radiation detector consisting of a scintillator that is usually optically coupled to a photosensitive device, directly or through light guides
Note 1 to entry: The scintillator consists of a scintillating material in which the ionizing particle produces a burst of luminescence radiation along its path. A common scintillator is NaI(Tl). Note 2 to entry: This entry was numbered 394-27-01 in IEC 60050-394:2007.
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