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Preferred term
ionization chamber
Definition(s)
- The ionization chamber is the simplest type of gas-filled radiation detector, and is widely used for the detection and measurement of certain types of ionizing radiation, including X-rays, gamma rays, and beta particles. Conventionally, the term "ionization chamber" refers exclusively to those detectors which collect all the charges created by direct ionization within the gas through the application of an electric field. It only uses the discrete charges created by each interaction between the incident radiation and the gas. Gaseous ionization detectors include ionization chambers and devices that use gas multiplication, namely the proportional counter and the Geiger counter. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionization_chamber)
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-FQ7XNP78-M
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