radiothermoluminescence
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
radio- + thermo- + luminescence
Noun[edit]
radiothermoluminescence (countable and uncountable, plural radiothermoluminescences)
- (physics) Thermoluminescence; the release of previously absorbed radiation upon being heated.
- 2002, Kenneth E. Bower, Yuri A. Barbanel, Yuri G. Shreter, Polymers, Phosphors, and Voltaics for Radioisotope Microbatteries, page 176:
- For low-density polyethylene (LDPE), two radiothermoluminescence scintillations peaked at –120 and –40°C.