dose rates. A Geiger–Müller...
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However, for gamma ray and X-ray dose measurements a unit such as the sievert is normally used. Both cpm and cps are the rate of detection events registered...
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Ryder Syvertsen (section C.A.D.S. (Computerized Attack/Defense System) (series), published under the pseudonym John Sievert)
Ryder Syvertsen (1941–2015) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and action-adventure novels. Syvertsen was born Reidar Otto Syvertsen on...
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radiation this is numerically equal to the equivalent dose measured by the sievert, which indicates the stochastic biological effect of low levels of radiation...
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Thomas Sieverts (born 8 June 1934) is a German architect and urban planner. He is the author of Zwischenstadt (1997; first published in English in 2000...
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unit time) s−1 gray Gy absorbed dose (of ionising radiation) m2⋅s−2 J/kg sievert Sv equivalent dose (of ionising radiation) m2⋅s−2 J/kg katal kat catalytic...
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