5 disintegrations per minute (5 dpm)
5 disintegrations per minute equals 0.083333333 becquerels, 2.2522523 × 10-12 curies, 2.2522523 × 10-9 millicuries and 8.3333333 × 10-8 megabecquerels.
5 disintegrations per minute = 0.08333333333 becquerels
What 5 disintegrations per minute means in practice
5 disintegrations per minute is below a banana (900 dpm).
- A banana: 900 dpm
- A kilogram of coffee: 60,000 dpm
- An adult human body: 264,000 dpm
- A household smoke detector: 2,220,000 dpm
- A medical PET scan dose: 22,200,000,000 dpm
- A hospital cancer-therapy source: 2.22 × 1016 dpm
5 disintegrations per minute in all radioactivity units
| Unit | Value | Scientific notation |
|---|---|---|
| Becquerels (Bq) | 0.08333333333 | 8.33333 × 10-2 |
| Curies (Ci) | 2.2522523 × 10-12 | 2.25225 × 10-12 |
| Millicuries (mCi) | 2.2522523 × 10-9 | 2.25225 × 10-9 |
| Megabecquerels (MBq) | 8.3333333 × 10-8 | 8.33333 × 10-8 |
| Kilobecquerels (kBq) | 0.000083333333 | 8.33333 × 10-5 |
| Microcuries (µCi) | 0.000002252252 | 2.25225 × 10-6 |
| Picocuries (pCi) | 2.252252252 | 2.25225 × 100 |
| Gigabecquerels (GBq) | 8.3333333 × 10-11 | 8.33333 × 10-11 |
| Nanocuries (nCi) | 0.002252252252 | 2.25225 × 10-3 |
| Terabecquerels (TBq) | 8.3333333 × 10-14 | 8.33333 × 10-14 |
| Disintegrations per second (dps) | 0.08333333333 | 8.33333 × 10-2 |
| Petabecquerels (PBq) | 8.3333333 × 10-17 | 8.33333 × 10-17 |
| Kilocuries (kCi) | 2.2522523 × 10-15 | 2.25225 × 10-15 |
| Megacuries (MCi) | 2.2522523 × 10-18 | 2.25225 × 10-18 |
| Rutherfords (Rd) | 8.3333333 × 10-8 | 8.33333 × 10-8 |
Other amounts of disintegrations per minute
About the disintegration per minute
Disintegrations per minute are used for surface contamination and wipe-test results. Read more about disintegrations per minute.