quantitykind:Kerma

PredicateObject
rdf:type qudt:QuantityKind
dcterms:description "Kerma" is the sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles liberated by uncharged ionizing radiation (i.e., indirectly ionizing radiation such as photons and neutrons) in a sample of matter, divided by the mass of the sample.
qudt:applicableUnit
qudt:hasDimensionVector qkdv:A0E0L2I0M0H0T-2D0
qudt:informativeReference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerma_(physics)
qudt:isoNormativeReference http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=31895
qudt:latexDefinition For indirectly ionizing (uncharged) particles, \(K= \frac{dE_{tr}}{dm}\), where \(dE_{tr}\) is the mean sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged ionizing particles liberated by uncharged ionizing particles in an element of matter, and \(dm\) is the mass of that element.
qudt:plainTextDescription “"Kerma" is the sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles liberated by uncharged ionizing radiation (i.e., indirectly ionizing radiation such as photons and neutrons) in a sample of matter, divided by the mass of the sample.”
qudt:symbol “K”
qudt:wikidataMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1739288
rdfs:comment “Applicable units are those of quantitykind:Kerma”
rdfs:isDefinedBy http://qudt.org/3.1.10/vocab/quantitykind
rdfs:label “Kerma”@en
skos:broader quantitykind:SpecificEnergy
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