Curie
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Name for the former unit of activity. The activity
of 1 curie, symbol:Ci, is equal to the decay of 3.7·1010
(37 billion) atoms of a radionuclide per second. The activity unit curie
was replaced by the 'Becquerel'. 1 curie
= 3.7·1010 Becquerels.
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