hydrophilic means water-loving, but is usually used in the context of substances that are easily wetted, but do not dissolve. So although table salt is technically hydrophilic, the term is not used to describe salt. Concrete, on the other hand is hydrophilic. Wood, cotton, and leather are hydrophilic.
Depending on what aspect of radiation is being measured, different terms are applied: 1  For the amount of radiation being given off by a radioactive material: the conventional unit is curie (Ci) and the SI unit becquerel (Bq).  For radiation absorbed by a person: the conventional unit is rad and the SI unit gray (Gy).
(grÄ) The SI derived unit used to measure the energy absorbed by a substance per unit weight of the substance when exposed to radiation. One gray is equal to one joule per kilogram, or 100 rads. The gray is named after British physicist Louis Harold Gray (1905-1965).