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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: tissue equivalent material
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Definition: material that approximates to the composition and physical interaction of soft tissue in the human body, with respect to penetrating ionizing radiation, within specified limits, with a density of 1 g cm−3 and a mass composition of:

  • 76,2 % oxygène,
  • 10,1 % hydrogène,
  • 11,1 % carbone,
  • 2,6 % azote

Note 1 to entry: Water can be considered as tissue-equivalent for all the penetrating ionizing radiations met in radioprotection.

Note 2 to entry: This entry was numbered 393-14-78 in IEC 60050-393:2003.


Publication date:2014-03
SourceIEC 60050-881:1983, 881-12-35, modified
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Internal notes:2017-08-29: Cleaned up <p> tags. LMO
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