time constant, \(\tau_{\text{c}}\)

of a detector
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If the output of a detector changes exponentially with time, the time required for it to change from its initial value by the fraction \(1 - \exp(-t/\tau _{\text{c}})\) (for \(t=\tau _{\text{c}}\)) of the final value, is called the time constant.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1745. (Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-XI. Detection of radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1751 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'time constant' 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.T06376 RIS BibTex EndNote
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