Title: scintillation spectrometer
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - scintillation spectrometer
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.S05506
Status: current

Definition
A measuring assembly incorporating a scintillation detector and a pulse amplitude analyser used for determining the energy spectrum of certain types of radiation.

Related Terms
- pulse amplitude analyser: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/P04945
- radiation: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/R05048
- scintillation detector: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/S05505

Source
- PAC, 1982, 54, 1533. 'Glossary of terms used in nuclear analytical chemistry (Provisional)' on page 1551 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198254081533)

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Citation: Citation: 'scintillation spectrometer' 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.S05506
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