gas-filled ionization chamber

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• Ionization chamber — An ionization chamber is a device used for two major purposes: detecting particles in air (as in a smoke detector), and for detection or measurement of ionizing radiation. An ionization chamber is an instrument constructed to measure the number… …   Wikipedia

• ionization chamber — Physics. an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of… …   Universalium

• ionization chamber — ioniza′tion cham ber n. phs an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation by measuring current between electrodes in a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure • Etymology: 1900–05 …   From formal English to slang

• Time projection chamber — In physics, a Time Projection Chamber is a particle detector invented by David R. Nygren at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.cite web|url = http://www.er.doe.gov/Lawrence/html/Laureates/1980s/davidr.htm|title = The Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award: 1980 …   Wikipedia

• Gas-liquid chromatography — Infobox chemical analysis name = Gas liquid chromatography caption =A gas chromatograph with a headspace sampler acronym = GLC, GC classification =chromatography analytes = organic inorganic must be volatile manufacturers = Agilent (a spin off of …   Wikipedia

• chamber — A compartment or enclosed space. SEE ALSO: camera. [L. camera] altitude c. a decompression c. for simulating a high altitude environment, particularly its low barometric pressure. SYN: high altitude c.. anechoic c. a room designed to absorb all… …   Medical dictionary

• boron chamber — noun an ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons • Hypernyms: ↑ionization chamber, ↑ionization tube • Part Holonyms: ↑boron counter tube …   Useful english dictionary

• ionisation chamber — /aɪənaɪˈzeɪʃən tʃeɪmbə/ (say uyuhnuy zayshuhn chaymbuh) noun a device for measuring the strength of ionising radiation, consisting of a gas filled chamber containing two electrodes between which a potential difference is maintained. The radiation …  

• Dark Matter Time Projection Chamber — The Dark Matter Time Projection Chamber (DMTPC) is an experiment for direct detection of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), one of the most favored candidates for dark matter. The experiment uses a low pressure time projection chamber… …   Wikipedia

• Noble gas — Group 18 Period 1 2 He 2 …   Wikipedia

• spark chamber — Physics. a device for detecting elementary particles, consisting of a series of charged plates separated by a gas so that the passage of a charged particle causes sparking between adjacent plates. [1960 65] * * * ▪ radiation detector… …   Universalium