Noun(1) a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second(2) French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906(3) French chemist (born in Poland, with her husband and Henri Becquerel, 1867-1934(4) French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel Prizes(5) one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934)(6) French physicist(7) husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)(8) a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37(9) 000(10) 000 disintegrations per second
Noun(1) a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second(2) French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906(3) French chemist (born in Poland, with her husband and Henri Becquerel, 1867-1934(4) French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel Prizes(5) one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934)(6) French physicist(7) husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)(8) a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37(9) 000(10) 000 disintegrations per second
(1) a curie of any radioactive element disintegrates at the same rate as 1 gram of natural radium(2) Each generator contains up to 40,000 curies of highly radioactive material.(3) In 1983, they were fined for releasing 50,000 curies of radiation into the Irish Sea, some of which ended up on local beaches, forcing their closure.(4) The sediment around its shores blew 5 million curies of radioactive dust over 25,000 square kilometres, irradiating 500,000 people.(5) During that time I used to handle vials with over 5 curies (which is about 100 times more than what you inquire about) of this radioactive substance on almost daily basis.(6) The new tenants discovered an old irradiator containing 19 curies of cobalt-60.(7) In 1957, there was an explosion at a waste storage facility that blew 2 million curies of radiation into the atmosphere.(8) By 1963, the year of my parent's marriage, the average release of beta emitters from reactor effluent was 14, 500 curies per day.(9) The activity (rate of decay) of Rn is expressed in units called curies .
