What is the unit for the measure of radiation named after Röntgen?
Radiationunit
Sievert
Röntgen
Radio
Answer
Röntgen is a unit of radiation exposure, defined as the amount of radiation that will produce one electrostatic unit of charge in one gram of air. It is named after Wilhelm Röntgen, the German physicist who discovered X-rays in 1895. The röntgen is now rarely used, having been replaced by the sievert, but it is still used in some countries, such as the United States.
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