Anode wire aging tests with selected gases

Conference · Sat Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1990 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:5704348

Kadyk, J; Wise, J; Hess, D; Williams, M ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)

As a continuation of earlier wire aging investigations, additional candidates for wire chamber gas and wire have been tested. These include the gases: argon/ethane, HRS gas, dimethyl ether, carbon dioxide/ethane, and carbon tetrafluoride/isobutane. Wires used were: gold- plated tungsten, Stablohm, Nicotin, and Stainless Steel. Measurements were made of the effects upon wire aging of impurities from plumbing materials or contamination from various types of oil. Attempts were made to induce wire aging by adding measured amounts of oxygen and halogen (methyl chloride) with negative results. In this paper, the possible role of electronegativity in the wire aging process is discussed, and measurements of electronegativity are made with several single carbon Freons, using both an electron capture detector and a wire chamber operating with dimethyl ether.

• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 5704348
• Report Number(s): CONF-900143--
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 37:2; ISSN 0018-9499; ISSN IETNA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400400 -- Electrochemistry
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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AGING
ALKANES
ALLOYS
ANODES
ARGON
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
CORROSION
ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION
ELECTROCHEMISTRY
ELECTRODES
ELECTRON-CAPTURE DETECTORS
ELECTRONEGATIVITY
ELEMENTS
ETHANE
ETHERS
FLUIDS
FREONS
GAS ANALYSIS
GASES
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HIGH ALLOY STEELS
HYDROCARBONS
IMPURITIES
IONIZATION CHAMBERS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
MATERIALS TESTING
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
METHYL ETHER
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOMETRIC GAGES
RARE GASES
STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS
TESTING
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TUNGSTEN
WIRES