Radiant energy – Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling – With or including a luminophor
Patent
1986-01-10
1987-09-15
Fields, Carolyn E.
Radiant energy
Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling
With or including a luminophor
250328, 250365, G01T 1204
Patent
active
046941762
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for indicating quench associated with a liquid scintillation solution wherein the solution includes a sample, a solvent and a solute. The method includes exposing the solution to flashes of light, detecting a pulse height spectrum for scintillations produced in the solution in response to the light flashes, determining a unique point on such pulse height spectrum, and relating the unique point to a corresponding pulse height value, such pulse height value providing an indication of quench associated with the solution. The wavelength of light preferably excites essentially only the solvent and the light flash intensity and duration is such that the pulse height spectrum produced in response to the light flashes does not overlap a pulse height spectrum for the sample in the solution. An attribute of the shape of the light pulse height spectrum may be examined to provide an indication of the homogeneous or non-homogeneous nature of the quench present in the solution.
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Beckman Instruments Inc.
Fields Carolyn E.
Harder P. R.
Markl S. R.
May W. H.
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