Re: How to electronically detect X-RAYS???

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From: Allen Wallace
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 19:04

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In article <1992Oct31.170935.1393@cactus.org> Charles Thompson,
thompson@cactus.org writes:
>I am looking for a sensitive X-ray detector.
>What is the best way to detect X-rays?
>Are scintillation/photodiode techniques used?

I read in a CLARIX manual that "CdS ... photoconductors's
sensitivity to steady light is ... equal to that of a
photomultipler".

Also, how does airport X-RAY machines work?
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