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scintillator

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scin·til·la·tor (sntl-tr)
n.
A substance that glows when hit by high-energy particles or photons.


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43 cm by 43 cm) scintillator that converts absorbed X-ray energy into light.
GE engineers discovered that, by changing the molecular structure of real garnets, they could develop a scintillator capable of delivering images 100 times faster, with up to 33 per cent greater detail through the body and up to 47 per cent greater detail in the heart.
Nonetheless, in 2005, this experiment, called KamLAND (short for Kamioka Liquid Scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector), provided the first glimpse of geoneutrinos and a first approximation of uranium and thorium's contribution to the Earth's heat.
 
 
 
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