- scintillation counter by Caden Black
N. A device for detecting and counting scintillations produced by ionizing radiation. Also called scintillascope...
- scintillation counter by Samuel Holmes
... ) A device in which the scintillations produced in a fluorescent material by an ionizing radiation are detected and counted by a multiplier phototube and associated circuits; used in medical and nuclear research and in prospecting for radioactive ores. Also known as scintillation detector; scintillometer.
- Scintillator by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
a luminophor in which the flashes of light known as scintillations occur under the action of ionizing radiation. Among the many substances that are scintillators are inorganic crystals, such as zinc sulfide and sodium iodide; organic crystals, such as anthracene and stilbene; solutions ...
- spinthariscope by Amber Garza
... electronics) An instrument for viewing the scintillations of alpha particles on a luminescent screen, usually with the aid of a microscope.
- Fluorescence by Henry Hernandez
... agents produce light flashes (scintillations) in certain crystalline solids, in solutions of many polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, or in plastics impregnated with these hydrocarbons. The so-called fluorescent lamps employ the luminescence of gases and solids in combination to produce visible light. See Luminescence