An aging study of wire chambers with dimethyl ether

Conference · Tue Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1989 · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6416485

Jibaly, M; Chrusch, P Jr; Hilgenberg, G; Majewski, S; Wojcik, R; Sauli, F; Gaudaen, J

The authors report results on the aging of different types of resistive and non-resistive wires in wire chambers filled with dimethyl ether (DME) of varying degrees of purity. Among the Freon impurities detected in our DME batches, only Freon-11 was found to contribute to the aging process. Of the resistive wires, Nicotin and Stablohm produced fast aging, whereas stainless steel withstood extended irradiation in purified DME (up to 1 C/cm) without any apparent damage. Gold-plated tungsten and molybdenum wires produced results comparable to those of the stainless steel.

• Research Organization: Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (US); CERN, EP Div., 1211 Geneva 23 (CH)
• OSTI ID: 6416485
• Report Number(s): CONF-881103-
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States) Vol. 36:1; ISSN IETNA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AGING
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DRIFT CHAMBERS
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IMPURITIES
IRON ALLOYS
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ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
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RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATION EFFECTS
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STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS
STRAIN AGING
TESTING
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TUNGSTEN
WIRES