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

1 pCi = 0.000000001 mCi

1 mCi = 1,000,000,000 pCi

Example: 1000 pCi = 0.000001 mCi

One picocurie is equal to one trillionth of a curie (1.0E-12 curies), or 0.037 becquerels.

History: Standard prefix applied to the curie.

Current use: Common in US environmental health for measuring radon in air/water.

Also written as pCi.

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.