TOPIC: UNITS OF MEASUREMENT AND DOSIMETRYΒ
πIMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER
πΉFundamental units: Fundamental units are units which are independent of each other and have their own standard (base).
πΉDerived units: Derived units are units which are not having their own standard (base) and are obtained from fundamental units.
πΉSI unit: In 1960, the new system of units β the SI units β was introduced.
πΉUnits should be well-defined, reproducible, comparative, sensitive, objective, repeatable and linear.
πΉAir is used as the measurement material due to its availability, reproducibility, accuracy and sensitivity and its atomic number.
