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Rad

Unit of absorbed dose
The rad is a unit of absorbed radiation dose, defined as 1 rad = 0.01 Gy = 0.01 J/kg. It was originally defined in CGS units in 1953 as the dose causing 100 ergs of energy to be absorbed by one gram of matter. The material absorbing the radiation... Wikipedia
1 rad in: is equal to
CGS: 100 erg/g
SI units: 0.01 Gy
Symbol: rad
Unit of: Absorbed dose of ionizing radiation
Unit system: CGS units