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scintillation detector [2 records]

Record 1 2011-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
DEF

A radiation detector using a medium in which a burst of luminescence radiation, produced along the path of an ionizing particle, is quantified.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
DEF

Détecteur de rayonnement qui utilise un milieu dans lequel il se produit une brusque émission de rayonnement luminescent le long du chemin d'une particule ionisante.

OBS

Dans un détecteur à scintillation liquide, le milieu scintillant est un liquide. L'échantillon est souvent dissous dans ce liquide.

PHR

Détecteur à scintillation liquide.

Spanish

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Record 2 1980-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Range Measurements (Telecommunications)
  • Scientific Instruments
DEF

A remote sensing device built to detect gamma radiation with energy levels greater than 50 Kev (thousand electron volts).

Key term(s)
  • scintillation scanner

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures à distance (Télécommunications)
  • Instruments scientifiques

Spanish

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