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X-ray Scintillation Detectors: Quiz
X-ray Scintillation Detectors Quiz
The materials most often used as scintillators for X-ray astronomy have been:
[A] BGO and plastics
[B] NaI and CsI
[C] Thallium and oxysulphides
Scintillators work by converting X-rays into visible light.
[A] True
[B] False
Scientists create a detector "phoswich" because:
[A] They are hungry and need to eat
[B] They need large area detectors
[C] This design will allow them to reject background easily
Scintillators are used often because
[A] They have a high quantum detection efficiency
[B] Large area scintillators can be fabricated
[C] They are fairly robust
[D] All of the above