Some Oxygen-Containing Heterocycles as Liquid Scintillator Solutes

MARCH

1958

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OXYGEN-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLES

[CONTRIBUTION FROM TIIE CHEMICAL

LABORATORY OF IOWA STATE COLLEGE AND THE IAOSALAMOSSCIENTIFIC LABORATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA]

Some Oxygen-Containing Heterocycles as Liquid Scintillator Solutes I ~ E X I iGIL.\IAN, ~ EUGEXE A. \$"EIPERT, JOSEPH J. DIETRICH,

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F. NEWTON H A Y E S

Beceived August $3, 1967 Derivatives of dibenzofuran, dibenzo-p-dioxin, and xanthene have been screened as liquid scintillator solutes. The first of these appears to offer the most promise. The results suggest that methoxy derivatives increase the relative pulse height.

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