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Abstract
The long-term stability of counters consisting of extruded-scintillator strips and wavelength-shifting fibers was studied. The aging study was carried out for scintillators and wavelength-shifting fibers before starting the mass production of counters. Aging at a higher rate and higher temperatures was used in the study, which was then continued as an interesting R&D work. The decrease in the light yield was at a level of 3% per year during an initial 5–6 years. The aging then proceeds slower and nearly ceases after a 26% decrease over 20 years. The study of preliminarily aged samples was repeated after a 2.5-year pause; it showed that the aging rate for these scintillators was less than 0.5% per year at 20°C. The results obtained over 4.5 years by direct measurements and by using a faster-aging technology were in good agreement.
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Instruments and Experimental Techniques is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes reviews describing advanced methods for physical measurements and techniques and original articles that present techniques for physical measurements, principles of operation, design, methods of application, and analysis of the operation of physical instruments used in all fields of experimental physics and when conducting measurements using physical methods and instruments in astronomy, natural sciences, chemistry, biology, medicine, and ecology.
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