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scintillation counter
An instrument for detecting ionizing radiation. A brief localized light flash is produced in a phosphor when ionizing radiation such as X-rays or protons is incident on it. In early counters, the flashes were counted directly using a microscope, but now they are converted into electric impulses and counted electronically.
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