Temperature effect on the performance characteristics of beta rays open air corona streamer counter

Author

Fouad, Laila Fikri ; El-Hazek, Saher Mohamed

Author_Institution

Nucl. Res. Center, Cairo, Egypt

fYear

1992

fDate

4-9 Oct 1992

Firstpage

1575

Abstract

An open-air, three-electrode corona streamer counter with a preamplification gap has been utilized for detecting weakly ionizing beta rays. The effect of temperature on the beta particle corona counter performance is studied. A theoretical model is used to study the effect of temperature on counter operating voltage and beta-particle-triggered corona pulse characteristics. The effects on the counter energy response are explained. A compensation method for the errors due to temperature effects is suggested. All the theoretical findings were confirmed by experiments

Keywords

beta-ray detection and measurement; corona; spark gaps; beta particle corona counter; beta-particle-triggered corona pulse; errors compensation; open-air; performance characteristics; preamplification gap; temperature effects; theoretical model; three-electrode corona streamer counter; weakly ionizing beta rays; Beta rays; Corona; Counting circuits; Electrodes; Electrons; Instruments; Power engineering and energy; Sparks; Temperature sensors; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1992., Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0635-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1992.244375

Filename

244375