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[[Image:Detectors summary 3.png|thumb|right|250px|This tree diagram shows the relationship between types and classification of most common particle detectors. Credit: [[commons:User:Wdcf|Wdcf]].]]
'''Radiation detectors''' provide a signal that is converted to an electric current. The device is designed so that the current provided is proportional to the characteristics of the incident radiation.

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! material !! emitted lower wavelength (nm) !! upper wavelength !! peak !! radiation hardness !! scintillation efficiency !! energy resolution !! window !! mechanical strength !! hydroscopy !! melting point !! high atomic number !! bandgap !! electron mobility !! mobility-lifetime product 
(electrons) !! µ𝛕 (holes) 
|-
| {{chem|Bi|4|Ge|3|O|12}} || 375 || 650 || 480 || good5 x 10<sup>4</sup> Gys || high || good || 5-20 MeV || strong || no || 1050°C || Bi:83 Ge:32 O:8 || - || - || - 
|-
| CdTe || - || - || - || - || - || - || about 830 nm to > 20 µm || - || no || 1041°C || Cd:48 Te:52 || 1.5 eV || ~1100 cm<sup>2</sup>/V·s || - 
|-
| CdZnTe || - || - || - || - || - || 2.5 % FWHM at 662 keV || 30 keV - 3 MeV || - || no || - || Cd:48 Zn:30 Te:52 || 1.4 to 2.2 eV depending on composition || - || - 
|-
| {{chem|Gd|2|O|2|S}}:Te || 382 || 622 || 545 || - || - || - || - || - || no || - || Gd:64 O:8 S:16 || 0.5 eV || - || - 
|-
| Ge(Li) 
|-
| HgCdTe || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || no || - || Hg:80 Cd:48 Te:52 || 0.5 eV || - || - 
|-
| HgTe || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 42.1 GPa bulk modulus || no || 670°C || Hg:80 Te:52 || - || - || - 
|-
| colspan="1"|Components
|colspan="2"| Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
| Lakeshore, Ontario
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| Hg  
| 60.95
| 61.62
| 58.55
|-
| Pb⏎
-
| {{chem|Lu|3|Al|5|O|12}} 
|-
| Pb(II))I<sub>2</sub> || -⏎
⏎
 || -⏎
| 1.60
|-
| Te
| 39.98
| 38.43
| 39.10
|-
| Insoluble residue
| -
| -
| 0.25
|-
| Total
| 100.33
| 100.05
| 99.50 || - || - || - || - || - || 42.1 GPa bulk modulus || no || 670°C || Hg:80 Te:52 || - || - || 1 x 10<sup>-6</sup> cm<sup>2</sup>/V || 6 x 10<sup>-7</sup> cm<sup>2</sup>/V 
|-
| Si(Li) 
|-
|}

==Mercury tellurides==
[[Image:Coloradoite, Pyrite, Quartz-338840.jpg|thumb|right|250px|This coloradoite is from the La Plata District of Colorado. Credit: [[c:user:Robert M. Lavinsky|Robert M. Lavinsky]].{{tlx|free media}}]]
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