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Picocurie

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-021017

1. A measure of radioactivity. One picocurie of radioactivity is equivalent to 0.037 nuclear disintegrations per second.

2. One pCi is one trillionth of a curie, 0.037 disintegrations per second, or 2.22 disintegrations per minute.

3. A unit for measuring radioactivity, often expressed as picocuries per liter (pCi/L) of air. "Pico (p)" is a metric prefix that means one one-millionth of one one-millionth. A picocurie is one one-millionth of one one-millionth of a Curie (Ci).

4. One-trillionth (1/1,000,000,000,000) of a Curie.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-021017
FieldEnvironment
SubjectAir
AbbreviationpCi
ReferencesDrinking Water Technical & Legal Terms; Radon Glossary of Terms; Indoor Air Quality Glossary; Radiation Protection Radiation Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021017",
  "term": "Picocurie",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A measure of radioactivity. One picocurie of radioactivity is equivalent to 0.037 nuclear disintegrations per second.\n\n2. One pCi is one trillionth of a curie, 0.037 disintegrations per second, or 2.22 disintegrations per minute.\n\n3. A unit for measuring radioactivity, often expressed as picocuries per liter (pCi/L) of air. \"Pico (p)\" is a metric prefix that means one one-millionth of one one-millionth. A picocurie is one one-millionth of one one-millionth of a Curie (Ci).\n\n4. One-trillionth (1/1,000,000,000,000) of a Curie.",
  "abbreviation": "pCi",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Radon Glossary of Terms",
    "Indoor Air Quality Glossary",
    "Radiation Protection Radiation Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/picocurie/"
}

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