Research Catalog

Title

Determination of total X-ray beam energy with a calibrated ionization chamber / John S. Pruitt and Steve R. Domen.

Author

Pruitt, John S.

Publication

Washington D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards ; 1962.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Domen, Steve R.
• United States. National Bureau of Standards.

Description

ii, 16 pages : illustrations, diagrams, tables; 27 cm.

Summary

This report describes the use of an air-filled aluminum-alloy ionization chamber to determine the energy transported by a bremsstrahlung beam with maximum photon energy in the range 6 to 170 Mev. The experimental calibrations of this chamber over this energy range are given, as well as the results of calibration experiments made with a 250-kv constant-potential X-ray tube and with Cs137 and Co60 gamma-rays. Information is presented about the change in calibration when the chamber is used with different experimental conditions, and when either its dimensions or its alloy composition are changed slightly. This report can be used to construct a replica chamber and to determine its absolute calibration between 6 and 170 Mev under a variety of experimental conditions.

Series Statement

National Bureau of Standards Monograph ; 48

Uniform Title

NBS monograph ; 48.

Subject

• X-rays
• Ionization chambers
• x-ray (radiation)
• Ionization chambers
• X-rays
• X rays

Genre/Form

• technical reports.
• Technical reports.
• Rapports techniques.

Note

• "Issued June 5, 1962."

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 16.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in an electronic version.

LCCN

62061618

OCLC

• ocm04915913
• 4915913
• SCSB-306117

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library