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Record 1 2009-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

A solid scintillator is a simple and robust device. It does not require high bias voltages to operate it or complicated plumbing to flow gas through it, as do some gas-filled counters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
  • Physique radiologique et applications
  • Physique atomique
CONT

[...] on peut faire appel aux détecteurs à gaz et aux scintillateurs solides (pour les photons) ou liquides pour les émissions de basse énergie (3H,14C). Les scintillateurs inorganiques, comme l'iodure de sodium activée au thallium, sont les plus utilisés en spectrométrie gamma.

Spanish

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