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ionization chamber
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ionization chamber
n.
A gas-filled enclosure containing positive and negative electrodes that measures the amount of radiation passing through the enclosure according to the degree of ionization caused by the radiation.
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Noun1.ionization chamber - a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation
ionization tube
boron chamber - an ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons
Geiger tube, Geiger-Muller tube - an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter
measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system - instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
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Two NIST reference-class ionization chambers were shipped to the BIPM for the comparison.
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The vented ionization chambers are filled with ambient air, which in usual laboratory conditions contain a quantity of water vapor.
Changes in the U.S. primary standards for the air kerma from ... by Bergstrom, Paul M., Jr. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Ritz, Design of free-air ionization chambers for the soft x ray region (20-100 kV), Radiology 73, 911-922 (1959).
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