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From the Richter scale to sound pressure, many modern units utilize the logarithmic “base 10” system. But to many engineers, the decibel (dB) remains one of the trickiest concepts of test and ...

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 22 million people—including nearly all power plant workers—are exposed to potentially damaging noise at work each year in the U.S.

Termination resistors and the ratio units of voltage and power — dB — are interrelated topics. The dB units can refer to voltage or power, and conversions between voltage dB units and power dB units ...

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