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becquerelSI unit of radioactivity, equal to one radioactive disintegration (change in the nucleus of an atom when a particle or ray is given off) per second. The becquerel is much smaller than the previous standard unit, the curie (3.7 × 1010 Bq). It is named after French physicist Henri Becquerel. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Some of the milk measures a safe 13 becquerels per kg but Pinchook recalls one sample that read 700 because the cows had been grazing in the forest, which is more contaminated than farmland. 137]Cs expressed as becquerels per body weight in kilograms. The Cekmece team found that new tea shoots forming at the time of the Chernobyl accident -- May 1986 -- incorporated enough cesium to produce a peak radioactivity of up to 25,000 becquerels per kilogram (Bq/kg) of dry leaves. |
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