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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 dpm0.0000000000045045045045045 mCi
0.1 dpm0.000000000045045045045045 mCi
1 dpm0.00000000045045045045045 mCi
2 dpm0.000000000900900900900901 mCi
5 dpm0.00000000225225225225225 mCi
10 dpm0.0000000045045045045045 mCi
20 dpm0.00000000900900900900901 mCi
50 dpm0.0000000225225225225225 mCi
100 dpm0.000000045045045045045 mCi