Title: liquid scintillation detector
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - liquid scintillation detector
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.L03589
Status: current

Definition
A scintillation detector in which the test portion is mixed with a liquid scintillator.

Related Terms
- scintillation detector: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/S05505
- scintillator: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/S05507
- test portion: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/T06284

Source
- PAC, 1994, 66, 2513. 'Nomenclature for radioanalytical chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 2522 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466122513)

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Citation: Citation: 'liquid scintillation detector' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.L03589
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