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The energy resolution of α-particles from241Am,222Rn,218Po and214Po and internal conversion electrons from131mXe with a liquid scintillation system has been studied at temperatures from 13 °C to −65 °C. At lower temperatures the liquid scintillation system has shown to give better energy resolutions both for α-particles and internal conversion electrons compared with the values obtained at ordinary temperature. The phenomena were explained by the increase in light output of liquid scintillator at lower temperatures.
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Homma, Y., Murase, Y. Energy resolution of liquid scintillator for α-particles and internal conversion electrons at lower temperatures. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 119, 355–365 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02162046
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