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Caption: Jim Brooke (Bristol) inspecting lead tungstate crystals
Date: 12 December 2006
Photographer: Stuart Boreham
Dimensions: 2848 x 4288 pixels
Size: 3107 KB
Resolution: 240 pixels/inch
Mode: RGB
Credit: STFC
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Information: Lead tuingstate is a crystalline scintillator which emits light as charged particles generate showers, as they lose enregy passing through the material.