When slid to the open position, beta particles are allowed to directly penetrate the ionization chamber.
An ionization chamber measures the charge from the number of ion pairs created within a gas caused by incident radiation.
The ionization chamber has found wide and beneficial use in smoke detectors.
It consists of a sealed air-filled cylinder called an ionization chamber.
This consisted of a simple ionization chamber with an electrode running down the center, but no electroscope for reading.
This is much the same as an ionization chamber in particle physics.
The most common means of detecting radioactivity is to measure these emissions using an ionization chamber.
To remain with the familiar picture, the narrow cones are nothing more than ionization chambers consisting of solid matter.
The distribution of power density in the reactor is measured by ionization chambers located inside and outside the core.
A wide range of ionization chamber, film badge, and thermoluminescent personal dosimeters are available.