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	<onlyinclude>The '''[[Roentgen]] Equivalent Man''' or '''REM''' is an older, [[SI\| non-SI]] [[units\|unit]] of [[dosage\|dose equivalent]].</onlyinclude><ref name = NRC>U.S.NRC. (2016, June 21).REM (Roentgen equivalent man) [Online]. Available: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary/rem-roentgen-equivalent-man.html</ref> Depending on the effect under study, REM can also be referred to as [[roentgen]] equivalent mammal.<ref>S.T. Cantril et al., “The Tolerance Dose,” United States Atomic Energy Commission, Argonne National Laboratory, Technical Information Division, Oak Ridge, Tenn. MDDC-1100. 1945.</ref> Measuring the quantity of radiation damage on human tissue by [[x-ray\|x-rays]], [[gamma decay\| gamma]] or any other type of [[ionizing radiation]] such as [[alpha decay\| alpha]] and [[beta decay\| beta]] [[ionizing radiation\| radiation]].<ref name = NRC/> However, REM does not measure the amount of energy absorbed or the amount of ionization accumulated.<ref>E.E. Anderson. “Units of Radiation and Radioactivity.” Public Health Reports, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn. Vol. 67, No. 3, March 1952. Available:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2030726/pdf/pubhealthreporig01075-0073.pdf </ref> REM was first proposed in 1945 before [[Sievert]] was an established SI unit. One hundred rem can be defined as one Sievert or 1 rem = 1 cSv = 10<sup>-2</sup> Sv.<ref>U.S.NRC. (2015, December 02). Units od radiation dose [Online]. Available: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part020/part020-1004.html</ref>		<onlyinclude>The '''[[Roentgen]] Equivalent Man''' or '''REM''' is an older, [[SI\| non-SI]] [[units\|unit]] of [[dosage\|dose equivalent]].</onlyinclude><ref name = NRC>U.S.NRC. (2016, June 21).REM (Roentgen equivalent man) [Online]. Available: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary/rem-roentgen-equivalent-man.html</ref> Depending on the effect under study, REM can also be referred to as [[roentgen]] equivalent mammal.<ref>S.T. Cantril et al., “The Tolerance Dose,” United States Atomic Energy Commission, Argonne National Laboratory, Technical Information Division, Oak Ridge, Tenn. MDDC-1100. 1945.</ref> Measuring the quantity of radiation damage on human tissue by [[x-ray\|x-rays]], [[gamma decay\| gamma]] or any other type of [[ionizing radiation]] such as [[alpha decay\| alpha]] and [[beta decay\| beta]] [[ionizing radiation\| radiation]].<ref name = NRC/> However, REM does not measure the amount of energy absorbed or the amount of ionization accumulated.<ref>E.E. Anderson. “Units of Radiation and Radioactivity.” Public Health Reports, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn. Vol. 67, No. 3, March 1952. Available:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2030726/pdf/pubhealthreporig01075-0073.pdf </ref> REM was first proposed in 1945 before [[Sievert]] was an established SI unit. One hundred rem can be defined as one Sievert or 1 rem = 1 cSv = 10<sup>-2</sup> Sv.<ref>U.S.NRC. (2015, December 02). Units od radiation dose [Online]. Available: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part020/part020-1004.html</ref>

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	==Rem Unit Converter==		==Rem Unit Converter==
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<onlyinclude>The '''[[Roentgen]] Equivalent Man''' or '''REM''' is an older, [[SI| non-SI]] [[units|unit]] of [[dosage|dose equivalent]].</onlyinclude><ref name = NRC>U.S.NRC. (2016, June 21).REM (Roentgen equivalent man) [Online]. Available: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary/rem-roentgen-equivalent-man.html</ref> Depending on the effect under study, REM can also be referred to as [[roentgen]] equivalent mammal.<ref>S.T. Cantril et al., “The Tolerance Dose,” United States Atomic Energy Commission, Argonne National Laboratory, Technical Information Division, Oak Ridge, Tenn. MDDC-1100. 1945.</ref> Measuring the quantity of radiation damage on human tissue by [[x-ray|x-rays]], [[gamma decay| gamma]] or any other type of [[ionizing radiation]] such as [[alpha decay| alpha]] and [[beta decay| beta]] [[ionizing radiation| radiation]].<ref name = NRC/> However, REM does not measure the amount of energy absorbed or the amount of ionization accumulated.<ref>E.E. Anderson. “Units of Radiation and Radioactivity.” Public Health Reports, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn. Vol. 67, No. 3, March 1952. Available:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2030726/pdf/pubhealthreporig01075-0073.pdf </ref> REM was first proposed in 1945 before [[Sievert]] was an established SI unit. One hundred rem can be defined as one Sievert or 1 rem = 1 cSv = 10-2 Sv.<ref>U.S.NRC. (2015, December 02). Units od radiation dose [Online]. Available: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part020/part020-1004.html</ref>

=Radiation-related quantities=
The following table shows radiation quantities in SI and non-SI units.<ref>NIST. (2016, February 10). Chapter 5. Guide to the SI, Units Outside the SI [Online]. Available: http://www.nist.gov/pml/pubs/sp811/sec05.cfm</ref><ref>NIST. (2016, February 19). Chapter 4. Guide to the SI, The Two Classes of SI Units and the SI Prefixes [Online]. Available: http://www.nist.gov/pml/pubs/sp811/sec04.cfm</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Quantity !! Name !! Symbol !! Unit !! System
|-
| Exposure || Roentgen || R || 2.58x10-6 C/kg || Non-SI
|-
| rowspan="2" | Absorbed Dose || Rad || rad || 10-2 Gy || Non-SI
|-
| Gray || Gy || Jkg-1 || SI
|-
| rowspan="2" | Activity || Curie || Ci || 3.7x1010 Bq || Non-SI
|-
| Becquerel || Bq || s-1 || SI
|-
| rowspan="2" | Dose Equivalent || Roentgen Equivalent Man || rem || 10-2 Sv || Non-SI
|-
| Sievert || Sv || Jkg-1 || SI
|-
|}

==Rem Unit Converter==
<html> <iframe src="http://energyeducation.ca/simulations/converter/converter.php?defaultMeasure=Effective dose (radiation)&defaultFrom=rem&defaultTo=sievert" width="750" height="200"> </iframe> </html>

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