Disintegrations per second

Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 2 Mar 2018

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Bell D, Disintegrations per second. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 23 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-58698

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https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-58698

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1 Mar 2018, Daniel J Bell ◉

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2 Mar 2018, Daniel J Bell ◉

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Imaging Technology

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Disintegrations per second (dps), also known as decays per second, represents the number of atoms of a radioactive isotope that decay per second. One becquerel is equivalent to one disintegration per second.

Counts per second (cps) is the number of disintegrations per second, as measured by a radiation detector. This detector will not be perfect i.e. it will not detect all the decays. Therefore the counts per second is less than the disintegrations per second.