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The plastic scintillator tip used as the secondary electron detector of a scanning microscope has a limited working life particularly with high electron beam currents. A detector with an extended life and capable of working up to beam currents of 3*10 -6 A has been made by replacing the plastic scintillator tip with one made of a lithium glass scintillator.
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Marshall et al. (1972) studied this question.
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