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millicurie

[mil-i-kyoor-ee, -kyoo-ree]

noun

Physics, Chemistry.
  1. a unit of radioactivity equal to one thousandth of a curie; 3.70 × 10 7 disintegrations per second. mCi, mc



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of millicurie1

First recorded in 1905–10; milli- + curie
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When he “tactfully” corrected Lawrence by return mail, Lawrence replied with a letter in which was enclosed, sure enough, a millicurie of Na-24.

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It took just a few minutes for the doctor to administer 100 millicuries of radioactive iodine, or I-131.

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For every megaton of nuclear blast, roughly seven millicuries of tritium resulted.

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The scientists estimated that the entire kelp tissue on the surface at Corona del Mar contained about one millicurie.

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Hence in the week, we shall have about 130 millicuries.

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