Liquid Scintillators. Some Aryl Substituted Phenanthrenes and Dihydrophenanthrenes, and Related p-Terphenyls and p-Quaterphenyls

Author

Stephen Paul Birkeland

Publication Date

5-27-1959

Abstract

The liquid scintillation system has three basic components:

(1) A scintillation solution consisting of an efficient solvent and a fluorescent solute.

(2) A photomultiplier tube.

(3) An electronic system for measuring and recording the voltage pulses generated by the photomultiplier from the photons impinging on it.

Project Sponsors

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Chemistry

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

First Committee Member (Chair)

Guido Herman Daub

Second Committee Member

F. Newton Hayes

Third Committee Member

Milton Kahn

Fourth Committee Member

Raymond N. Castle

Fifth Committee Member

Jesse LeRoy Riebsomer

Recommended Citation

Birkeland, Stephen Paul. "Liquid Scintillators. Some Aryl Substituted Phenanthrenes and Dihydrophenanthrenes, and Related p-Terphenyls and p-Quaterphenyls." (1959). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/chem_etds/107