liquid scintillation

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Definition of liquid scintillation in English English dictionary

The scintillation of a solvent molecule when a radioactive solute molecule undergoes beta decay and emits an electron

Related Terms

liquid scintillation counter

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

liquid scintillation counters

plural form of liquid scintillation counter

Hyphenation

liq·uid scin·til·la·tion