photoacoustic detector

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04574
A @P04824@ used to detect intermittent radiation absorbed in a black body or in the sample concerned. The resulting rapid temperature change produces a transient pressure oscillation that is observed with the help of a microphone, or a piezoelectric device.
See also:
radiation detector
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1745. (Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-XI. Detection of radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1752 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'photoacoustic detector' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04574 RIS BibTex EndNote
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