Preferred Label : scintillation counter;
IUPAC definition : A scintillator coupled to a photomultiplier tube. Incident X-ray photons are converted
in the scintillator into bursts of visible light photons, some of which fall on the
photocathode and can be measured. For incident photons having energies higher than
the absorption edge of the elements contained in the scintillator, an escape peak
can be observed.;
Origin ID : S05504;
See also
A scintillator coupled to a photomultiplier tube. Incident X-ray photons are converted
in the scintillator into bursts of visible light photons, some of which fall on the
photocathode and can be measured. For incident photons having energies higher than
the absorption edge of the elements contained in the scintillator, an escape peak
can be observed.
