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Specific Energy is incorrectly defined

Open hunterpayne opened this issue 6 years ago • 0 comments

Specific Energy is energy per unit mass of a chemical reaction. Its unit of measure is J/kg. This is not the same thing as a Gray which also a J/kg but of ionizing radiation only. Units of measure for Specific energy include: Joules/kilogram, kilocalorie per gram (Cal/g or kcal/g), watt hours per kilogram in the field of batteries, and the Imperial unit BTU per pound (BTU/lb). Gray is a measure of absorbed dose (which is different from squants.radio.Dose which is effective, committed or equivalent dose). Also, the comment in Dose.scala needs to be updated to reflect this.

hunterpayne avatar Feb 28 '19 05:02 hunterpayne