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Photomultiplier Tube (Pmt)

Photosensitive vacuum tube device that quantitatively converts photons of light into electrical energy.

Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASTM E2808-21a Standard Guide for Microspectrophotometry in Forensic Paint Analysis. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2021. Source link(link is external)
Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard may be purchased from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org(link is external)