Proportional gas-scintillation counter

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-009554",
  "term": "Proportional gas-scintillation counter",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A radiation detector that uses a gas-filled chamber where incident radiation excites the gas atoms, causing them to emit ultraviolet or visible light. This light is then detected by a photomultiplier tube, producing an electrical signal proportional to the energy of the incident radiation. It offers better energy resolution than a conventional proportional counter due to the absence of charge multiplication noise.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "photomultiplier tube",
    "proportional counter",
    "ultraviolet"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1995, 67, 1745. 'Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-XI. Detection of radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1754 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567101745)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/proportional-gas-scintillation-counter/"
}