A sievert is A)the amount of sample that undergoes 1 disintegration per second. B)the amount of sample that undergoes 3.7 × 10¹⁰ disintegrations per second. C)the amount of tissue damage done by radiation. D)equal to 0.01 J of energy absorbed per kilogram of tissue.

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A sievert is a unit of radiation dose equivalent that takes into account the type of radiation and the damage it can do to living tissue. It is not a measure of the amount of radioactive decay in a sample or the amount of energy absorbed per kilogram of tissue.

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