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Method and device for determining the distribution of .beta.rays emerging from a surface

US5025162A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 25, 1990
Grant dateJun 18, 1991
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01T1/2935
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and device are disclosed for determining the distribution of the .beta. rays emerging from a surface. The device comprises an enclosure (3) filled with a gas mixture having a first preamplification chamber (6) between two grids (9 and 10), a second transfer chamber (7) between two grids (10 and (11) and a third multiplication chamber (8) between two grids (11 and 12); as well as three DC voltage sources (13, 14 15); and an impeding assembly (22, 23, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21).

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