Ionization efficiency and energy characteristics of ionization chamber used for radioactive gases are discussed.
As to the ionization efficiency, experiments are made with a chamber, 114mm in diameter, 150mm in height with walls of stainless steel, by the use of a radioactive point source or
41A in it. The efficiency, obtained by varying the position of the source and by using sources of different energies, is found almost inversely proportional to maximum β-ray energy, and the efficiency obtained at 1.20 MeV and that obtained with
41A are in agreement within experimental error.
As to the energy characteristics, the relation of ionization current
us. concentration is investi-gated. In the range of 0. 167_??_1.70 MeV of β-ray energy, ionization current
I is found, indepen-dently of the energy value, proportional to concentration C in μc/cc as
I_??_6×10
-9C. In compa-rison with ionization chambers of other dimensions, the one used by the authors is found to have the optimum energy characteristics.
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