2. Scintillator composition
A liquid scintillator is a transformer of ionizing radiation into light. It is essentially composed of a solvent in which a scintillating molecule is dissolved.
Other compounds may be added to tailor the scintillator to particular uses, including a secondary solvent, a secondary scintillator, surfactants, extractants and fillers. The scintillator composition must enable efficient energy transfer between the solvent and the fluorescent molecule. It must also allow coexistence between the radioactive source and the detector medium.
2.1 Solvent
The solvents used are aromatic organic solvents, for reasons related to energy transfer. The solvent must be :
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Bibliography
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Standards
Radioactivity measurement by liquid scintillation
- Nuclear instruments – Liquid scintillation counting systems – Function control. - CEI 61304 - 1994
- Water quality – Determining tritium activity by volume – Liquid scintillation counting method. - ISO 9698 -
- Measuring radioactivity – Determining the activity of β-emitting radionuclides – Liquid scintillation counting test method. - NF ISO 19361 - 2017 ...
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The Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires INSTN organizes several annual continuing education courses on liquid scintillation measurement techniques. http://www-instn.cea.fr
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