Definition of Curie

3.7 exp10 nuclear disintegrations/sec. Definition for  Curie (Ci) :The basic unit used to describe the intensity of radioactivity in a sample of material. One curie equals 37 billion disintegrations per second or approximately the amount of radioactivty given off by 1 gram of radium. Definition for  Curie temperature : where a ferromagnetic transition occurs


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