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From the curie to the becquerel

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The evolution of concepts, quantities and units in radioactivity is analysed. The international coherence of activity measurements is presented and a brief history of radium standards is given.


PACS

06.20.F- Units and standards

29.40.-n Radiation detectors

01.65.+g History of science

Subjects

Accelerators, beams and electromagnetism

Nuclear physics

Instrumentation and measurement

Education and communication

Particle physics and field theory

Dates

Issue 6 (1995)



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