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CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETERS OF GAS-TUBE PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS. I. METHANE, METHANE-ARGON, AND ETHANOL-ARGON COUNTERS

Journal Article · · Appl. Sci. Research, B
OSTI ID:4105237
The gas multiplication factor A/sub o/ was determined in cylindrical counters at specific counter wire voltages and varied pressures, wire radii and counter shell radii for methane and various methane-argon mixtures, as used in proportional counters. It is seen that the Rose-Korff and the Curran-Craggs- modified Rose-Korff theory do not agree with the experimental results. Use of the Diethorn expression is made in presenting the results in terms of two parameters ic response in V and K, characteristic of the gas filling. The meaning and values of ic response in V and K are discussed, and the recent results of van Duuren and Sizoo for an ethanol-argon mixture are reinterpreted in terms of these characteristic parameters. (auth)
Research Organization:
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan
NSA Number:
NSA-15-009043
OSTI ID:
4105237
Journal Information:
Appl. Sci. Research, B, Journal Name: Appl. Sci. Research, B Vol. Vol: 8
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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