Re: conversions

[fegallag@uci.edu (Frank E. Gallagher, III)]

>
>> Here's an easy one for you.  How many curies are in a becquerel and visa
versa?
>
>1 curie is 37 gigabecquerels
>
>1 becquerel is 27 pecopcuries
>
For most practical purposes, and in order to begin to think SI (pardon my
treason) we can use the following conversions for many (most) purposes:

     1 Ci is approximately 40 GBq

     1 Bq is approximately 30 pCi

Usually our measurements in Ci units are only approximations, anyway.  For
those rare occasions that we need more accuracy, we can use the more exact
relationships.

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