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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: attenuation equivalent
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Definition: a quantity indicating the attenuation effected by a layer of reference material which, if substituted in a beam of specified radiation quality and under specified geometrical conditions, would effect the same attenuation as the layer under consideration

NOTE – Attenuation equivalent is expressed in terms of the thickness of the reference material, usually in millimetres.


Publication date:1983-01
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