III B.
Sc
Physics
IONIZATION
CHAMBER
GROUP 1
AMEESHA GEORGE
SAVUNDARYA LAKSHMI
LIBINRAJA
Table Of Contents :-
Working
Introduction
Characteristic study
Construction
Advantages
Principle
Applications
Video Reference
Other References
What is ionization?
Creating ions in a gas assembly.
External agents that bring about the process –Ionizing
Agent.
Migration of ions through gas constitutes an electric
current-Ionization Current.
Ionization Chamber :-
It works on the principle that charged subatomic
particles can ionize a gas.
No.of ion pairs formed gives information about –
nature of incident particle,energy.
Principle :-
The ionization chamber works in the principle of
measurement of the no.of ions and the e- produced
in a gas filled chamber.
Achieved by creating electrical potential across the
chamber-by two electrodes.
e-ns rush towards the anode.
+ve ions towards the cathode.
Migration of ions constitute electric current.
Description of
Instrument:-
1.Ionization Chamber :-
A thin axial wire- enclosed with glass envelope.
High PD across cylinder and wire electrode.
Wire electrode – anode.
Cylinder- cathode.
2.Other components :-
Capacitor, Resistor and Amplifier cum pulse
counter.
Video Reference:-
Working:-
When ionizing radiation enters the chamber, it
interacts with the gas molecules, producing ion
pairs.
The external voltage source generates an electric
field between the electrodes, which causes the ions
to move towards the electrodes of opposite charge.
The movement of ions generates a current
proportional to the radiation intensity, which can be
measured and used to quantify the radiation dose.
Ionization Region – Characteristic Curve
:-
Characteristics
Study :-
Charge collected by the electrode in ionization
chamber will be less than the charge produced by
the gas-because of recombination of ions.
Ionization chamber is said to be saturated to
degree that such ionic recombination is absent.
Higher applied voltage result in the gas
multiplication – free electrons gain K.E to produce
secondary ionization.
Applications:-
Nuclear industry.
Smoke Detectors.
Medical Radiation
Measurement.
Advantages:-
Excellent Stability over time.
Ease of implementation.
Excellent linearity accordance to
activity levels.
Reference:-
Modern Physics-Murugeshan
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