liquid scintillation

noun

liquid scintillation

noun

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The scintillation of a solvent molecule when a radioactive solute molecule undergoes beta decay and emits an electron

Derived terms: liquid scintillation counting, liquid scintillation detector, liquid scintillation spectrometry

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