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Radiation - Activity Converter

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Use this page to convert gigabecquerel values into curie, with background details, formulas, a worked example, and a quick conversion table.

1 GBq = 0.027027027027027 Ci

1 Ci = 37 GBq

Example: 1000 GBq = 27.027027027027 Ci

One gigabecquerel is equal to 1.0E+9 becquerels.

History: SI prefix giga- applied to the becquerel.

Current use: Used in radiotherapy and industrial radiography.

Also written as GBq.

One curie is approximately the activity of 1 gram of the radium isotope 226Ra, equal to 3.7E+10 becquerels.

History: Named after Pierre and Marie Curie. Originally defined in 1910.

Current use: Still commonly used in the United States and in some clinical settings alongside the becquerel.

Also written as Ci, curies.