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Title:
A HIGH GEOMETRY GAS CELL PROPORTIONAL COUNTER
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
BETA PARTICLESDETECTION AND MEASUREMENTPROPORTIONAL DETECTORS
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1962 Jun 20
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
16
Accession Number:
RL-1-381874
Document Number(s):
HW-SA-2647
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Jul 02
Description/Abstract:
WEAK BETA RADIATION IN AN EXTERNAL GAS CELL. THE INSTRUMENTAL DESIGN PERMITS RELATIVELY HIGH COUNTING EFFICIENCIES AND ALSO INCORPORATES AN ANTICOINCIDENCE BACKGROUND REDUCTION FEATURE INHERENT IN THE DETECTORS POSITION, WITH RESPECT TO SPURIOUS COSMIC RAY PRODUCED EVENTS