DERIVEDUNIT: becquerel

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  • PID: si:derivedunit:becquerel
  • Definition: The becquerel is the derived unit for radionuclide activity..
  • Source: SI Brochure 9th Ed. 2019, p 138
  • Status: Valid
  • Notes
    1. The becquerel is the SI coherent derived unit for activity referred to a radionuclide.
    2. The hertz shall only be used for periodic phenomena and the becquerel shall only be used for stochastic processes in activity referred to a radionuclide.
    3. Activity referred to a radionuclide is sometimes incorrectly called radioactivity.
    4. The unit becquerel implies counts per second.
  • Related Definitions
    • hasDerivedUnitSymbol -> Bq
    • hasDerivedUnitInBaseSI -> s-1