Ionising radiation detectors

instrument used for measuring ionizing radiation

Anthracene is a solid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) of formula C14H10, consisting of three fused benzene rings. It is a component of coal tar. Anthracene is used in the production of the red dye alizarin and other dyes, as a scintillator to detect high energy particles, as production of pharmaceutical drugs. Anthracene is colorless but exhibits a blue (400–500 nm peak) fluorescence under ultraviolet radiation.

scientific device

chemical compound

300px|thumb|Radiation dosimeter in Pripyat A radiation dosimeter is a device that measures the dose uptake of external ionizing radiation. It is worn by the person being monitored when used as a personal dosimeter, and is a record of the radiation dose received. Modern electronic personal dosimeters can give a continuous readout of cumulative dose and current dose rate, and can warn the wearer with an audible alarm when a specified dose rate or a cumulative dose is exceeded. Other dosimeters, such as thermoluminescent or film types, require processing after use to reveal the cumulative dose re

device used in electrical engineering

chemical compound

device used to detect, track, and/or identify ionising particles

thumb|right|Scintillation crystal surrounded by various scintillation detector assemblies thumb|Extruded plastic scintillator material fluorescing under a UV inspection lamp at [[Fermilab for the MINERνA project]] thumb|Various scintillation crystals. The second crystal from the left is targeted by an UV source and shines brightly in visible light. A scintillator ( ) is a material that exhibits scintillation (also termed radioluminescence), a kind of luminescence, when excited by ionizing radiation. Luminescent materials, when struck by an incoming particle, absorb its energy and scintillate (

gas-filled radiation detector

measurement device

gaseous ionization detector

device using a semiconductor (silicon or germanium) to measure radiations

proportional counter that detects charged particles and photons

thumb|200px|right|A low quality toy spinthariscope taken from a 1950s Chemcraft brand "Atomic energy" chemistry experimentation set thumb|A spinthariscope crafted by Robert Drosten in Belgium in 1905 and used in the University of Mons Faculty of Engineering ("Polytech Mons") at the beginning of the 20th century. A spinthariscope () is a device for observing individual nuclear disintegrations caused by the interaction of ionizing radiation with a phosphor (see radioluminescence) or scintillator.

radiation detector

chemical compound

measurement method for ionizing radiation

sensing element of a Geiger counter instrument

instrument that can detect x-rays

Tool for monitoring cumulative radiation dose

semiconductor material

Safecast is an international, volunteer-centered organization devoted to open citizen science for environmental monitoring. Safecast was established by Sean Bonner, Pieter Franken, and Joi Ito shortly after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, following the Tōhoku earthquake on 11 March 2011 and manages a global open data network for ionizing radiation and air quality monitoring.

measurement of radioactivity within the human body