ionization chamber (redirected from ionization chambers)

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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ionization chamber

n

(Physics / General Physics) a device for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation, consisting of a tube containing a low pressure gas and two electrodes between which a high voltage is maintained. The current between the electrodes is a function of the intensity of the radiation

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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