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What is the SI unit for activity, defined as one decay per second?

AThe becquerel (Bq)
BThe curie (Ci)
CThe rem unit here
DThe rad unit here
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. The becquerel (Bq)
1. Activity needs a standard SI unit to be compared across different samples. 2. That unit is the becquerel, defined as one decay per second. 3. The curie is a separate, non-SI unit historically tied to the activity of 1 g of radium-226. 4. The rem and rad describe radiation dose to tissue, not decay rate. 5. So the becquerel is correct. _Source: OpenStax Physics (CC BY 4.0), Ch 22 "The Atom", section 22.3 Half Life and Radiometric Dating_
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