Wire chamber

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:867076

Atac, Muzaffer ^[1]

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1. Wheaton, IL

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.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• Assignee: United States of American as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4857740
• OSTI ID: 867076
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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