becquerel

The becquerel (; symbol: Bq) is the unit of radioactivity in the International System of Units (SI). One becquerel is defined as an activity of one per second, on average, for aperiodic activity events referred to a radionuclide. For applications relating to human health this is a small quantity, and SI multiples of the unit are commonly used.

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A becquerel is the standard unit used to measure radioactivity, defined as one radioactive decay event occurring per second. It's a very small amount for practical purposes involving human health, so scientists typically use larger multiples of the unit instead.

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Within Vinony's link graph, becquerel is referenced by 462 other articles, and connects out to International System of Units, SI prefix and coulomb.

It sits within the topics SI derived units, Units of frequency and Units of radioactivity.

Its subject is documented across 75 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Unit.name: becquerel
Unit.image: Radium 226 radiation source 1.jpg
Unit.caption: Radium-226 radiation source. Activity 3300 Bq (3.3 kBq)
Unit.standard: SI
Unit.quantity: activity
Unit.symbol: Bq
Unit.namedafter: Henri Becquerel
Unit.units1: rutherford
Unit.units2: curie
Unit.inunits2: ≅
Unit.units3: SI base unit
Unit.inunits3: s−1

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Commons category: Becquerel (unit)
inception: 1975-00-00
unit symbol: Bq
conversion to SI unit: 1

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Definition
Unit capitalization and prefixes
Examples
Relation to the curie
Relation to other radiation-related quantities
See also
References
External links

The becquerel is named after Henri Becquerel, who shared a Nobel Prize in Physics with Pierre and Marie Curie in 1903 for their work in discovering radioactivity.

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