Becquerel
Published: Oct 12, 2018
The SI unit for Activity. The Becquerel (Bq) is equivalent to 1 disintegration per second (dps) . Also see the older unit of activity, the Curie.
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Radiation is one of the important factors in evolution. It causes mutation, and some level of mutation is actually good for evolution