Sievert

The sievert (Sv) is the unit of effective dose (E) and equivalent dose (H). The unit is named after the Swedish medical physicist Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896 - 1966).

1 sievert (Sv) = 1 joule (J) / 1 kilogram (kg)

The sievert is also used as unit for the derived quantities:

• ambient dose equivalent
• collective effective dose
• committed effective dose
• committed equivalent dose
• directional dose equivalent
• personal dose equivalent

Related units

• gray
• manSievert
• person-rem
• rad
• rem
• röntgen