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Liquid scintillation systems and apparatus for measuring high-energy radiation emitted by samples in standard laboratory test tubes

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7152238
Liquid scintillation detection system employs improved sample holders in which the cap of a glass vial is provided with a well for receiving a standard laboratory test tube containing a radioactive sample. The well is immersed in a liquid scintillator in the vial, the scintillator containing lead acetate solution to enhance its efficiency. A commercially available beta-counting liquid scintillation apparatus is modified to provide gamma-counting with the improved sample holders.
Assignee:
Meloy Labs., Inc.
Patent Number(s):
US 3937961
OSTI ID:
7152238
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English