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The language of radioactivity

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Hans-Georg Menzel walks us through the complex set of units characterizing radioactivity and ionizing radiation.

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Menzel, HG. The language of radioactivity. Nature Phys 14, 768 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0207-8

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