Wire chamber
Patent
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OSTI ID:5199444
The author presents a wire chamber or proportional counter device, such as Geiger-Mueller tube or drift chamber, improved with a gas mixture providing a stable drift velocity while eliminating wire aging caused by prior art gas mixtures. The new gas mixture is comprised of equal parts argon and ethane gas and having approximately 0.25% isopropyl alcohol vapor.
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4857740
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7049058A
- OSTI ID:
- 5199444
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ALKANES
ARGON
DESIGN
DISPERSIONS
DRIFT CHAMBERS
ELEMENTS
ETHANE
FLUIDS
GASES
HYDROCARBONS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MIXTURES
MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RARE GASES
VAPORS
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ALKANES
ARGON
DESIGN
DISPERSIONS
DRIFT CHAMBERS
ELEMENTS
ETHANE
FLUIDS
GASES
HYDROCARBONS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MIXTURES
MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RARE GASES
VAPORS