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"Find where the liar hides, so that I may place my boot between his gums!" - Rtas 'Vadum
Posted by: PLUT0NIUM 235
depends entirely on what sort of radiation you are dealing with...there are numerous forms! an absolute ton of alpha radiation is harmless if you are behind a sheet of paper for example, yet will outright kill you and burn you if its touching you. beta radiation, can have an absolute ton of that as well, again it will kill you unless you are standing behind a wall for example, since it cannot penetrate the wall! alpha radiation can only travel around six centimetres in air before loosing all of its energy, cannot penetrate a piece of paper. gamma radiation can't be shielded against, it can be reduces but some always gets through, you'd think that is bad right? but its not since gamma radiation is bombarding your body right now, and your not dying? because it hardly ever interacts with anything, that is why you can't stop it! hell that is just for radioactive decay, there are loads more 'radiations' knocking about.
some instead of just throwing around the word 'radiation' please feel free to add just what sort of radiation, its pretty bleeding important to the whole argument what sort of radiation we are discussing.
It is Roentgens, so it will be for electromagnetic radiation. Roentgens have nothing to do with the other forms of radiation.
It comes to about 900'000 Sv of equivalent radiation dose (Or 90 million rem). A Sievert is a huge unit. Speaking of instantaneous doses, 5 is fatal and 10 or above will nail you on the spot. Of course, time is a very important factor as well. The more spread out the Sv's are, the better.
Noble team got 900'000 in like 2 minutes where 1 over the space of an hour is fatal...
Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Posted by: anton1792
They should all be dead. 90 million R of radiation would literally decompose your entire body. 500 R spread across 5 hours will be fatal, never mind 90 million in one minute.
Even including protection from the armor?
Probably. If it is gamma rays then it will most likely penetrate right through the armour.