liquid scintillation counting

noun

A standard method of measuring the radioactivity of low-energy radioisotopes where the sample is dissolved or suspended in a scintillation cocktail.

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nounliquid scintillation counting (usually uncountable, plural liquid scintillation countings)

plural liquid scintillation countings

  1. uncountableusuallynatural sciencesA standard method of measuring the radioactivity of low-energy radioisotopes where the sample is dissolved or suspended in a scintillation cocktail.
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