sensitive volume

of a radiation detector
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05604
That volume of the detector where an incident radiant power produces a measurable output.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1745. (Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-XI. Detection of radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1751 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'sensitive volume' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05604 RIS BibTex EndNote
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