Convert Millibecquerels per kilogram to Disintegrations per minute per gram

Convert Millibecquerels per kilogram (mBq/kg) to Disintegrations per minute per gram (dpm/g) instantly and accurately.

Millibecquerels per kilogram (mBq/kg)
Disintegrations per minute per gram (dpm/g)

Conversion Formula

dpm/g = mBq/kg × 6.000000000e-5

About Millibecquerels per kilogram

The millibecquerel per kilogram (mBq/kg) equals 10⁻³ Bq/kg. Used for very low-level radioactivity in food and environmental samples; trace ¹³⁷Cs in ocean water and ²²⁶Ra in mineral waters are reported in mBq/kg; occupational bioassay detection limits for actinides in urine and feces are expressed in mBq/kg. 1 mBq/kg = 10⁻³ Bq/kg.

About Disintegrations per minute per gram

The disintegration per minute per gram (dpm/g) equals exactly 1000/60 Bq/kg ≈ 16.67 Bq/kg. Widely used in liquid scintillation counting (LSC) of ³H and ¹⁴C-labelled compounds and in nuclear forensics for soil and sediment analysis; geochemists report natural radionuclide concentrations in volcanic rocks and marine sediments in dpm/g. 1 dpm/g = 1000/60 Bq/kg.

Quick Reference Table

Millibecquerels per kilogram (mBq/kg)Disintegrations per minute per gram (dpm/g)
1 mBq/kg6 × 10-5 dpm/g
2 mBq/kg0.00012 dpm/g
5 mBq/kg0.0003 dpm/g
10 mBq/kg0.0006 dpm/g
25 mBq/kg0.0015 dpm/g
50 mBq/kg0.003 dpm/g
100 mBq/kg0.006 dpm/g

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