liquid scintillation counter

noun

A piece of laboratory equipment used to analyse solutions of a beta particle emitter by measuring the scintillations from a scintillation cocktail.

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Meanings

nounliquid scintillation counter (plural liquid scintillation counters)

plural liquid scintillation counters

  1. analytical chemistrychemistryA piece of laboratory equipment used to analyse solutions of a beta particle emitter by measuring the scintillations from a scintillation cocktail.
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