Room-Temperature Ionization Chambers

A 500 cc refillable radiation-hard ionization chamber

This argon-filled chamber has been designed to measure the radiation field around particle accelerator beam pipes at room temperature.

• Radiation hard
• All-metal + Ceramic + rad-hard plastics construction
• 3-electrode design

• Factory-filled with argon at 1 bar.
• Can be refilled at user site.
• Fill volume: 950 cc
• Active volume: 500 cc
• Sensitivity: 91pA per R/hr
• Electrode diameter ratio: 4:1
• Operating voltage: 50V to 1200V

• Current-to-frequency converter available
• 1 pulse per 10 pC
• Pulses can be sent through long cables.

• Data sheet
• Outline drawing