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Answer to Question #1928 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"Category: Doses and Dose Calculations — Basic dose information, dose quantities, units The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field: Q
What is the equivalent of 40 kGy in Mrads?
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40 kGy is 40,000 Gy. One gray (Gy) is 100 rad. 1 megarad (Mrad) is 1,000,000 rad. 40,000 Gy is equivalent to 4,000,000 rad, so 40 kGy is equivalent to 4 Mrad.
Michael Stabin, CHP, PhD
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