Re: Unit conversion of a list of quantities
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- From: Alexei Boulbitch <Alexei.Boulbitch at iee.lu>
- Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 16:25:25 -0500 (EST)
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I have the following lists:
Edep = {4.9491200000000017`*^-14 Joules,
1.8669264000000004`*^-14 Joules, 6.223088000000001`*^-15 Joules}
mass = {0.043937500000000004` g, 0.06987` g, 0.02329` g}
I want to calculate dose:
dose = Edep/mass
I get another list (of Quantities):
{(1.1264*10^-12 Joules)/g, (2.672*10^-13 Joules)/g, (
2.672*10^-13 Joules)/g}
OK, but I want to have Grays, ie. Joules/kg:
UnitConvert[dose, "Joules/kg"]
Unfortunately output is not what I want:
{UnitConvert[(1.1264*10^-12 Joules)/g, "Joules/kg"],
UnitConvert[(2.672*10^-13 Joules)/g, "Joules/kg"],
UnitConvert[(2.672*10^-13 Joules)/g, "Joules/kg"]}
How to get Mathematica to convert J/g to J/kg?
Mathematica 9.0.1 on linux.
Regards, Mariusz
Hi, Mariusz,
These are your lists:
Edep={4.94912*^-14 J,1.8669264*^-14 J,6.223088*^-15 J};
mass={0.0439375 g,0.06987` g,0.02329` g};
dose = Edep/mass;
Now, you can transform grams into kilograms in several ways. One is the ReplaceAll
dose /. g -> 10^-3*kg
{(1.1264*10^-9 J)/kg, (2.672*10^-10 J)/kg, (2.672*10^-10 J)/kg}
Or directly into the Grays:
dose /. g -> 10^-3*kg /. J -> Gy*kg
{1.1264*10^-9 Gy, 2.672*10^-10 Gy, 2.672*10^-10 Gy}
Have fun, Alexei
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