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Section16:Abbreviations

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  • CPM - Counts Per Minute
  • DPM - Disintegrations Per Minute
  • SA - Specific Activity, example: Ci/mmol
  • RAC - Radioactive Concentration, example: µCi/ml or mCi/ml
  • Eff - Efficiency, defined as CPM/DPM
  • PMT - Photomultiplier tube, detects photons of light emitted by a source (e.g. fluor)
  • SPA - Scintillation Proximity Assay
  • YSi - yttrium silicate, a rare earth metal based SPA bead
  • PVT - polyvinyltoluene, a plastic-based SPA bead
  • PE LAS - Perkin Elmer Life and Analytical Sciences