Information AboutScintillator |
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| photochemistry | |
| particle detectors | |
| phosphors and scintillators | |
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Examples of scintillators include:
Scintillators are used in many physics research applications to detect Electromagnetic Wave s or particles. There, a scintillator converts their energy to light of a wavelength which can be detected by inexpensive or easy to handle detectors such as Photomultiplier Tube s (PMTs). Common scintillators used for radiation detection include inorganic crystals, plastics, and organic liquids. However, many materials scintillate at some level; scintillation of atmospheric Nitrogen is used by some High-energy Astrophysics experiments, and scintillation of liquid Xenon and Neon plays a role in some ultra-low-background experiments. Most scintillators for common use are inorganic crystals or plastics, the most common being Thallium - Doped Sodium Iodide crystals, which have a high radiation-to-light conversion efficiency. However, organic liquid scintillating fluids are well-suited for detecting very low energy particle radiation such as beta radiation from Tritium by simply immersing the sample to be tested in the scintillation fluid, thereby negating detector absorption problems due to the very short mean free paths associated with low energy particles. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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