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Preferred term

Linear Energy Transfer  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Energy Transfer, Linear
  • LET
  • Transfer, Linear Energy

Scope note

  • Rate of energy dissipation along the path of charged particles. In radiobiology and health physics, exposure is measured in kiloelectron volts per micrometer of tissue (keV/micrometer T).

History note

  • 95; was see ENERGY TRANSFER 1992-94; LET was see ENERGY TRANSFER 1968-94

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018499

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