Units of Radioactivity
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Description
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Radioactivity has the dimension length squared mass per time. The SI composite unit of radioactivity is the kilogram meter squared per second.
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Maple knows the units of radioactivity listed in the following table.
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Name
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Symbols
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Context
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Alternate Spellings
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Prefixes
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becquerel
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Bq
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SI *
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becquerels
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SI
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curie
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Ci
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radiation *
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curies
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SI
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rutherford
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Rd
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radiation *
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rutherfords
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SI
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An asterisk ( * ) indicates the default context, an at sign (@) indicates an abbreviation, and under the prefixes column, SI indicates that the unit takes all SI prefixes, IEC indicates that the unit takes IEC prefixes, and SI+ and SI- indicate that the unit takes only positive and negative SI prefixes, respectively. Refer to a unit in the Units package by indexing the name or symbol with the context, for example, becquerel[SI] or Ci[radiation]; or, if the context is indicated as the default, by using only the unit name or symbol, for example, becquerel or Ci.
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The units of radioactivity are defined as follows.
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A becquerel is defined as a radionuclide decay per second.
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A curie is defined as radionuclide decays per second.
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A rutherford is defined as radionuclide decays per second.
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Examples
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