| The curie (Ci) is replaced by
the becquerel (Bq)* 1 kilocurie (kCi) = 37 terabecquerel (TBq) 1 curie (Ci) = 37 gigabecquerel (GBq) 1 millicurie (mCi) = 37 megabecquerel (MBq) 1 microcurie (µCi) = 37 kilobecquerel (kBq) 1 nanocurie (nCi) = 37 becquerel (Bq) 1 picocurie (pCi) = 37 millibecquerel (mBq) |
Becquerel (Bq)* replaces the
curie (Ci) |
| The rad (rad) is replaced by
the gray (Gy) 1 kilorad (krad) = 10 gray (Gy) 1 rad (rad) = 10 milligray (mGy) 1 millirad (mrad) = 10 microgray (µGy) 1 microrad (µrad) = 10 nanogray (nGy) |
The gray (Gy) replaces the rad
(rad) 1 gray (Gy) =100 rad (rad) 1 milligray (mGy) = 100 millirad (mrad) 1 microgray (µGy) = 100 microrad (µrad) 1 nanogray (nGy) = 100 nanorad (nrad) |
| The roentgen (R) is replaced
by coulomb/kg (C/kg) 1 kiloroentgen (kR) ~ 258 millicoulomb/kg (mC/kg) 1 roentgen (R) ~ 258 microcoulomb/kg (µC/kg) 1 milliroentgen (mR) ~ 258 nanocoulomb/kg (nC/kg) 1 microroentgen (µR) ~ 258 picocoulomb/kg (pC/kg) |
Coulomb/kg (C/kg) replaces the
roentgen (R) 1 coulomb/kg (C/kg) ~ 3876 roentgen (R) 1 millicoulomb/kg (mC/kg) ~ 3876 milliroentgen (mR) 1 microcoulomb/kg (µC/kg) ~ 3876 microroentgen (µR) 1 nanocoulomb/kg (nC/kg) ~ 3876 nanoroentgen (nR) |
| The rem (rem) is replaced by
the sievert (Sv) 1 kilorem (krem) = 10 sievert (Sv) 1 rem (rem) = 10 millisievert (mSv) 1 millirem (mrem) = 10 microsievert (µSv) 1 microrem (µrem) = 10 nanosievert (nSv) |
The sievert (Sv) replaces the
rem (rem) 1 sievert (Sv) = 100 rem (rem) 1 millisievert (mSv) = 100 millirem (mrem) 1 microsievert (µSv) = 100 microrem (µrem) 1 nanosievert (nSv) = 100 nanorem (nrem) |
Above table reproduced here courtesy of Health Canada
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yotta (Y) 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
= 10^24 = 1 septillion
zetta (Z) 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
= 10^21 = 1 sextillion
exa (E) 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 = 10^18 =
1 quintillion peta (P) 1,000,000,000,000,000 = 10^15 = 1 quadrillion tera (T) 1,000,000,000,000 = 10^12 = 1 trillion giga (G) 1,000,000,000 = 10^9 = 1 billion mega (M) 1,000,000 = 10^6 = 1 million kilo (k) 1,000 = 10^3 = 1 thousand hecto (h) 100 = 10^2 = 1 hundred deka (da)10 = 10 = ten 1 deci (d) 0.1 =10^-1 = 1 tenth centi (c) 0.01 = 10^-2 = 1 hundredth milli (m) 0.001 = 10^-3 = 1 thousandth micro (µ) 0.000 001 = 10^-6 = 1 millionth nano (n) 0.000 000 001 = 10^-9 = 1 billionth pico (p) 0.000 000 000 001 = 10^-12 = 1 trillionth femto (f) 0.000 000 000 000 001 = 10^-15 = 1 quadrillionth atto (a) 0.000 000 000 000 000 001 = 10^-18 = 1 quintillionth zepto (z) 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001 = 10^-21 = 1 sextillionth yocto (y) 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 = 10^-24 = 1 septillionth |