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Title: FEASIBILITY OF A GRAPHITE-CARBON DIOXIDE IONIZATION CHAMBER TO MEASURE CARBON DOSE AT HIGH DOSE RATES. Period covered April 1957 to November 1957

Abstract

The feasibility of designing a graphite -carbon dioxide ionization chamber for the absolute measurement of the carbon dose rate from a pure gamma field up to 10/sup 10/ erg/g/hr is discussed. There are insufficient data on neutron response to judge the feasibility of using the ion chamber in mixed fields with large neutron components. (auth)

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Research Org.:
Wright Air Development Center. Materials Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
OSTI Identifier:
4288335
Report Number(s):
WADC-TN-57-335; AD-142249; PB-
NSA Number:
NSA-13-003736
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Project and Task title: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English
Subject:
INSTRUMENTS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFICIENCY; GAMMA RADIATION; GRAPHITE; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MEASURED VALUES; NEUTRONS; PLANNING; RADIATION DOSES; USES

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Hickmott, R.L. FEASIBILITY OF A GRAPHITE-CARBON DIOXIDE IONIZATION CHAMBER TO MEASURE CARBON DOSE AT HIGH DOSE RATES. Period covered April 1957 to November 1957. Country unknown/Code not available: N. p., 1957. Web.
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Hickmott, R.L. FEASIBILITY OF A GRAPHITE-CARBON DIOXIDE IONIZATION CHAMBER TO MEASURE CARBON DOSE AT HIGH DOSE RATES. Period covered April 1957 to November 1957. Country unknown/Code not available.
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abstractNote = {The feasibility of designing a graphite -carbon dioxide ionization chamber for the absolute measurement of the carbon dose rate from a pure gamma field up to 10/sup 10/ erg/g/hr is discussed. There are insufficient data on neutron response to judge the feasibility of using the ion chamber in mixed fields with large neutron components. (auth)},
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year = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1957},
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