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Radiation - Absorbed Dose Converter

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... Kilogray = ... Gray

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... Kilogray

... Gray

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Use this page to convert kilogray values into gray, with background details, formulas, a worked example, and a quick conversion table.

1 kGy = 1,000 Gy

1 Gy = 0.001 kGy

Example: 1 kGy = 1,000 Gy

One kilogray is 1,000 grays.

History: SI prefix kilo- applied to the gray.

Current use: Used in food irradiation and industrial sterilization.

Also written as kGy.

Defined as the absorption of one joule of radiation energy per kilogram of matter.

History: Named after Louis Harold Gray, a pioneer in the field of radiobiology. Adopted by the CGPM in 1975.

Current use: The primary international unit used in radiotherapy, radiation protection, and radiobiology.

Also written as Gy, grays.