Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid scintillation counter comprising at least two photodetectors (2,3) for viewing a scintillation solution (1) in which both real multiphoton events and single photon events take place, and producing logic pulses and amplitude pulses in correspondence to these events, the amplitude of these amplitude pulses being a function of the number of photons that reach the photodetectors (2,3) for each of said events.

Abstract: Disturbances caused by static electricity in liquid scintillation counting are eliminated by an ionizing device. A liquid scintillation counter in a measurement chamber surrounded by a radiation protective device measures nuclear fissions occurring in a sample bottle moved into the measurement chamber along a predetermined path. The ionizing device ionizes the air by producing positive and negative ions in the path followed by the sample bottle into the measurement chamber. Ions produced by the ionizing device on the sample bottle before the bottle enters the chamber neutralize any electrostatic charge on the bottle.