The activity of a radioactive source is measured in

  • A. becquerel
  • B. gray
  • C. sievert
  • D. coulomb

Explanation

One becquerel is one disintegration per second, so it measures how fast the source is decaying. The gray measures absorbed dose in joules per kilogram and the sievert measures the biologically weighted equivalent dose, which is what radiation protection limits are quoted in. Keeping these three units apart is a common examination point.

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