Considering radiation weighting factors only, how many times more dangerous are alpha particles than protons?
1 Answer
Jul 9, 2016
Ten times.
Explanation:
Radiation weighting factors (
These factors have changed over the years and the newest
The weighting factors are:
- photons: 1
- electrons, myons: 1
- protons and charged pions: 2 (was 5)
- alpha particles, fission fragments, heavy ions: 20
- neutrons: continuous function of neutron energy (were categories)
So