Specific Activity
type: QuantityKind
description: The "Specific Activity" is the number of decays per unit time of a radioactive sample. The SI unit of radioactive activity is the becquerel (Bq), in honor of the scientist Henri Becquerel.
applicable unit: BQ-PER-KiloGM
applicable unit: CI-PER-KiloGM
applicable unit: KiloBQ-PER-KiloGM
applicable unit: MegaBQ-PER-KiloGM
applicable unit: MicroBQ-PER-KiloGM
applicable unit: MilliBQ-PER-GM
applicable unit: MilliBQ-PER-KiloGM
has dimension vector: A0E0L0I0M-1H0T-1D0
informative reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_activity
iso normative reference: http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail
latex definition: $a = \frac{A}{m}$, where $A$ is the activity of a sample and $m$ is its mass.
plain text description: The "Specific Activity" is the number of decays per unit time of a radioactive sample. The SI unit of radioactive activity is the becquerel (Bq), in honor of the scientist Henri Becquerel.
symbol: a
wikidata match: Q2823748
comment: Applicable units are those of quantitykind:SpecificActivity