Curie

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007107",
  "term": "Curie",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A measure of radioactivity. One Curie of radioactivity is equivalent to 3.7 x 1010 or 37,000,000,000 nuclear disintegrations per second.\n\n2. A standard measurement for radioactivity, specifically the rate of decay for a gram of radium - 37 billion decays per second. A unit of radioactivity equal to 3.7 x 10¹⁰ disintegrations per second.\n\n3. The quantity of any radionuclide that produces 3.70 x 1010 disintegrations per second.\n\n4. A non-SI unit of radioactivity originally based on the radioactive decay rate of one gram of radium-226. The SI special name for the unit of radioactivity is the becquerel (Bq). One curie is equal to 3.7x10^10 Bq.",
  "abbreviation": "Ci",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Radon Glossary of Terms",
    "Environmental Geophysics Glossary",
    "RadNet Glossary; Radiation Protection Radiation Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/curie/"
}