ALL meanings of scintillation counter
scin·til·la·tion count·er
S s - noun scintillation counter a device for detecting and measuring radioactivity, having a crystal scintillator, a photoelectric cell sensitive to the light from scintillations, and an amplifier. 1
- noun scintillation counter an instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity of high-energy radiation. It consists of a phosphor with which particles collide producing flashes of light that are detected by a photomultiplier and converted into pulses of electric current that are counted by electronic equipment 0
- noun scintillation counter an instrument for detecting and measuring the scintillations induced by ionizing radiation in a crystal or phosphor 0