Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs
Publication Date
7-29-1965
Abstract
scintillation and Fluorescence
There are two methods commonly employed for the measurement of radiation: the ionization chambers, such as the various types of GeigerMliller tubes, and the scintillation counters.
The scintillation process involves the emission of discrete light flashes when a substance called phosphor or scintillator is struck by radioactive or other energetic particles. In fact, the word scintillator, comes from the Latin scintilla which means spark. Scintillation is related to fluorescence. The emission spectra for the two phenomena are almost identical, the difference between the two processes lying mostly in the method of excitation. In the case of fluorescence the source of excitation energy is ultraviolet light, while in scintillation, the exciting energy comes from radioactive particles.
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Chemistry
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
First Committee Member (Chair)
Guido H. Daub
Second Committee Member
F. N. Hayes
Third Committee Member
Milton Kahn
Fourth Committee Member
Jesse LeRoy Riebsomer
Recommended Citation
Ionescu, Lavinel G.. "Liquid Scintillators: Some 3-Aryl-L,2-Dihydronaphthalenes, 3-Aryl-1,2-Dihydro-4-Methylnaphthalenes, 3-Aryl-1,2-Dihydrophenanthrenes And 3-Aryl-1,2-Dihydro-4-Methylphenanthrenes: Steric Effects Of The Methyl Group." (1965). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/chem_etds/197
