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What is a scintillator?

What is a scintillator? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (physics) Any substance that glows under the action of photons or other high-energy particles
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Additionally, the LED 15100 includes a CMOS chip, fiber-optics, scintillator and a shock absorption system.
The flat panel detector has a cesium iodide scintillator with a detector quantum efficiency level for high-quality images acquired with reduced x-ray dose exposure.
Tenders are invited for Providing Support Towards Transportation And Filling Of Scintillator Liquid In The Tanks At Nuclear Physics Divn.
All radiation detection devices sense radiation using either a sodium iodide crystal or a plastic scintillator.
Photons emitted from the scintillator generate an electron-hole pair.
Together with light sensors the scintillator crystals can be used as an alarm system to detect the presence of nuclear materials.

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