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Scintillations Produced in Liquids by High-Energy Radiation: αα′ Dinaphthyl as a Scintillating Medium

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IN efforts to find a suitable liquid medium to replace the crystalline luminophors at present used in scintillation counters for gamma-ray measurements, a wide variety of solutions of organic compounds known or suspected to have fluorescent properties has been examined.

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BELCHER, E. Scintillations Produced in Liquids by High-Energy Radiation: αα′ Dinaphthyl as a Scintillating Medium. Nature 167, 314 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167314a0

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