scintillator
a phosphor capable of producing scintillations.
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How to use scintillator in a sentence
One type of detector that works outside the lab contains a type of chemical known as a scintillator.
Muons reveal the inner worlds of pyramids, volcanoes and more | Emily Conover | May 26, 2022 | Science News For StudentsThese tubes could be used to pick up either Cherenkov light or scintillator light.
How particle detectors capture matter’s hidden, beautiful reality | Emily Conover | August 5, 2021 | Science NewsLiquid scintillator detectors are still common — used in the NOvA neutrino experiment at Fermilab, for example — as are detectors made of solid plastic strips with scintillator mixed in.
How particle detectors capture matter’s hidden, beautiful reality | Emily Conover | August 5, 2021 | Science Newsscintillator detectors began to prove their worth in 1956 when a tank of liquid scintillator was used to discover the neutrino — once thought to be entirely undetectable.
How particle detectors capture matter’s hidden, beautiful reality | Emily Conover | August 5, 2021 | Science NewsOver three hundred scintillator effects were worked out and this feature of fireless fireworks was widely varied.
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British Dictionary definitions for scintillator
/ (ˈsɪntɪˌleɪtə) /
physics a phosphor that produces scintillations
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