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(i) Scintillation tube, Geiger muller tube etc.
(ii) Fluorescent materials, paper smeared with Vaseline etc.
(iii) Eye, photometer.
(iv) Skin, blackened thermometer etc.
Wilfykil answered the question on March 27, 2019 at 07:30
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