• types of ionizing radiation, including X-rays, gamma rays, alpha particles and beta particles. Conventionally, the term "ionization chamber" refers exclusively...
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    which each type utilises. The three basic types of gaseous ionization detectors are 1) ionization chambers, 2) proportional counters, and 3) Geiger–Müller...
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    Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) is an ionization method used in mass spectrometry which utilizes gas-phase ion-molecule reactions at atmospheric...
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    electrostatic charge on a metal conductor in an ionization chamber, due to ionization of the air in the chamber by radiation. It was invented in 1937 by Charles...
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    threshold ionization Chemical ionization Electron ionization Ionization chamber – Instrument for detecting gaseous ionization, used in ionizing radiation...
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    type of smoke chamber differ between manufacturers. An ionization smoke detector uses a radioisotope, typically americium-241, to ionize air; a difference...
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    proportional counter is a type of gaseous ionization detector device used to measure particles of ionizing radiation. The key feature is its ability to...
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  • an ionization chamber, however this unit's chamber is detachable for hanging outside your shelter or basement. When used, the ionization chamber would...
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    with less net electric charge is called the ionization potential, or ionization energy. The nth ionization energy of an atom is the energy required to...
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    Electron ionization is widely used in mass spectrometry, particularly for organic molecules. The gas phase reaction producing electron ionization is M +...
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    Electron ionization (EI, formerly known as electron impact ionization and electron bombardment ionization) is an ionization method in which energetic electrons...
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    cloud chamber, also known as a Wilson chamber, is a particle detector used for visualizing the passage of ionizing radiation. A cloud chamber consists...
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    contains about 100 grams of americium. It is widely used in commercial ionization chamber smoke detectors, as well as in neutron sources and industrial gauges...
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    Pioneer 1), a proportional counter for radiation measurements, an ionization chamber to measure radiation in space, a diaphragm/microphone assembly to...
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  • physics Gaseous ionization detector Ionization chamber Proportional counter Multiwire proportional chamber Drift chamber Time projection chamber Micropattern...
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  • nanometers). Roughly, this corresponds to both the first ionization energy of oxygen, and the ionization energy of hydrogen, both about 14 eV. In some Environmental...
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  • A Sievert chamber is a type of ionization chamber used in radiation dose measurements. It was invented by Professor Rolf Maximilian Sievert in Sweden...
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    with a resolution of 1 milliradian to study the Moon's surface, an ionization chamber to measure radiation in space, a diaphragm/microphone assembly to...
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  • trajectory, by tracking the trails of gaseous ionization. The technique was an improvement over the bubble chamber particle detection method, which used photographic...
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  • by the charge of an electron (SI units Joules/Coulomb) Ionizing radiation Ionization chamber Khan, F. M. (2003). The physics of radiation therapy (3rd...
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    the Cosmic-Ray Ionization Chamber (both detect particles in the same energy range) makes it possible to determine the average ionization per particle,...
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    physicist James Chadwick discovered the neutron in 1932. Chadwick used an ionization chamber to observe protons knocked out of several elements by beryllium radiation...
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  • sensor Barograph Barometer Boost gauge Bourdon gauge Hot filament ionization gauge Ionization gauge McLeod gauge Oscillating U-tube Permanent downhole gauge...
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    characteristics of the interplanetary and planetary magnetic fields. An ionization chamber/Geiger counter, mounted on the waveguide leading to the omnidirectional...
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    energy particles or gamma radiation make the gas conductive by ionization. The ionization is considerably amplified within the tube by the Townsend discharge...
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    chemical bonds of the molecule. Due to the high vacuum pressure in the ionization chamber, the mean free path of molecules are varying from 10 cm to 1 km and...
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    the incorrect AEC chamber selected). Prosthetic devices such as total hip hardware can also cause the selected ionization chamber to overexpose the image...
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  • gyromagnetic ratios. The radioactive decay can be detected through an ionization chamber or autoradiographs of gels. An example of the use of isotopic labeling...
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  • a metastable cubic crystalline variant of ice Ion chromatography Ionization chamber, a type of radiation detector IC Bus, a bus manufacturer Impuls IC...
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    required correction. Dosimeter Geiger counter Gaseous ionization detectors Ionization chamber Stopping power of radiation particles Rutherford, E.; Geiger...
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