| becquerel | |
|---|---|
 Radium-226 radiation source. Activity 3300 Bq (3.3 kBq) | |
| General information | |
| Unit system | SI |
| Unit of | activity |
| Symbol | Bq |
| Named after | Henri Becquerel |
| Conversions | |
| 1 Bq in ... | ... is equal to ... |
| rutherford | 10−6 Rd |
| curie | 2.703×10−11 Ci ≅ 27 pCi |
| SI base unit | s−1 |
The becquerel (/ˌbɛkəˈrɛl/; symbol: Bq) is the unit of radioactivity in the International System of Units (SI). One becquerel is defined as an activity of one decay per second. For applications relating to human health this is a small quantity,[1] and SI multiples of the unit are commonly used.[2]
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.[3]
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- ^ "What are the Units of Radiation Activity?". ehs.stanford.edu.
- ^ "BIPM - Becquerel". BIPM. Retrieved 2012-10-24.