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Performance of resistive plate counter with non-ozone depletion freon

Conference ·
OSTI ID:513052
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Tohoku-Gakuin Univ., Tagajo (Japan)
  2. Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan); and others
The standard gas mixture (Ar/isoC{sub 4}H{sub 10}/CF{sub 3}Br) used for RPCs contains several percent of CF{sub 3}Br(Haron1301) as quenching agent. CF{sub 3}Br is known to destroy the atmospheric ozone layer. For this reason its use is discouraged, and prohibited by law in the near future. C{sub 2}F{sub 6}(FC116) and C{sub 2}H{sub 2}F{sub 4}(HFC134A) seem to be an ideal candidate from an environment point of view since its ozone depletion potential is very low. We present the results of a test performance on RPC (glass) operating with non-ozone depletion freon gas and butane-silver.
OSTI ID:
513052
Report Number(s):
CONF-961123--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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