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Proportional counter

Term · Nuclear energy and radiation · MLC-T-NUC-000395

A radiation instrument in which an electronic detection system receives pulses that are proportional to the number of ions formed in a gas-filled tube by ionizing radiation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-NUC-000395
FieldNuclear energy and radiation
ReferencesNRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Proportional counter",
  "field": "Nuclear energy and radiation",
  "definition": "A radiation instrument in which an electronic detection system receives pulses that are proportional to the number of ions formed in a gas-filled tube by ionizing radiation.",
  "references": [
    "NRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/nuclear/proportional-counter/"
}

Record 395 of 555 in Nuclear energy and radiation terminology (MLC-0119). Request the full dataset.