Abstract:
The invention proposes a particle detector comprising a gasfilled chamber in which are disposed an anode and a cathode separated by a grid, these three electrodes being parallel and the gap between the grid and the cathode being of sufficient width for the type of incident radiation. The filling gas is selected in order to ensure that a high proportion of the Beta radiation which constitutes the incident particles or which is induced by incident particles at the cathode and/or within said gap loses the larger part of its energy by the usual ionization process which results in the release of electrons, said detector further comprising means for establishing between the anode and the grid a potential difference which is slightly smaller than the breakdown voltage and between the cathode and the grid a voltage for collecting said electrons towards the grid-anode gap, said collection voltage being sufficiently low and the mesh of the grid being sufficiently large to ensure that only a negligible proportion of electrons is collected by the grid as said electrons pass through said grid.
Abstract:
An Ionization Detector analyses a flowing fluid stream for a specific gas or gases. The recirculation of gases between electrodes is eliminated, and the gas between the anode and cathode is not restrained. The anode is made of a porous, electrically conductive material and the cathode is a beta emitting foil positioned adjacent to, but physically and electrically isolated from, the anode. The detector will function with or without an added cell voltage. The response of the detector to the water of aqueous solutions is so limited in duration that a characteristic response from organic substances can be obtained even when the substance is introduced in an aqueous solution to the chromatographic column.
Abstract:
Operation of detectors of charged particles such as wire counters and Geiger-Muller tubes is improved by filling the counters with a quenching-gas mixture of argon, isobutane and methylchloroform.
Abstract:
An ionization chamber for measuring absorbed radiation is disclosed, the chamber including a housing which incorporates an anode, a cathode, and a space charge electrode. The anode comprises a conducting plate which has a plurality of protruding needle points with each of the needle points and the conducting plate being at the same electrical potential. The space charge electrode has a plurality of holes therein and is physically displaced from the anode with the holes of the space charge electrode being in registry with the needle points of the anode. The potential of the space charge electrode is less than that of the anode itself.
Abstract:
A radiation detector for high resolution measurement of energy spectra in flowing gas samples has a first electrode, a parallel second electrode of opposite polarity, and a detection chamber between the two electrodes. An integral pulse or stream of sample gas is passed in laminar flow through the detection chamber. A nonradioactive gas flows around the stream of sample gas to prevent contact and contamination of either electrode with radioactive material, as well as to absorb the radiation from the sample gas for detection.
Abstract:
This disclosure is directed to an extreme ultraviolet radiation photometer which includes a special type window and cathode suitable for permitting radiation to penetrate the window which reacts with the cathode to produce electrons which are attracted to the window and produces a current flow which is measured to represent the radiation detected.
Abstract:
An improved x-ray or other ionizing radiation detector comprises an array of adjacent cells comprised of alternately disposed oppositely polarized electrodes and guard electrodes and insulators between them. Means are provided for maintaining uniform and accurate dimensions between electrodes and the overall length of the array.
Abstract:
An improved gas-filled proportional counter which includes a resistor netk connected between the anode and cathode at the ends of the counter in order to eliminate "end effects".
Abstract:
This invention is directed to an ionization chamber having a rectangular housing including therein spaced anode plates with a centrally located cathode. This ionization chamber has a fast response for detection of ionizing radiation in various bands from 0.1 to 60A depending on the gas filling and window material (for example 0.5-3.0A uses a 50-mil-thick beryllium window and 2 atm, of krypton) with a fast recovery. Fast response is brought about by the relationship of the cathode to the anodes in which the spacing and electric field is uniform along the length of and on opposite sides of the cathode. The chamber is filled with a gaseous filling selected from one of the following, nitrogen, carbon tetrachloride, xenon, nitrogen, krypton or argon and is provided with a removable beryllium, Mylar or aluminum window through which the ionizing radiation enters the chamber.