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Dose: A general term used to refer to the effect on a material that is exposed to radiation. 1  Gray (Gy): The international system (SI) unit of radiation dose expressed in terms of absorbed energy per unit mass of tissue. 2  Sievert (Sv): A sievert is the standard international measurement of dose. 3  rad (R): The original unit developed for expressing ...
Radiation is absorbed by the material it penetrates by a process known as ionization. Radiation creates ions in the material that it passes through, and some or all of the radiation energy is lost during this process. An ion is an atom, group of atoms, or a particle with a positive or negative charge. Ionization is any process that changes the electrical balance within an atom.