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In the measurement of ionising radiation the counting efficiency is the ratio between the number of particles or photons counted with a radiation counter and the number of particles or photons of the same type and energy emitted by the radiation source.[1]

  1. ^ McNaught, A.D.; Wilkinson, A. (1997). IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology (2nd ed.). Blackwell Science. p. 464. ISBN 0865426848.

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