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14 | 14 | - UV, visible light, etc... |
15 | 15 | - **particle radiation** |
16 | 16 | - **alpha radiation** (or **alpha rays**) |
17 | | - - **alpha decay** (or **α-decay**) |
| 17 | + - **alpha decay** (or **α-decay**) $\ce{^{A}_{Z}X -> ^{A-4}_{Z-2}Y + ^{4}_{2}He}$ |
18 | 18 | - **beta radiation** (or **beta ray**) |
19 | | - - **beta decay** (or **β-decay**) |
20 | | - - **positron emission** (or **beta plus decay**, **β+ decay**) |
| 19 | + - **beta decay** (or **β-decay**) $\ce{^{A}_{Z}X -> ^{A}_{Z+1}Y + e^- + \bar{\nu}_e}$ |
| 20 | + - **positron emission** (or **beta plus decay**, **β+ decay**) $\ce{^{A}_{Z}X -> ^{A}_{Z-1}Y + e^+ + \nu_e}$ |
21 | 21 | - proton radiation |
22 | | - - **neutron radiation** |
| 22 | + - **neutron radiation** $\ce{^{A}_{Z}X -> ^{A-1}_{Z}Y + ^{1}_{0}n}$ |
23 | 23 | - acoustic radiation |
24 | 24 | - **gravitational radiation** |
25 | 25 | - **ionizing radiation** and **non-ionizing radiation** |
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71 | 71 | - absorbed dose of ionizing radiation |
72 | 72 | - SI unit: $\mathrm{Gy}$ |
73 | 73 | - other units: $\mathrm{rad}$ |
74 | | -- **equivalent dose** ($H$) |
75 | | -- **effective dose** ($E$) |
| 74 | +- **equivalent dose** ($H$) and **effective dose** ($E$) |
| 75 | + - SI unit: $\mathrm{Sv}$ |
| 76 | + - other units: $\mathrm{rem}$ |
76 | 77 | - **becquerel** ($\mathrm{B}$) (בקרל) ($1\,\mathrm{B}=1\,\mathrm{s^{-1}}$) an activity of one per second on average |
77 | 78 | - **curie** ($\mathrm{Cu}$), $1\,\mathrm{Cu}=3.7 \times 10^{10}\,\mathrm{B}$ |
78 | 79 | - **gray** ($\mathrm{Gy}$), $1\,\mathrm{Gy}=1\,\mathrm{J \cdot kg^{-1}}$ |
79 | 80 | - **rad** ($\mathrm{rad}$), $1\,\mathrm{rad}=0.01\,\mathrm{Gy}$ |
80 | 81 | - **röntgen** (or **roentgen**) ($\mathrm{R}$), $1\,\mathrm{R}=2.58 \times 10^{-4}\,\mathrm{C/kg}$ |
81 | | -- **roentgen equivalent man** (**rem**), $1\,\mathrm{rem}=\mathrm{m^2 / s^{-2}}$ |
| 82 | +- **roentgen equivalent man** (**rem**), $1\,\mathrm{rem}=10^{-2}\,\mathrm{Sv}$ |
| 83 | +- **sievert** ($\mathrm{Sv}$), $1\,\mathrm{Sv}=1\,\mathrm{m^{2} \cdot s^{-2} }$ |
82 | 84 | - **median lethal dose** ($\text{LD}_{50}$) |
83 | 85 | - "the dose required to kill half the members of a tested population after a specified test duration" (Wikipedia) |
84 | 86 | - $\approx 500\,\mathrm{rem}$ |
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