scintillation

Noun

Meaning

The act of scintillating.

A spark or flash emitted in scintillating.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

twinkle glitter sparkle sparkling glisten glister mot light fire radiance sheen beam flash brightness spark
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Antonyms

black dark eye shadow hiding darkness
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Hypernyms

change light modification genius brightness alteration

Related terms

scintillating scintillate scintillator

Phrases with the word

liquid scintillation analyzer scintillation detector scintillation spectrometer liquid scintillation spectrometry liquid scintillation counting liquid scintillation detector

Examples

Caesium iodide (CsI), bromide (CsBr) and caesium fluoride (CsF) crystals are employed for scintillators in scintillation counters widely used in mineral exploration and particle physics research to detect gamma and X-ray radiation. Source: Internet

As with most other liquefied noble gases, argon has a high scintillation light yield (c. 51 photons/keV citation ), is transparent to its own scintillation light, and is relatively easy to purify. Source: Internet

In these, the sodium iodide crystals are doped with a small amount of thallium to improve their efficiency as scintillation generators. citation Some of the electrodes in dissolved oxygen analyzers contain thallium. Source: Internet

An example of this is a scintillation detector used for surface contamination monitoring. Source: Internet

Charge and/or scintillation light produced in this way can be collected to produce a detected signal. Source: Internet

However for discrimination between alpha and beta particles or provision of particle energy information, scintillation counters or proportional counters should be used. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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