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Disintegrations per minute to Millicurie Converter
Use this page to convert disintegrations per minute values into millicurie, with background details, formulas, a worked example, and a quick conversion table.
Conversion formula
1 dpm = 0.00000000045045045045045 mCi
1 mCi = 2,220,000,000 dpm
Example: 1000 dpm = 0.00000045045045045045 mCi
Disintegrations per minute
The number of decays occurring in sixty seconds.
History: Practical unit for counting equipment that uses minute-long integration times.
Current use: Used in health physics and laboratory contamination checks.
Also written as dpm.
Millicurie
One millicurie is equal to 0.001 curies or 3.7E+7 becquerels.
History: Standard metric prefix applied to the curie.
Current use: Common in nuclear medicine for diagnostic and therapeutic doses.
Also written as mCi, millicuries.
Disintegrations per minute to Millicurie table
| Disintegrations per minute [dpm] | Millicurie [mCi] |
|---|---|
| 0.01 dpm | 0.0000000000045045045045045 mCi |
| 0.1 dpm | 0.000000000045045045045045 mCi |
| 1 dpm | 0.00000000045045045045045 mCi |
| 2 dpm | 0.000000000900900900900901 mCi |
| 5 dpm | 0.00000000225225225225225 mCi |
| 10 dpm | 0.0000000045045045045045 mCi |
| 20 dpm | 0.00000000900900900900901 mCi |
| 50 dpm | 0.0000000225225225225225 mCi |
| 100 dpm | 0.000000045045045045045 mCi |
