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Search for impurities of counting gases in ionization chambers; Suche nach Verunreinigungen von Zaehlgasen in Ionisationskammern

Abstract

In order to reach for the gas detectors applied at the ALADIN spectrometer of the GSI an as good as possible and timely remaining gas purity, a study on the kind and effects of impurities in different counting gases was performed. The gas purity was observed via the signal height of an {alpha} source after a drift path of the electrons of 50 cm. A steady decrease of the {alpha}-signals was measures, the steepness of which decreases slowly as function of the time. The half-life lies in the range of weeks, which lets conclude on a slow outgassing from the materials of the arrangement. By a gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy these impurities could be determined. Beside impurities by polar molecules as water and oxygen from the atmosphere, which are deposed in microscopical capillaries of the chamber materials and then outgassed in the samples after several days so-called softeners could be observed. Because these impurities in the arrangement at the ALADIN spectrometer cannot be avoided, a purification system in the flow-through operation was constructed and its effect tested. The gas quality can by this over several days be kept in the mean constant. In this dynamical process the fluctuations of  More>>
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Publication Date:
Mar 01, 1992
Product Type:
Thesis/Dissertation
Report Number:
GSI-92-07
Reference Number:
SCA: 440103; PA: DEN-92:015535; SN: 93000903837
Resource Relation:
Other Information: TH: Diploma Thesis; PBD: Mar 1992
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IMPURITIES; MONITORS; ALPHA DETECTION; ELECTRON DRIFT; BINARY MIXTURES; ARGON; METHANE; CARBON TETRAFLUORIDE; FOUR-PI COUNTING; FLAT MAGNETIC SPECTROMETERS; PURIFICATION; WATER; OXYGEN; NITROGEN; DEGASSING; GAS FLOW; FLUCTUATIONS; LOW PRESSURE; MEV RANGE 01-10; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; 440103; NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTATION
OSTI ID:
10104269
Research Organizations:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstadt (Germany); Frankfurt Univ. (Germany). Inst. fuer Kernphysik
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
German
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE93742846; TRN: DE9215535
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
DEN
Size:
92 p.
Announcement Date:
Jun 30, 2005

Citation Formats

Hofmann, T. Search for impurities of counting gases in ionization chambers; Suche nach Verunreinigungen von Zaehlgasen in Ionisationskammern. Germany: N. p., 1992. Web.
Hofmann, T. Search for impurities of counting gases in ionization chambers; Suche nach Verunreinigungen von Zaehlgasen in Ionisationskammern. Germany.
Hofmann, T. 1992. "Search for impurities of counting gases in ionization chambers; Suche nach Verunreinigungen von Zaehlgasen in Ionisationskammern." Germany.
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title = {Search for impurities of counting gases in ionization chambers; Suche nach Verunreinigungen von Zaehlgasen in Ionisationskammern}
author = {Hofmann, T}
abstractNote = {In order to reach for the gas detectors applied at the ALADIN spectrometer of the GSI an as good as possible and timely remaining gas purity, a study on the kind and effects of impurities in different counting gases was performed. The gas purity was observed via the signal height of an {alpha} source after a drift path of the electrons of 50 cm. A steady decrease of the {alpha}-signals was measures, the steepness of which decreases slowly as function of the time. The half-life lies in the range of weeks, which lets conclude on a slow outgassing from the materials of the arrangement. By a gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy these impurities could be determined. Beside impurities by polar molecules as water and oxygen from the atmosphere, which are deposed in microscopical capillaries of the chamber materials and then outgassed in the samples after several days so-called softeners could be observed. Because these impurities in the arrangement at the ALADIN spectrometer cannot be avoided, a purification system in the flow-through operation was constructed and its effect tested. The gas quality can by this over several days be kept in the mean constant. In this dynamical process the fluctuations of the signal heights lie at {+-}0.7%. A ionization chamber as monitor for the gas purity was constructed and tested with different gas mixtures concerning observables like signal height and drift time. By this calibrated monitor in the experiment at the ALADIN spectrometer the gas quality can be independently determined. (orig.). [Deutsch] Um fuer die am ALADIN-Spektrometer der GSI verwendeten Gasdetektoren eine moeglichst gute und zeitlich gleichbleibende Gasreinheit zu erreichen, wurde eine Untersuchung ueber die Art und Auswirkungen von Verunreinigungen in verschiedenen Zaehlgasen durchgefuehrt. Die Gasreinheit wurde ueber die Signalhoehe einer {alpha}-Quelle nach einem Driftweg der Elektronen von 50 cm beobachtet. Ein stetiger Abfall der {alpha}-Signale wurde gemessen, dessen Steilheit als Funktion der Zeit langsam abnimmt. Die Halbwertszeit liegt im Bereich von Wochen, was auf ein langsames Ausgasen aus den Materialien des Aufbaus schliessen laesst. Durch eine Gaschromatographie und Massenspektroskopie konnten diese Verunreinigungen bestimmt werden. Neben Verunreinigungen durch polare Molekuele wie Wasser und Sauerstoff aus der Atmosphaere, die sich in mikroskopischen Kapillaren der Kammermaterialien anlagern und dann ausgasen, konnten in den Proben nach mehreren Tagen sogenannte Weichmacher festgestellt werden. Da sich diese Verunreinigungen im Aufbau am ALADIN-Spektrometer nicht voellig vermeiden lassen, wurde ein Reinigungssystem im Durchflussbetrieb aufgebaut und dessen Wirkung getestet. Die Gasqualitaet kann damit ueber mehrere Tage im Mittel konstant gehalten werden. Bei diesem dynamischen Prozess liegen die Schwankungen der Signalhoehen bei {+-}0.7%. Eine Ionisationskammer als Monitor fuer die Gasreinheit wurde aufgebaut und mit verschiedenen Gasgemischen bezueglich Observablen wie Signalhoehe und Driftzeit getestet. Durch diesen geeichten Monitor laesst sich im Experiment am ALADIN-Spektrometer die Gasqualitaet unabhaengig bestimmen. (orig.).}
place = {Germany}
year = {1992}
month = {Mar}
}